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- 'Hero' :H
Trooper did his Job ---enforcing a Law that has been on the books since 2015
Glad lady got caught and citation issued.
But the 'Hero' part is a bit too much - The article says no where how fast or slow this offender was going. If the "offender" was traveling the speed limit, then this office is completely wrong. Speed limit is that THAT .... L I M I T!!!! Any lane. Now, I can see if the speed limit is 65 and the offender is traveling 40 in the "fast lane." Then yes, there is justification. But if the "offender is traveling 65, she was not wrong ... EVERYONE ELSE IS. But YOU are probably one of those who think the law doesn't mean anything either! Drive any speed you want as long as you don't get a ticket! WRONG! You are still breaking the law!
The few times I've had to drive I-465 around Indianapolis, I've been caught in a whirwind of traffic. The speed LIMIT is 55, all the way around I-465 (Indianapolis). In order to keep from getting run over, I had to travel 85 in the SLOW lane! I finally said... SCREW THIS and slowed to 55 (in the right lane), and I swear everyone zoomed by me like I was standing still. AND THE L I M I T is 55! Old-Biscuit wrote:
'Hero' :H
Trooper did his Job ---enforcing a Law that has been on the books since 2015
Glad lady got caught and citation issued.
But the 'Hero' part is a bit too much
I spend a lot of time on the road and can say it's not enforced enough, so yeah, he's a hero in my book. He'd probably be given a parade if he worked in Minnesota.- The "Hero" bar is pretty low.
However he did the right thing my pulling her over.
Too many drivers get in the left lane and cruise all day with no regard to what's going on behind them.
What's equally as bad is a line of cars tailgating one another and going 80 mph. - I've got mixed feelings about left-lane laws.
Around here, the right lanes are usually beat to heck with patches and other bumps, and the less used left lane is smoother sailing.
Small towns like to "bottleneck" highways and use it as their main-street, so there's a lot of enter/exit traffic in the right lane. If I'm passing through I keep left. - The issue wasn't her speed but where she was. Even if she is doing the speed, and technically no one is suppose to be going faster then her (assuming her speedometer is correct), the left lane is for passing.
One exception to this is in the HOV lane. If you're in the HOV lane and doing the speed limit you don't have the option (at least not immediately) to move over and let vehicles behind you pass. The speed limit on the road I travel to work is 55mph. I'll be doing 65 ~ 70 mph and still have people on my tail "pushing" to go even faster. - To the poster who said if they were driving the speed limit they were breaking the law. That isn’t exactly true. The left is a passing lane. So if you are in that lane and are not attempting to pass someone, you are breaking the law. For some reason some people believe they are the gatekeeper of expressway speeds.
Old-Biscuit wrote:
'Hero' :H
Trooper did his Job ---enforcing a Law that has been on the books since 2015
Glad lady got caught and citation issued.
But the 'Hero' part is a bit too much
One person said, This guy is my hero.' The media made it a headline. (Imagine that...)DutchmenSport wrote:
The article says no where how fast or slow this offender was going. If the "offender" was traveling the speed limit, then this office is completely wrong. Speed limit is that THAT .... L I M I T!!!! Any lane. Now, I can see if the speed limit is 65 and the offender is traveling 40 in the "fast lane." Then yes, there is justification. But if the "offender is traveling 65, she was not wrong ... EVERYONE ELSE IS. But YOU are probably one of those who think the law doesn't mean anything either! Drive any speed you want as long as you don't get a ticket! WRONG! You are still breaking the law!
The few times I've had to drive I-465 around Indianapolis, I've been caught in a whirwind of traffic. The speed LIMIT is 55, all the way around I-465 (Indianapolis). In order to keep from getting run over, I had to travel 85 in the SLOW lane! I finally said... SCREW THIS and slowed to 55 (in the right lane), and I swear everyone zoomed by me like I was standing still. AND THE L I M I T is 55!
Nope, even if you are going the limit, lane discipline laws say you must be in the right lane unless passing.
If she was hanging out in the left lane and not passing at the speed limit, she was very much a danger on the road. She was creating far more of a danger than drivers simply keeping up with traffic.
PS: If everyone is going faster than the speed limit, the speed limit is set incorrectly. The Institute of Traffic Engineers recommended practice is to take the 85th percentile speed and round to the nearest 5mph when setting the speed limit. If 90% of traffic is exceeding the speed limit, it's not the 90% of drivers that are in the wrong, it's the officials setting the speed limit that are wrong.- What is more dangerous, traveling at the speed limit while the cars that want to go faster swerve and tailgate? Or, getting out of the way so the people who will go faster no matter what can do so in safety?
Time and time again I see people doing the speed limit in the left lane beside another vehicle going at the same pace. Simply get out of the way people!
