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Old 06-13-2013, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by JB in TV View Post
This would mean to get a ticket in the Villages on Morse, or BV (as an example), one would have to be going less than 25 mph in the left lane...I really doubt that happens very often. I'm willing to guess that the folks that complain about slow drivers in the left lane are referring to those driving 35mph...which is the speed limit.
I doubt that in TV that it would apply much. Otherwise, rules of the road in most states are to "keep right except to pass". The left lane is for overtaking and passing and it is not up to the driver to take the law into his own hands and try to enforce the speed of other drivers on his own by blocking the passing lane.
Nothing causes more road rage than a driver on interstate highways cruising with his cruise control on at a speed about 1/5th mph faster than another driver in the right lane and taking 8 miles to pass blocking the lane.
If you're not passing, keep right and and don't worry about what other drivers are doing.
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