Barbara Hijek This appears to be a case of road rage, but in reverse: after all, isn't it usually the fast driver that gets perturbed with a slow-moving car? After a man safely passed a slow-moving Kia in Lehigh Acres, the Kia's driver, Michael Roskov, pulled up behind him at a traffic sign, got [...]
Author - Martha Moore Maybe you’re a bit of a lead-foot. Maybe you don’t like driving behind trucks. Or maybe you just really like the view from the left lane. Well, an increasing number of states have a message for you: Get over. Or pay up. Oklahoma, Oregon and Virginia are racing to become the [...]
Depending on when and where, driving too slowly can be just as dangerous as speeding. We'll explain why and offer some tips on safely avoiding overly cautious drivers. The slowdown lowdown: why slow driving can be dangerous When slow drivers linger in the left lane of multilane roads, you may be forced to pass on [...]
Why people drive slowly in the left lane is one of the most vexing problems of the road since the invention of the automobile. Blocking the left lane isn’t only illegal — every state has some type of law restricting use of the left lane on multi-lane roads and highways — but keeping it open [...]
If you drive slow in the fast lane, there's a new price to pay. The Florida Highway Patrol is cracking down on slow drivers by issuing tickets to those who travel more than 10 miles per hour -- below the speed limit -- in the left lane. Now that it's season, FHP says more drivers [...]
Move over or get pulled over is starting Wednesday; it's the law. Oklahoma drivers can no longer drive in the left lane of the highway. While you can't drive in the left lane, there are a couple of exceptions including when passing someone. Troopers say they won't be cracking down during peek morning and evening rush hour traffic [...]
Slowpokes, beware: More states are cracking down on drivers who dawdle in the left lane. While all states require slow-moving vehicles to keep to the right, laws that went into effect in Tennessee this year, Indiana last year, Georgia in 2014 and Florida and New Jersey in 2013 are setting harsher penalties for dawdling drivers. [...]
There are basically two types of drivers: those who get worked up about people driving slowly in the left lane, and those who do it all the time and have no idea they're upsetting everyone else. It's not that you're never allowed in the left lane, just that you should use it briefly, for passing. [...]
Not only is it annoying, driving on the left is unsafe Writer Joseph Stromberg and Vox took on a cause that's near and dear to our hearts last week: left-lane hogging. We know our readers know this, but if you need any extra ammunition to explain to friends and family why it's not [...]
Ross Turner wants to send big message to drivers who clog left lane One South Carolina lawmaker wants to increase the fine for drivers who go slowly in the left lane. State Sen. Ross Turner says his 200-mile round trip commute from Greenville to Columbia helped convince him of the need for a South Carolina [...]