"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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Yeah well, pot used to be illegal too. Never thought I'd see the day when it got legalized. Maybe someday they'll throw away the rules of the road. Drivers continue to flaunt the rules regardless all over. Think of all the money they'd save on not having to pay police dept's. :R
Driving laws and regulations are a confusing thing. Why have them if they don't enforce them? Why post speed "limits" if it's perfectly okay to the cops to drive at 10 mph (or whatever the magic number is) over the "limit"? Maybe the signs should just say "suggested speed".
Where we live, I haven't seen cops doing any traffic enforcement for something like 10 years. They used to have a favorite spot nearby where they routinely had a radar trap. Seems like the message is, it's okay to ignore the rules and just do what everyone else is doing. However, if you're in an accident, expect the judge to scrutinize every rule in the Motor Vehicle Act you broke to apportion blame to you.
Anyway, sometimes when you're towing a TT, it's not practical to drive in the right lane(s) like say in and around large cities on freeways where there's a lot of on/off ramps and heavy traffic. Seattle comes to mind. I challenge anyone to not drive in the left lane there with all the constant stop/start traffic on I-5 through the city. Very hard on the TT brakes and the TV drivetrain. I'd rather chance a ticket and can always try the "but I'm a tourist from another country" excuse. :)
Driving laws and regulations are a confusing thing. Why have them if they don't enforce them? Why post speed "limits" if it's perfectly okay to the cops to drive at 10 mph (or whatever the magic number is) over the "limit"? Maybe the signs should just say "suggested speed".
Where we live, I haven't seen cops doing any traffic enforcement for something like 10 years. They used to have a favorite spot nearby where they routinely had a radar trap. Seems like the message is, it's okay to ignore the rules and just do what everyone else is doing. However, if you're in an accident, expect the judge to scrutinize every rule in the Motor Vehicle Act you broke to apportion blame to you.
Anyway, sometimes when you're towing a TT, it's not practical to drive in the right lane(s) like say in and around large cities on freeways where there's a lot of on/off ramps and heavy traffic. Seattle comes to mind. I challenge anyone to not drive in the left lane there with all the constant stop/start traffic on I-5 through the city. Very hard on the TT brakes and the TV drivetrain. I'd rather chance a ticket and can always try the "but I'm a tourist from another country" excuse. :)
