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From the article:Originally posted by bowenarra View Post
“Engineers generally consider highway travel to be the safest when vehicles are traveling at the same speeds,” Rawson said. “The use of these signs will help ensure that vehicles traveling at the posted speed limit will not be impeded or forced to make excessive lane changes when encountering a slower vehicle.”
Sign doesn't say left lane is for speeders and law breakers.
That's why I pass on the shoulder.
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Law doesn't say OK if you are going X speed. It says if your not passing get the heck out of the left laneOriginally posted by oktx View PostComment
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I drive the speed limit and whenever I come up on someone going slower, I can't move over to the left lane because you are pacing me or you dont know how to use your cruise control and while passing me your foot gets tired or you see a squirrel and forget where you are. Soooo when I do finally get in the left lane, I stay there until I don't see anymore cars that might be going slower than me.
I don't know who you are but if I can move to the left to pass someone while I am going the speed limit, then you can just as easily move over to the right lane and go around if you want to go faster than me!Comment
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Your from OK, I wouldn't expect anything more out of youOriginally posted by oktx View Post
Seriously have respect for others on the road. Don't take 5 miles to pass an 18wheeler cause you are going 75MPH and the 18 wheeler is going 74.9 MPH! Not to mention it is the law now.
Pass people like there is oncoming traffic in the left lane. Speed up, pass, then get over! Its that easy!!! Even an OKIE can do it.
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If you are in the left lane and passing another vehicle than I will not disagree with you. People behind you wanting to go faster have no legal grounds to whine about it - even if its me :-)Originally posted by oktx View Post
However, if your are just cruising in the left lane (not passing) than you need to move over fella. It's the law.Last edited by Mastro; 03-27-2013, 08:22 PM.Comment
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Lol... I wish the counties I drive in the most would go to 75... I drive back from the lease where there are hills and the roads turn in 75 mph speed zones...
AS SOON AS YOU GET UP ON THE CAPROCK WITH FLAT LAND AND STRAIGHT ROADS THE SPEED LIMIT DROPS BACK DOWN TO 70... ***? For the life of me I can't figure it out... He'll you could drive 185 up here, run off the road for miles and never hit a tree,dip, house.... There's nothing out here. We should be driving 95. Just ****** me off.
Oh and yes, regardless of how fast your going get your *** out of the left lane... There's always somebody driving faster than you, in a hurry to get somewhere, or in a state of emergency. Get the $&@! Out of the way!!!!!Comment
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I thought we were supposed to have cars that flew by now.Comment
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I don't get it either, makes no sense can cruise 75 all over the way up to between seminole and andrews and it slows down the 70 makes no sense heck the 2 lane roads down there with butt loads of traffic have higher speed limits than the 4 lane up here irks me to no end.Originally posted by Coach W View PostComment
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I don't think the general population is smart enough to take on the responsibility of flight. Got enough near misses and mid air collisions as it is with the small percentage of air traffic we haveOriginally posted by bowhuntntxn View Post
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What ever happened to common courtesy? This is a law we shouldn't even need! Common courtesy should prevail. I hope DPS enforces it to the max!
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Yup four lane divided highways with shoulders... You can see for miles, no wildlife hazards, the road is straight as an arrow.... 70.Originally posted by westtexducks View Post
Makes me wanna drive my truck into every courthouse in those counties... At 70 of course, because that's a safe speed.
Andrews has been 75 for years now btw.. The newer counties to convert are up in the panhandle...Comment
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Yep just north of lubbock it swaps back to 75 and it could easily be 80 like it is down between odessa and el paso on the interstate. I would really love to hear their reasoning for the slow as heck speeds up here with half the traffic as down there. That entire area as been 75 for years, heck the little FM roads down in the permian basin counties are 75 it is great.Originally posted by Coach W View PostYup four lane divided highways with shoulders... You can see for miles, no wildlife hazards, the road is straight as an arrow.... 70.
Makes me wanna drive my truck into every courthouse in those counties... At 70 of course, because that's a safe speed.
Andrews has been 75 for years now btw.. The newer counties to convert are up in the panhandle... Then I came up here for school and am very disappointed in how the road systems are set up.
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and the trucks still drive in the left lane....I call their mothership.....Originally posted by SAKS View PostComment
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