Punch wrote:
> "andy levy" <andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:av9oua$gs0$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
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>>Punch wrote:
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>>>oh I understand what speed your talking about, but everyone refers to
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> the
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>>>highway lanes as the slow lane the middle lanes and the fast lane, yet
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> there
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>>>is only one speed limit for the highway! if everyone was obeying the
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> law,
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>>>and not racing nobody would need to pass, and the only cars in the slow
>>>lanes would be trucks ascending hills!
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>>How do you figure? The speed limit is just that - the *limit*. Which
>>implies that you are allowed to go slower. In New York, it's perfect
>>legal to go 55 in a zone posted for 65 - as long as you're less than 15
>>MPH under the limit you don't even have to put on your hazard flashers.
>> In fact, it's even *technically* illegal to pass someone who's doing
>>65 in a 65 zone, because you're then doing more than 65. Slower traffic
>>must stay to the right.
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>
> my point exactly you shouldn't be passing/racing anyone who is doing 65, and
> for those peeps doing under 65 why are they on the highway in the
> firstplace, this is impeding the flow of traffic and is also illegal!
Wrong. Re-read my post. The limit is the *maximum* speed. The minimum
is typically 15 MPH lower than that. Doing any speed in that range is
*not* illegal. Impeding traffic is illegal. Doing 55 in a 65 is not
impeding traffic, especially since all interstates (since we're using
that as the example here) have multiple lanes and permit passing.
There are plenty of good reasons to do less than the speed limit.
Including weather. All speed limits are posted with the (often
un-written on the road, but in the lawbooks) provisio of "conditions
permitting." Wednesday I was doing 35 on the interstate because faster
was dangerous. Then there were a few jackasses trying to do 65 because
"well, it's the limit so I'm allowed".
I suggest you go back to driving school. The speed limit is not a black
and white issue of "you must do exactly this speed."
> p.s. so its legal for me to stay in the left lane/fast lane and do 65!
Yes it is. You'll piss people off, and might get a cop pulling you over
to give you a warning, but it's still legal. But don't come crying to
me when you get run over.
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