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|    Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Phi to Harry K    |
|    Re: Is passing on the left ignored every    |
|    23 Jan 16 11:47:44    |
      From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com              On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 12:49:15 PM UTC-5, Harry K wrote:       > On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 4:10:58 AM UTC-8, thekma...@gmail.com wrote:       > > Tibetan:       > >       > > "KRETP" - Keep right except to pass is not enforced       > > in a lot of states. In fact, some states allow passing       > > on the RIGHT where it is "safe and permissible"       > > to do so.       >       > Article on the news lasdt week. Washington state patrol reported 75,000       tickets issued for failing to KRETP. Probably by pissed off officers trying       to get through traffic.       >       > Propsal is going through to add an offense "driving slowly continuously in       the passing lane".       >       > Clarification in the papere "slowly" meaning 'at under the speed limit'. It       is being held up as "continuously" is too vague for a law.       >       > WTF difference is that and KRETP? Some speculation is it would be an added       charge in addition to a KRETP citation.       >       > I have reported people doing it to the WSP and reported drivers of       commercial vehicles to their businesses. Doesn't seem to help.       >       > Harry K              In Europe all you would need to do is flash the lights at the idiot, but here       you fear he may brake hard or pull a gun on you.              They simply don't like anyone getting ahead of them. This causes confusion and       chaos as you may try to pass on the right. I suggest you imagine having a       machine gun in front while squeezing a banana.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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