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Law enforcement agencies have long had the ability to write citations for slower vehicles failing to keep to the right or for impeding traffic. The new law does not affect that.

And that is how my brother got busted. No posted signs, but he was not moving in the left lane (3 lanes both directions) as fast as traffic was trying to go so he got pulled over. Even if it's not a law (which it is) the friendly and Texan thing to do anyway is to just move over so the speeder can pass on the left and not make the more dangerous move on the right. Making them do that is setting him or her up to actually break the law even more by pushing them to pass on the right - 'cause you know they'll do it and cut off others in the process most likely.

I wonder how many more pages this will go! There is obviously different interpretations of the same few sentences.

G192627 wrote:

PUCKER wrote:

txflyer wrote:And that is why different speeds are well managed in Germany on the autobahn. Drive right is strictly enforced as it should be here. I don't know how many times on the Bush turnpike I have to move all the way to the right lane to pass the idiots who aren't even doing the speed limit (70).

I really wish the troopers would write them up.

I really love me some autobahn!!

Words cannot express how awesome it is to drive it! Drivers over there have a totally different mindset, at least from my personal experience. My experience was that those that wanted to go slow kept right (also those that were mandated, in certain sections, to do that - ie - trucks), those that were cruising along kept in the middle, those that were hauling were in the left lane and then would move one lane over after passing, and stay there again until passing.

You will be ticketed very quickly for driving in the left lane while not overtaking someone. It's ticketed like speeding is here.

I have seen this firsthand actually. I cannot remember the exact wording, but the citation was for creating a hazard by not allowing faster traffic to pass on the left as required by State law. Granted the "normal" part is open to somewhat interpretation, but the left-side passing is not. We were going about 5mph over, couple of cars behind us. We asked about those speeding cars and the comment was along the lines of "we'll get them next time, your creating much more of a hazard". Judge felt the same way, the left-lane passing that we made impossible cost my brother some cash.