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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   In message <160320140917238416%YourName@YourISP.com>   
    Your Name wrote:   
   > In article , T0m $herman   
   > wrote:   
      
   >> On 3/11/2014 1:27 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   >> > On 2014-03-11, Lewis wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >> If you drive 55mph where the flow of traffic is 70mph then *you* are a   
   >> >> hazard. Many of those idiots you see are trying to avoid an   
   >> >> un-anticipated impediment.   
   >> >   
   >> > Depends very much on the circumstance. What if the speed limit is 55?   
   >> > What if there are multiple flows of traffic - some obeying the speed   
   >> > limit, and others not? Very often, I'll be driving with cruise control   
   >> > set to 55-60 in the middle lane of a 3-lane highway where the posted   
   >> > speed limit is 55, where most of the cars around me are doing similar   
   >>   
   >> Why are you not in the right lane if going slower than traffic?   
      
   > In my experience, the only people who "pull up behind me" when I'm in   
   > the "fast" lane (in free-flowing traffic conditions) are those   
   > obviously exceeding the speed limit.   
      
   It is not your job to enforce speed limits. If you are in the left lane,   
   you damn well better be the fastest moving vehicle.   
      
   > The bill, unofficially known as the "Slow Poke"   
   > bill, will make it an offence to hold up faster   
   > traffic by sitting in the inside lane of a   
   > freeway. Yes, that's right - a cop in Georgia   
   > might soon be able to pull you over and give you   
   > a ticket for the all-too-common act of being an   
   > ignorant prat in the fast lane.   
      
   That is already the law here in Colorado.   
      
   > The bill was introduced by Representative Bill   
   > Hitchens, who just happens to be a former state   
   > trooper. "I always say it's the manners you momma   
   > should have taught you; if someone pulls up   
   > behind you, you move to the right and let them   
   > by," Hitchens told MyFox Atlanta.   
      
   Exactly.   
      
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