You're driving 65 miles per hour on a two-lane highway. You move to the left to pass another vehicle -- brakes! You're stuck behind somebody going 55 miles per hour in the left lane. Hanging out in the left lane below the speed limit is not only dangerous it is illegal and could earn you [...]
By Jim Salter, Associated Press LOUIS (AP) — From stricter laws to public service campaigns and pleading electronic road signs, states have a message for the drivers clogging the inside lanes of the nation's highways: Get the heck out of the way! Few things infuriate drivers more than a car or truck in a [...]
March 11, 2019 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana State Police have handed out more than 200 tickets to motorists for driving too slowly in the left lane. WRTV-TV reports that state police ticketed 87 drivers in 2017 for left lane violations and 132 in 2018. The law enforcement agency also gave more than 1,000 warnings last year. [...]
Reporter Nicole Papageorge NAPLES, Fla.- Florida Highway Patrol troopers are cracking down on drivers traveling too slowly in the left lane on Interstate 75. “Driving on the interstate, a lot of people are just ignorant,” said driver, Joseph Portner. They won’t move over.” Troopers say many of the slow drivers are multitasking on their phone, something Maria Strawder says she [...]
By Sylvia Corkill, News 9 Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY 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 [...]
February 20, 2018 BY LINDA ROBERTSON lrobertson@miamiherald.com Like roadkill decomposing on the pavement, so are the days of our lives wasted in traffic congestion. A primary thief of those precious hours — lost not only to the clock but in lifespan shortened by mental anguish — is the left lane loafer. You know and loathe [...]
If you've ever yelled at a slowpoke blocking your way on the left lane of a crowded highway, your anger is now justified. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Ari, let's talk about your driving. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Oh, not my driving. I bicycle to work. SIEGEL: All right. All right. But when you are behind the wheel, [...]
The Florida Department of Transportation is reminding drivers that going too slow is against the law and could result in a minimum fine of $121. Florida officials warn slow drivers to move out of left lane or face fine The Florida Department of Transportation is reminding drivers that going too slow is against the law, [...]
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 OK to [...]
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. [...]