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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope they will be enforcing laws against speeding just as much as this new law.

People are more likely to die in a high speed crash than in a lower speed one. 
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OK, thanks, vigilante. Stay right and MYOB. 
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So, are you saying the police should not ticket people driving more than 10 mph over the speed limit? Do you think the left lane should be where people can just drive as fast as they like?
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Plenty of people are saying both groups are dangerous and both groups should be ticketed. Slow drivers are taking personal offense to the idea that they are behaving as dangerously as the fast drivers because they believe that 1) slower driving is safer driving, 2) they are TRYING to drive safely, hence the slow speeds and 3) at worst they are simply passively encouraging those people driving dangerously (speeders) to slow down and be more safe.

So they have this whole vision of themselves as not JUST a not dangerous driver who shouldn't be at fault but in fact the SAFEST of drivers who are simply trying to make everyone more safe.

Sorry slow drivers, this is a ridiculous vision of yourself. Driving slow in the left lane causes accidents, it just does. It is a circular behavior in that the slow drivers and the fast drivers need to both be doing something wrong to create the situation but that is the reality. If you know this statistic and you choose to drive slowly in the left lane than you are driving dangerously. There is no reason why you can't choose another lane. If my kid steals another kid's toy and the other kid kicks them both children have done something wrong and both children are punished. [/quote]

I think everyone agrees that cars moving 5-10 mph under the speed limit can be dangerous and that is against the law and they should be ticketed. People who are driving 15+ mph over the speed limit are also dangerous and should be ticketed.

People driving 65 mph in a 55 zone in the left lane should not be ticketed so some one can drive 70+ in a 55 zone. That person is already over the speed limit and should get a ticket for that, as well as those trying to drive even faster. That's at least 15 mph over the speed limit and is getting into reckless driving territory. No one should sit in the left lane, that's for sure, but no one should be driving more than 15 mph over the speed limit on the beltway. [/quote]

But there people who are going to drive “more than 15 mph over the speed limit.” There just are. Why do you want them behind you and then going around you unsafely? Why not just stay more to the right and stay away from them? Why do you need to be in the left lane at all, unless exiting, when you think that someone driving 70 in a 55 should be ticketed?[/quote]

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