"driving" in the left lane. YES it's illegal.
FL law will now ticket you for not getting out of the left lane.
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I have found that in California, seldom does anyone follow the traffic laws. Everything here is a suggestion and safety be da**ed. We have a very restrictive(logically so) cell phone law for drivers, when it was first implemented the enforcement was high and you seldom saw anyone talking or texting.
It was sooooo nice for about two months. Like so many laws in so many places, good intent and terrible enforcement.
In my never to be humble opinion, the truck and towing laws are a little too restrictive and too many truckers take chances they shouldn't need to take if the speed limit was upped by 5 or 10 mph. I tow the Suzi and try to keep my speed around 58 to 60 mph. I do this mostly for personal reasons, I'm close to 80 and I need 3/10 of a second more time to react than a younger person. The other reason is, in CA. the set speed limit is considered the most safe speed, it is not an absolute. We have we have what is termed a safe and prudent speed regulation. If the speed limit is 55mph for a vehicle towing, and the average speed in the right lane is 65, then it is neither safe nor prudent to drive at exactly 55 mph. I am retired and can afford to drive at times when traffic is lighter and slower.
I must say, however, that this last week when we returned from AZ that too many CA RVers were not in the prescribed lanes and were trying to keep up with the morons driving their little hot rod imports and domestic muscle cars. Fortunately, most RVers are smarter than that.
It was sooooo nice for about two months. Like so many laws in so many places, good intent and terrible enforcement.
In my never to be humble opinion, the truck and towing laws are a little too restrictive and too many truckers take chances they shouldn't need to take if the speed limit was upped by 5 or 10 mph. I tow the Suzi and try to keep my speed around 58 to 60 mph. I do this mostly for personal reasons, I'm close to 80 and I need 3/10 of a second more time to react than a younger person. The other reason is, in CA. the set speed limit is considered the most safe speed, it is not an absolute. We have we have what is termed a safe and prudent speed regulation. If the speed limit is 55mph for a vehicle towing, and the average speed in the right lane is 65, then it is neither safe nor prudent to drive at exactly 55 mph. I am retired and can afford to drive at times when traffic is lighter and slower.
I must say, however, that this last week when we returned from AZ that too many CA RVers were not in the prescribed lanes and were trying to keep up with the morons driving their little hot rod imports and domestic muscle cars. Fortunately, most RVers are smarter than that.
