Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Florida 316.081: (3) On a road, street, or highway having two or more lanes allowing movement in the same direction, a driver may not continue to operate a motor vehicle in the furthermost left-hand lane if the driver knows or reasonably should know that he or she is being overtaken in that lane from the rear by a motor vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed. This subsection does not apply to drivers operating a vehicle that is overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, or is preparing for a left turn at an intersection. Note: ROAD, STREET or highway, not just a highway More likely than not your relative was convicted of "honking, tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic, intimidation, and going over the speed limit to pass safe speed vehicles", because his defense of the left lane being a passing lane was 100% correct under the law. Unfortunately, the "other driver" was not ticketed for failure to move over when a faster vehicle approached from behind, but that does not absolved your nephew of his driving behavior. PS: The "judge" in some of these one-horse towns may be just that---a horse farmer, and not well versed in the actual law, just what he wants it to be in his town on his little power trip. |
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Next rant to follow. Hint: it involves left lane Louies |
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Florida statute 316.081: (3) On a road, street, or highway having two or more lanes allowing movement in the same direction, a driver may not continue to operate a motor vehicle in the furthermost left-hand lane if the driver knows or reasonably should know that he or she is being overtaken in that lane from the rear by a motor vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed. This subsection does not apply to drivers operating a vehicle that is overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, or is preparing for a left turn at an intersection. Furthermore, there is a bill in the legislature right now that would prohibit driving in the left lane except for passing etc. (As the above law is currently written, someone can still just meander along in the left lane UNTIL someone comes from behind at a faster speed, but often the driver that is so weak in his driving skills as to be driving 55 in the left lane of a 70 zone is just as weak at being aware of his surroundings or unwilling to move over.) And again, the law states "road, street or highway", there is no distinction between 466 and I-75, despite one poster inventing his own law. This also applies to the driver going 40 om Morse who stated "the others can go around". NO! YOU are required to move over if someone behind wants to go faster, that is THE LAW. YOU are not the police. YOU do not get to dictate speed to others on the road. That is NOT your job, YOUR job is to move over. If you want to enforce the law, go graduate from the police academy. As far as "jittery, poor vision and hearing 80-90 year olds needing a mile to get into the left lane go, time to surrender your license, you are a road hazard. |
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough |
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Good point !
In my decades of commuting, I noticed the same people flying by and/or tailgating every morning. Now I really don't understand the rush. Do you know where your next stop in life will be ? I'm taking time to smell the roses. |
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But if you're driving 12 mph on the MMPs, pull off to "smell the roses" ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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If you also read the rules of passing it says you can pass when safe, but without exceeding the speed limit. So if I'm doing the speed limit in the left lane, there is no reason for anyone to pass (except emergency vehicles). |
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Lots of discussion about speed. However it is not just speed that causes mishaps but speed VARIATION.
This: "Both higher and lower mean speeds have been found to be associated with increased crash frequency, and large speed variation has consistently been found to increase crash" (Speed, Speed Variation and Crash Relationships for Urban Arterials, Science direct dot com). The article goes on to state " This study further confirms that speed variation is observed to have a significant positive effect on crashes, with a 1% increase in speed variation associated with a 0.74% higher crash frequency.". The article wasn't clear of this .74% crash increase was the case for every 1% increase in speed variation, but it seems likely. Frankly I wasn't quite sure what the numbers were going to say regarding speed variation and accidents, but this is definitely something worth considering. It is apparently something that the authorities know and have known for some time: I've had friends who have received warnings from law enforcement for not keeping up with traffic when they were doing the speed limit but everyone else was going significantly over the speed limit--a pretty solid indication that it isn't so much the speed but the speed VARIATION that is dangerous. Some cowboy madly weaving in and out of traffic is dangerous and statistically will either cause or be involved in accidents at a greater rate than someone going with the flow, but so is somebody plodding along at the minimum speed allowable even in the right lane. Both statistically are deadly, when one considers that variation in speed is a primary cause of accidents. OK. So... even if you're a couple of minutes late for your tee time, is it really worth the mayhem you might cause by your mad dash to the starter shack? And conversely, if you enjoy tooling along on the MMPs at, say, 12 MPH and someone passes you on a blind corner and a mishap occurs, who is really at fault? Go with the flow. By far the safest route. |
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If you do not believe this and speed in the left lane, or weave in and out of traffic, do not be surprised if you receive a $350 ticket for careless driving. Last edited by Randall55; 12-04-2023 at 09:31 AM. |
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