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Re: A few questions about laws in the US Posted on: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:06:53 EST

Cathy Kearns wrote:

> Since you were on 280 in California you may have seen the signs "Slower
> traffic keep right". That means if you are slower than the people behind
> you, move to the right. It is usually the convention that faster traffic
> goes in the left lane. You only have to change lanes if you are not going
> as fast as the car in front of you. Overtaking on the right is unexpected,
> and vaguely illegal, which means you can fail your drivers test by not
> knowing its illegal, but I don't know of anyone ever cited for that
> infraction.

Not so in NY and OH. It's not illegal at all, and not really unexpected.

Also driver's training will tell you that you should alway
> leave one car length between you and the car in front of you for every 10mph
> of speed you are going. So, if you were going 20mph changing lanes with 2
> car lengths was fine. If you were going 60mph you probably would get a
> ticket for wreckless driving if a cop saw you.

But wreckless driving is just what I want!

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