"driving" in the left lane. YES it's illegal.
FL law will now ticket you for not getting out of the left lane.
Forum Discussion
Rules of the road are about the only set of rules in life I know of that can be thrown out the window and ignored and can get away with doing what you want.
Imagine going to a football or hockey game and each player going by their own rules. If I drive on the roads, why shouldn't I be able to expect other drivers to follow the same rules that we were taught in order to be granted a licence.
Imagine an alien coming to our planet and trying to learn how to drive. Reminds me of the movie Starman when Jeff Bridges says while being shown how to drive, "Red light, stop; green light, go; yellow light, go very fast.) :B
Personally I don't think the gov't or cops here in BC (or elsewhere) do enough or the right things to make a real change in driver behavior and a lot is lip service. Now our rates are going up (again) because the Insurance Corp. says they are losing billions. For starters, maybe periodic testing say every 5 years should be mandatory and if you don't pass, licence gets taken away and no insurance renewal. People's memory and habits might improve a lot...
Here in Richmond BC, we have a large population of immigrants from a certain overseas area of the planet. Seems like many learned how to drive there under who knows what circumstances and testing and licencing requirements. (There was even a rumor for the longest time that many bought their licences at the local midnight market.) You can be quietly minding your own business driving along and have a driver wearing a surgical mask and white gloves come zinging out of nowhere from a parking lot on one side of the street across the road right in front of you into another lot on the opposite side of the street. My DW works there and sees it all the times. Photo is a not uncommon example or this vid clip for ex. (see last few seconds). Says she's lucky to still be alive, lol.
Ticks me off when I'm retired, am home most days and don't do much driving (except for RV-ing in summer) and I still have to pay the same rate as everyone else including those that drive long distances to/from work. The truck sits there all winter hardly being used but I need it occasionally for an appt. somewhere or maybe to go to a store (DW takes the car to work). This is the first time ever that we downgraded the insurance to bare min. and even took off the collision coverage. The occasional time I am out in the off-season in the truck I get to witness drivers speeding and crossing double yellows, blowing through stop signs, speeding in school zones, changing lanes in intersections, using cellphones, etc., etc.
I digress but it's a crazy world out there on the roads (and generally speaking too) and nuttin' you can do about it.
Can't believe this thread is still going (to who knows where). Clearly too many folks with cabin fever, nothing else to do and need to get out camping! :R I digress but it's a crazy world out there and nuttin' you can do about it.
Imagine going to a football or hockey game and each player going by their own rules. If I drive on the roads, why shouldn't I be able to expect other drivers to follow the same rules that we were taught in order to be granted a licence.
Imagine an alien coming to our planet and trying to learn how to drive. Reminds me of the movie Starman when Jeff Bridges says while being shown how to drive, "Red light, stop; green light, go; yellow light, go very fast.) :B
Personally I don't think the gov't or cops here in BC (or elsewhere) do enough or the right things to make a real change in driver behavior and a lot is lip service. Now our rates are going up (again) because the Insurance Corp. says they are losing billions. For starters, maybe periodic testing say every 5 years should be mandatory and if you don't pass, licence gets taken away and no insurance renewal. People's memory and habits might improve a lot...
Here in Richmond BC, we have a large population of immigrants from a certain overseas area of the planet. Seems like many learned how to drive there under who knows what circumstances and testing and licencing requirements. (There was even a rumor for the longest time that many bought their licences at the local midnight market.) You can be quietly minding your own business driving along and have a driver wearing a surgical mask and white gloves come zinging out of nowhere from a parking lot on one side of the street across the road right in front of you into another lot on the opposite side of the street. My DW works there and sees it all the times. Photo is a not uncommon example or this vid clip for ex. (see last few seconds). Says she's lucky to still be alive, lol.
Ticks me off when I'm retired, am home most days and don't do much driving (except for RV-ing in summer) and I still have to pay the same rate as everyone else including those that drive long distances to/from work. The truck sits there all winter hardly being used but I need it occasionally for an appt. somewhere or maybe to go to a store (DW takes the car to work). This is the first time ever that we downgraded the insurance to bare min. and even took off the collision coverage. The occasional time I am out in the off-season in the truck I get to witness drivers speeding and crossing double yellows, blowing through stop signs, speeding in school zones, changing lanes in intersections, using cellphones, etc., etc.
I digress but it's a crazy world out there on the roads (and generally speaking too) and nuttin' you can do about it.
Can't believe this thread is still going (to who knows where). Clearly too many folks with cabin fever, nothing else to do and need to get out camping! :R I digress but it's a crazy world out there and nuttin' you can do about it.
