May 19, 200719 yr My sister just got a ticket for 'lack of' speeding. She was ticketed for going 52 in a 55 driving in the left hand lane of a two lane road. I have to laugh at her, but come on. Is the cop basically saying it's OK to speed in the fast lane?
May 19, 200719 yr Author Are you talking about two lanes going in the same direction? :lol: Yes. It does sound funny the way I stated it. Technically it's a 4 lane road, but there's a huge grass median in the middle that's probably as wide as 3 lanes.
May 19, 200719 yr That's awesome. The only thing that would've been better is if she would've been arrested for driving sober.
May 19, 200719 yr The only reason I can think of is that you are actually only supposed to drive in the left hand lane just to pass a slow moving vehicle.
May 19, 200719 yr ^ That's what I was thinking. If a car in the slow lane is going 55mph and there is a car beside of it going 52mph then it's going to hold up traffic. Since the car in the slow lane is doing what they are supposed to it is right to pull over the slow car in the passing lane. Maybe should have just gave a warning but maybe the cop hasn't met his quota yet! haha
May 19, 200719 yr Author The only reason I can think of is that you are actually only supposed to drive in the left hand lane just to pass a slow moving vehicle. She said she was worried to go over the speed limit and couldn't get over as they apparently just turned onto the road.
May 19, 200719 yr She said she was worried to go over the speed limit and couldn't get over as they apparently just turned onto the road.Did she just make a left turn onto the road in question or a right turn?
May 19, 200719 yr Author Did she just make a left turn onto the road in question or a right turn? Left. Two lanes turn left onto the two lanes of the road she got the ticket on.
May 19, 200719 yr If she had just made a left turn onto the road I can't understand why she got a ticket. It seems to me she made a proper turn and she has to have time to get up to speed.
May 19, 200719 yr That's the first I've ever heard of a ticket being issued for going 3 miles slower than the limit.
May 19, 200719 yr I had always heard that you weren't allowed to be in that lane and go under the speed limit. With that said, pretty ridiculous to be just 3 under and get a ticket. Good to know there weren't any REAL bad drivers on the road to take care of.
May 19, 200719 yr Talk about a cop needing to meet his quotas... I wonder if he's ever given a ticket to someone going 58 in the right hand lane.:creepy:
May 19, 200719 yr Talk about a cop needing to meet his quotas... I wonder if he's ever given a ticket to someone going 58 in the right hand lane.:creepy:Unless this was a federally funded "campaign" there are no such things as quotas.
May 19, 200719 yr Unless this was a federally funded "campaign" there are no such things as quotas. :thumb: Thanks for clearing that up, I thought about that part before I posted it because I didn't know if they were real or not but you get the gist of the point point I was making.
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