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Originally Posted by Simnut
Actually, if you read the signs on a two lane highway...the right hand lane is for traveling, the left hand lane is for passing. It's not one lane for slow drivers and one lane for fast drivers!  But, I do agree.....it is frustrating when two slower vehicles are side by side, not allowing vehicles to use the "passing" lane. |
If you read the signs again you'll see that the right lane is indicated as a travel lane and the left lane is indicated as a passing/travel lane.
I was on HWY17 Southbound last night, not quite keeping up with the flow of traffic (which was in excess of the posted speed limit). I was passed by an F150 doing 120/130 km/hr in the 80 zone.
I thought it was a bit fast, but if he kept his distance from other cars there won't be a problem. What did he do? Latched right onto the back end of a small Honda before finally passing it on the right, tailgating again and passing on the left. It's not like he couldn't see the cars since this was all visable from my vantage point quite a ways back.
So when I say speed is OK, I'm talking speed alone is OK. I'm not condoning actions like the F150 driver.
This also all took place right where the Saanich safety squad sets up their speed traps on a regular basis. Proof that regular enforcement doesn't prevent this sort of driving.