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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Flip side of the coin: I drive at the speed limit in the Villages. Why should I or anyone else care if someone is speeding? They pass, they go, they're gone. Not my problem. In fact, give me a 25 year old "speeding" any day over a 90 year old driving 20 in a 35 zone----they're far more dangerous
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Just about everything you just stated is wrong. More accidents are caused by slower drivers than speeders. And there are plenty of 90 year olds driving in TV and Florida, but if you don't like that age, substitute 85 or 80. The point is, that regardless of age, slow drivers are a far greater danger than a "speeder". Just ask LEOs or truck drivers.
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Originally Posted by Get real
WRONG...More crashes are absolutely caused by slower drivers than speeders. They may not be in the crash, but they CAUSE many because of their arrogance or ignorance.
That's why there is the Road Rage law. So, please get out of the left lane.
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Still wrong. The slow driver IS the proximate cause. And he CAN be cited. If he is camping out in the left lane he absolutely can be ticketed for obstructing traffic . And the comment had nothing to do with driving “unsafely” or illegally speeding. It had to do with drivers who lack the skills to keep up with traffic, especially in the left lane , and thereby dictating a lower speed to everyone else on the road, which in Florida IS illegal. And also dangerous hence the number one cause of accidents
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Y'all have switched the conversation from the slow driver, legally driving below the speed limit, to the driver obstructing the left lane, which is a citable offense. But originally you were just talking about someone legally going slower than the speed limit.
And, while the driver obstructing traffic in the left lane is breaking the law, and may well get a citation for it, that driver would not be held accountable for the impatient driver who darts around the slow car without checking what's behind him, and signaling. Even in that circumstance the overtaking vehicle is primarily responsible for driving safely and legally.