There IS No Lane For Speeding
Am I wrong here? Who thinks that “pass on the left” means it is legal to speed in the left-most lane? If you are behind someone in the fast lane going slower than you AND you are speeding realize that it is you that is in the wrong, not they.
IF you intend to go over the posted speed limit (especially by a large margin) then you will be going faster than some (in some cases most, in some cases all :0) of the other vehicles on the road. When you create a situation like that there is no avoiding the fact that you WILL be going faster than someone in your own lane; indeed it is likely there will be someone in your lane that is in front of you that is traveling at a velocity slower than yours. What I mean to say is if you intend to go over the posted speed limit you need to come to grips with the fact that you will likely often need to slow down for someone obeying the law. This gives you no justification to become angry. If you want to coexist happily with vehicles around you, you need to play by the same rules they do.
Where there is more than one lane available for a particular direction, there is a lane designated for passing. You pass on the left. However, it is rightfully called a “passing” lane, not a “speeding” lane. Get caught going too fast in that lane and yes indeed you will get ticketed. It is because of this that no amount of pressure from behind is going to cause me to exert sufficient speed such that I will get ticketed.
Having said all of that. I understand people get late for work or an appointment or they just hurry to any destination. That is of course their right and I have no problem whatsoever in getting out of their way when I see them coming. Please do realize however that I will get and stay in the left lane (going the speed limit no less) when I have a left turn to make a short distance down the road. I will also be using that lane for passing myself. Yes, in fact I go the speed limit wherever I am and still (pretty regularly actually) happen upon people going under the speed limit.
Thanks for allowing me my rant
Comments welcome
