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re: New traffic law in Texas about left lane usage
Posted on 6/1/23 at 2:39 pm to Topwater Trout
Posted on 6/1/23 at 2:39 pm to Topwater Trout
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In La 90% of drivers going speed limit on 10 use the left lane have Texas plates
Because we're superior in every way
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Posted on 6/1/23 at 2:47 pm to TideHater
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Florida has a Left lane law. They pulled my son over for riding in the left lane. He claims he did not know about it. They gave him a verbal warning. It was on I-10 around Tallahassee....State Trooper. I informed my boy about it being a law here and there are actually signs on Alabama roadways....However, it took me forever to actually find one.
This is a law in Alabama too. I believe it was called the Road Rage Law and state troopers here have been enforcing it
Posted on 6/1/23 at 2:53 pm to DakIsNoLB
quote:Yep
Drivers will still go 90 mph in the left lane so they can be perpetually passing.
Don't get me wrong, people just hanging out in the left lane not going fast enough is certainly an issue.
But those that want to go 90 or 100 and think they own the left lane and never have to slow down or just as annoying and even more dangerous IMO.
If there's a decent amount of traffic but still flowing, and you're passing a row of 6 or 7 cars going slow, it's just as annoying when that car that wants to do 95mph thinks he owns the left lane and you should immediately move over despite the fact that you're using the left lane exactly as you should, to pass slower cars.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 2:56 pm to dcrews
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left lane drivers are 10000x more of an issue in LA than they are in TX.
If you will take notice the cars riding in the left lane in Louisiana usually have Texas license plates.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 3:00 pm to Purplehaze
Good law. For some reason Texans love to drive the speed limit in any and all lanes.
South Carolina has a law that says slower traffic must keep right and it has been periodically enforced regardless of speed limit....so the person in the left hand lane doing 85 in a 65 being passed by people in the right hand lane doing 90 gets the ticket. It is badly written because slower cant be quantified but i am told it has been enforced that way...
South Carolina has a law that says slower traffic must keep right and it has been periodically enforced regardless of speed limit....so the person in the left hand lane doing 85 in a 65 being passed by people in the right hand lane doing 90 gets the ticket. It is badly written because slower cant be quantified but i am told it has been enforced that way...
Posted on 6/1/23 at 3:13 pm to IAmNERD
I've seen this posted before. I live less than a mile from the A96 in Bavaria and drive the Autobahn all the time. Here are the facts. There is no law that prohibits driving in the left lane on the Autobahn. What is prohibited and will get you in trouble is driving in the left lane and blocking faster drivers. Before pulling out to pass you better damn sure check to see if someone is coming up behind you. You will be in big shite if you cause a wreck in this manner. If you commute to Munich, you will see that all the lanes are occupied. Regarding the Polizei: they do not hang out on the Autobahn in speed traps. Any ticket you get will be as a result of a speed camera - with your mug clearly shown. If you see cops on the Autobahn it's because they are going somewhere or there's been an accident. Don't mean this to be rude, but I've driven here since 1988 and wanted to clear this up.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 3:20 pm to La Place Mike
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If you will take notice the cars riding in the left lane in Louisiana usually have Texas license plates.
Not even close in my opinion.
I've spent enough time on I-10 between New Orleans/Baton Rouge and Baton Rouge/Houston to know that Louisiana drivers are infinitely worse than Texas drivers when it comes to driving too slowly in the left lane and/or not allowing people to pass.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 3:23 pm to Purplehaze
What you linked only defines passing. Doesn’t mandate it, near as I can tell. Perhaps that is mandated elsewhere.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 3:23 pm to Purplehaze
I don’t understand which part of this law is new. Texas already has a left lane law but it’s poorly enforced. Major cause of accidents when faster motorists are forced to pass on the right bc a vehicle doesn’t move out of the left lane.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 3:24 pm to A Smoke Break
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I'm still going 80 in the left lane blasting fuel by metalica with my truck nuts swanging
In Houston you'd be getting passed by 16yo girls in Teslas.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 3:36 pm to dcrews
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Not even close in my opinion.
Wrong. You don't drive it enough.
I am on 12 everyday and its Texas drivers slowing things down 9 out 10 times. I will give Texas drivers props for getting over after they get passed in the right lane by a few cars. Louisiana drivers don't get the hint.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 3:54 pm to Purplehaze
Some folks don't care....
(That's an Infiniti QX60, ftr)
(That's an Infiniti QX60, ftr)
Posted on 6/1/23 at 4:31 pm to dcrews
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left lane drivers are 10000x more of an issue in LA than they are in TX.
Well maybe if all them baws with Texas plates would get out of the left lane, then I wouldn’t have to use the right lane as a passing lane.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:14 pm to dcrews
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couldn't tell you the last time (if ever) I had to wait for someone to get out of my way in the left lane here in TX
What?? Happens to me every day in Houston.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:23 pm to Purplehaze
Too many Mexican women driving old minivans in the left lane
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:26 pm to Purplehaze
Just like cell phone laws. We already have reckless driving laws that all of this crap falls under. It’s just a way for politicians to pat themselves on the back to say they are trying to fix a problem but lack of enforcement of standing laws is the problem.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 8:39 pm to dcrews
quote:True but the cars in the left lane have texas plates.
As someone who lived in Louisiana for 35 years and moved to Texas for the last 3 years...left lane drivers are 10000x more of an issue in LA than they are in TX. I couldn't tell you the last time (if ever) I had to wait for someone to get out of my way in the left lane here in TX. When I go back to Louisiana, it happens every 2 mins.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 8:42 pm to Purplehaze
Alabama passed this law a few years ago, and from my careful analysis and research since, that law didn't do crap to help rid of slow left lane drivers
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 6/1/23 at 8:51 pm to dcrews
You are absolutely right about that. I grew up in Texas and it was almost the first thing I learned (along with signaling every move). I’ve driven back and forth from Louisiana an hundred times and interstate drivers in Texas are much much better at adhering to this “rule of the road.” Anyone who thinks otherwise is lying or straight dumb.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:06 pm to chryso
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don't care how fast you are going. If there is no one in the right lane next to you, get over.
What if there is nobody in the left lane either?
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