"driving" in the left lane. YES it's illegal.

mgirardo wrote:
Georgia enacted a similar law a few years ago. I've never seen it enforced.

In GA, the idea is to keep traffic flowing. Someone hogging the left lane causes traffic to slow down. It's not to reward speeders, it is to keep traffic flowing in an effort to reduce accidents.

-Michael

The GA law is a little different. It's not a stay out of the left lane except to pass, but is a yield to faster vehicles. If you are not holding up anyone you can drive in the far left lane all you want.

Problem is in GA (especially in Atlanta), speed limits are not even a suggestion anymore. If you go the speed limit even in the right lane, you will get ran over and cussed by everyone and you will be holding up traffic. We locals joke about I-285 around Atlanta being a NASCAR training ground. And don't think about leaving more than 3' between your car and the one ahead of you or 3 people will try and get into that space.

Not as bad outside Atlanta (but the Atlanta area is getting huge).

Back on topic, I'm not really sure how the GA law about yielding to faster vehicles applies "officially" if you are already over the speed limit in the far left lane. Are you expected to yield to those Nascar trainee wann-a-bee's? I don't know, but I do just as I would rather have those non-drivers in front of me than on my bumper.