Turnouts
I am happy to pull over in turnouts, even when I see only one or two cars behind me. I don't aspire to the notion that if I am going the speed limit, I don't need to use the turnout. The problem I...
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Jayco-noslide wrote:
Turnouts are always optional as long as you are not below a posted minimum speed. Where there are many miles of curves and hills, its a nice gesture to pull over and let behind traffic pass but nothing more than that. It's not a legal or moral obligation and Frankly I don't feel too compelled to turn out and almost never if I am going the speed limit. It's almost always a scenic area and locals and the impatient need to understand that some may have driven hundreds of miles to take that route, relax and enjoy the scenery.
while I somewhat agree with your philosophy, if you have a string of cars behind you pulling over when possible is just common sense and in some states the law. In oregon if you have more than a certain number of vehicles behind you, even if you are doing the speed limit you legally have to use a slow moving vehicle pullout and let traffic by. IIRC it is something like 5 vehicles. And if that means stopping in the pullout to let traffic by, that's what you legally have to do.
On the major OR state highways almost all the turnouts have a sign 1/2 mile or more in advance that a slow moving vehicle turnout is coming up and the placement is such that there is no excuse for not using them. OR county roads another story, sometimes they aren't marked till you get to them and they are on a curve.
