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03Lightningrocks wrote: I have been to Austin and it seemed to be rather tamed. Must be all the pot they smoke down there.

Literally! I had to go into downtown Austin for a meeting recently and on the way out, the girl in the car next to me had her elbows on the wheel, one hand with a lighter and the other with a roach. She didn't seem to have a care in the world.

Bullitt wrote:
Just so readers don't get misinformed here. Passing on the right in moving traffic, which is what was being discussed here, is illegal. Posting a statute for a vehicle that is stopped and/or slowed to make a left turn is disingenuous. In no case may you pass on the right if the vehicle in front of you is at or exceeding the speed limit, and that's the law. Test it in places where the law is enforced and you will get a ticket. When you go to court to fight your ticket, take the statute that was provided to you by brainman as your defense, and see how you do. Good luck!

Like I said, you're right. All those times I've passed cops on the right and not reading carefully put me in the wrong. Guess they took pity cause they were stuck behind the guy in the left lane.

Bullitt wrote:And just for the record, passing on the right is illegal if the car in front you is doing the speed limit. This is because that car in front may also be trying to pass but is doing so at the posted speed limit.

Bullitt wrote:And none of the conditions you listed above allows for passing on the right as I described. So you are wrong again, but nice try. The more you write, the more fun it gets.

I can see now why you have this problem. So, I give up, you're right. Have fun with that.

Bullitt wrote:

brainman wrote:

Bullitt wrote:

brainman wrote:

Bullitt wrote:And just for the record, passing on the right is illegal if the car in front you is doing the speed limit. This is because that car in front may also be trying to pass but is doing so at the posted speed limit.

Wrong.

No, that is correct.

Ok, let's play. Show me the law.

No, but since you are insistent, and the mod has already stepped in once, and since you were the one to derail this thread with your first post, I'll just hit the complaint button.

Complain if you want. You're saying something that is factually incorrect. Since you don't want to find it, I will.

§ 545.057. PASSING TO THE RIGHT. (a) An operator may pass
to the right of another vehicle only if conditions permit safely
passing to the right and:
(1) the vehicle being passed is making or about to make
a left turn; and
(2) the operator is:
(A) on a highway having unobstructed pavement not
occupied by parked vehicles and sufficient width for two or more
lines of moving vehicles in each direction; or
(B) on a one-way street or on a roadway having
traffic restricted to one direction of movement and the roadway is
free from obstructions and wide enough for two or more lines of
moving vehicles.
(b) An operator may not pass to the right by leaving the main
traveled portion of a roadway except as provided by Section
545.058.

Passing on the right is legal. Impeding traffic in the passing lane is not.

Bullitt wrote:

brainman wrote:

Bullitt wrote:And just for the record, passing on the right is illegal if the car in front you is doing the speed limit. This is because that car in front may also be trying to pass but is doing so at the posted speed limit.

Wrong.

No, that is correct.

Ok, let's play. Show me the law.

Bullitt wrote:And just for the record, passing on the right is illegal if the car in front you is doing the speed limit. This is because that car in front may also be trying to pass but is doing so at the posted speed limit.

Wrong.

Bullitt wrote:

oohrah wrote:Black & white traffic signs are regulatory, i.e. the law.

Speed limit signs are in black & white.

So you're happy to break both the speed law and the passing lane law, but you're going to get mad at people who exceed the speed limit more than you like? And before you start telling us how they weave around you, remember that they wouldn't be weaving around you if you weren't sitting in the passing lane.

Bullitt wrote:

brainman wrote:

Bullitt wrote:Drivers are getting more audacious everyday. The speeder-weaver-tailgater is the animal I hate the most. These guys pass on the right and slalom through traffic putting everybody else at risk.

If you're getting passed on the right, then shouldn't you have moved over? It is illegal to impede traffic in the passing lane on the highway.

Thanks, I know how to drive.

If I'm going 80 on a 65 speed limit highway, and everybody else is also going 80, nobody should be trying to pass me on the right simply because he/she wants to go 100 mph. Weavers, speeders, and tailgaters do this here on a daily basis. They are out of control.

I have also been passed by the drivers who think the right shoulder is a passing lane. Usually 'cuz they are too lazy to get out of bed in time in the morning.

So you get to decide what level of breaking the law is acceptable? It's fine for you to go 80, but not them to go 100? I'm sorry, but if you're going 100 in the passing lane and someone's trying to get around you, then you're still impeding traffic in the passing lane. Move over and they won't be passing on your right (shoulder-driving idiots excepted). Two wrongs don't make a right.

Bullitt wrote:Drivers are getting more audacious everyday. The speeder-weaver-tailgater is the animal I hate the most. These guys pass on the right and slalom through traffic putting everybody else at risk.

If you're getting passed on the right, then shouldn't you have moved over? It is illegal to impede traffic in the passing lane on the highway.