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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Which just proves my point----ask any LEO or truck driver---it is the SLOW DRIVER who is the CAUSE of the accidents---even if they are not involved themselves.
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I have asked LEOs. They concur that the slow driver is not the "cause" of the accident. That is why they are never ticketed. They are breaking no laws driving 30 in a 40. (I'm not talking about those driving below the minimum posted, which BTW is only in effect on Interstates having no fewer than 4 lanes). The accident is "caused" by the person who actually causes the accident. This is typically someone zipping around the slow driver, changing lanes without signaling. They may feel justified, but they are wrong. That's why they get the ticket.
The slow driver never gets the ticket because they are breaking no laws.
Ask far as asking truck drivers? Really?
I wouldn't want to be the guy who got in a wreck, changing lanes unsafely, cited, and defending himself in court by telling the judge, "It wasn't my fault. It was the slow driver who I was passing's fault." Not gonna fly, my friend.