Maryland State Delegate Neil Parrott (R-2A) drives on Interstate 70 enough to know “no one in Maryland knows that you should stay to the right” while driving on a multilane highway.
“[It’s] the wild, wild West when you’re on I-70,” said Parrott, of Hagerstown. “Some people are passing on the far right lane.”
Parrott is pushing a bill that would encourage drivers to stay in the right lanes unless they are passing. Parrott, who owns his own traffic consulting business, hopes his bill will, to some degree, make things a little more orderly on the roads.
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His proposal has no teeth and won't change anything at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteThese days everyone thinks they're important for some reason,like they have somewhere to be real fast.Truth is very few if any would even miss them if they were late.Those left lane slowpokes are merely exposing their insignificance.
ReplyDeleteLet's just legalize tailgating with lights flashing and horn blowing in the left lane.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteLet's just legalize tailgating with lights flashing and horn blowing in the left lane.
March 10, 2020 at 10:02 AM
Let's just legalize pushing a slowpoke out of the way. And if they speed up on you when trying to pass, you are allowed to run them off the road. Same for when they slow down or speed up to block you in. Brake checks get a brick through the windshield. Same for when they pull in front of you and are not going correct speed.
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DeleteI do 80 to 90 Miles an hour on 13 bypass and often on Route 50
Also traveling on Snow Hill Road @ 70 mph ....other drivers pass and give me the finger
most cars run me over
GIVE ME A BREAK WITH YOUR MOVE OVER LAW
it's all bullchit
If you are going the speed limit in the left lane, there's no reason to go to the right lane, otherwise it would incentivize be speeding.
ReplyDeleteGet real. The left lane is for through traffic, not just for passing. If you stay in the right lane while approaching an off ramp, all you idiots that are racing to the exit will pass you and cut you off right at the ramp. And all of you know that I'm talking about YOU! See it every day, no exaggeration. Every day. Most exit signs will designate the left lane as through traffic and the right lane for exit traffic. But the idiots that want to pass everybody and cut off the drivers in the left lane to get to the exit are the real hazards to traffic safety.
ReplyDeleteMarch 10, 2020 at 10:18 AM:
ReplyDeleteNice to know there's an idiot and a moron that thinks it is justified to run people off the road or throw bricks through a windshield.. What a freaking jerk. Go ahead and try it big guy. See where it gets YOU.
ReplyDeleteNice to know there's an idiot and a moron that thinks it is justified to run people off the road or throw bricks through a windshield.. What a freaking jerk. Go ahead and try it big guy. See where it gets YOU.
March 10, 2020 at 10:44 AM
FFS, are you really that freaking dense that you would actually believe someone meant that literally?
I'm considering the purchase of a very old truck and hanging a snow plow blade on it. Said snow plow blade will be painted with angry eyes and big teeth. Then, when encountering those who clog the left lane, I will push them out of the way.....of course
ReplyDeletei'd end up in jail, but it's a fun thought!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteGet real. The left lane is for through traffic, not just for passing. If you stay in the right lane while approaching an off ramp, all you idiots that are racing to the exit will pass you and cut you off right at the ramp. And all of you know that I'm talking about YOU! See it every day, no exaggeration. Every day. Most exit signs will designate the left lane as through traffic and the right lane for exit traffic. But the idiots that want to pass everybody and cut off the drivers in the left lane to get to the exit are the real hazards to traffic safety.
March 10, 2020 at 10:42 AM
No, it is not. So many people do not know the rules of the road.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteIf you are going the speed limit in the left lane, there's no reason to go to the right lane, otherwise it would incentivize be speeding.
March 10, 2020 at 10:33 AM
If you are not actively passing a vehicle you are required to be in the right lane. It is not your job to impede the flow of traffic for any reason. Incentivize speeding? That's none of your concern either. Your actions incentivize road rage. Keep to the right. Try reading articles. It's obvious you and others didn't read a driver's manual.
Common practice and most law on United States highways is that the left lane is reserved for passing and faster moving traffic, and that traffic using the left lane must yield to traffic wishing to overtake.
ReplyDeleteThe United States Uniform Vehicle Code states:
Upon all roadways any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic ...
It is also illegal in many states in the US to use the "far left" or passing lane on a major highway as a traveling lane (as opposed to passing), or to fail to yield to faster moving traffic that is attempting to overtake in that lane.
or to fail to yield to faster moving traffic that is attempting to overtake in that lane.
ReplyDeleteMarch 10, 2020 at 11:27 AM
That means if someone is behind you, move the heck over and let them go. C-O-U-R-T-E-S-Y.
So if the posted speed limit is 55 and you are doing 70 in the left lane but the car behind you wants to go faster are you suppose to slow down to 55 and get in the right lane?
ReplyDeleteMarch 10, 2020 at 11:27 AM:
ReplyDeleteRead what you post. "any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic" That doesn't mean everybody has to get out of the way of the driver that wants to drive 20 MPH over the speed limit. The jerks on here that want to you do that are the ones complaining about the ones in their way. If you are driving the speed limit or above, you have no obligation to get out of the way of a maniac that think they have a "right" to drive 80 MPH. It's that simple.
It is simple but you refuse to understand. If you're not passing or making a left turn, stay to the right.
DeleteFiring squad for those in the passing lane that aren't passing!
ReplyDeletePage 10 from the Maryland Driver's Manual
ReplyDelete"You should keep your vehicle to the right
of the center of the roadway, unless you are passing
another vehicle going in the same direction, there
is a traffic signal designating it is okay to do so, or
there is an obstruction that makes it necessary to
safely adjust your position."
In other words, MOVE!
All the salty people are the old farts who go 50 in the fast lane.
ReplyDeleteSay Mr. Law maker. If that speed limit signs says 65 mph what does that really mean to you? Does it mean that posted speed is just for the right hand lane? Then it must mean that the left hand lane must be for those drivers who want to go 75-80 mph because that's what is happening So instead of punishing the lawbreakers you want to make a new law that will punish those drivers following the law. Mr. Republican lawmaker you need to change your party to Democrat because that's the justification they use.
ReplyDeleteI learned long ago that you never know what someone is going through. The law says to stay in the right lane unless you are passing or turning left shortly. That person driving over the speed limit may just be speeding or maybe they’re on the way to an emergency. You don’t know and it’s not your job to police them. As well, does the fact they’re breaking the law by speeding justify you staying in the left lane, against drivers’ rule, to slow them down? No it doesn’t. 2 wrongs don’t make a right.
ReplyDeleteShould be a $200.00 Fine for Not Moving the Hell over !!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm with him on this 100%
ReplyDeleteALL 50 states need the MOVE THE HELL OVER LAW !!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are in MY passing lane , so PASS or Move your ASS !!!
ReplyDeleteThe RIGHT lane is for YOU Get the Hell OVER !!!!
Learn that the RIGHT Lane is the slow lane, Not the Left Lane !!!
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteThese days everyone thinks they're important for some reason,like they have somewhere to be real fast.Truth is very few if any would even miss them if they were late.Those left lane slowpokes are merely exposing their insignificance.
March 10, 2020 at 9:48 AM
It doesn't matter what you say or think, it is already illegal to drive in the passing lane if you are not passing. Please pass a law that makes it difficult for them to ever want to drive in that lane again.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteLet's just legalize tailgating with lights flashing and horn blowing in the left lane.
March 10, 2020 at 10:02 AM
This is dumb as Hell, but consider the source.
ReplyDeleteLet's just legalize tailgating with lights flashing and horn blowing in the left lane.
March 10, 2020 at 10:02 AM
Let's just legalize pushing a slowpoke out of the way. And if they speed up on you when trying to pass, you are allowed to run them off the road. Same for when they slow down or speed up to block you in. Brake checks get a brick through the windshield. Same for when they pull in front of you and are not going correct speed.
March 10, 2020 at 10:18 AM
Exactly! I would contribute to each of their campaigns for passing this.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteMarch 10, 2020 at 10:18 AM:
Nice to know there's an idiot and a moron that thinks it is justified to run people off the road or throw bricks through a windshield.. What a freaking jerk. Go ahead and try it big guy. See where it gets YOU.
March 10, 2020 at 10:44 AM
Another jerk that becomes a permanent fixture in the passing lane. Yes, you need a brick through your windshield. Move over and you won't have anything to worry about.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteI'm considering the purchase of a very old truck and hanging a snow plow blade on it. Said snow plow blade will be painted with angry eyes and big teeth. Then, when encountering those who clog the left lane, I will push them out of the way.....of course
i'd end up in jail, but it's a fun thought!
March 10, 2020 at 10:56 AM
I would buy it for you.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteIf you are going the speed limit in the left lane, there's no reason to go to the right lane, otherwise it would incentivize be speeding.
March 10, 2020 at 10:33 AM
If you are not actively passing a vehicle you are required to be in the right lane. It is not your job to impede the flow of traffic for any reason. Incentivize speeding? That's none of your concern either. Your actions incentivize road rage. Keep to the right. Try reading articles. It's obvious you and others didn't read a driver's manual.
March 10, 2020 at 11:01 AM
Exactly 11:01 AM
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteSo if the posted speed limit is 55 and you are doing 70 in the left lane but the car behind you wants to go faster are you suppose to slow down to 55 and get in the right lane?
March 10, 2020 at 11:44 AM
You are supposed to GTF over regardless of how fast you go.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteI learned long ago that you never know what someone is going through. The law says to stay in the right lane unless you are passing or turning left shortly. That person driving over the speed limit may just be speeding or maybe they’re on the way to an emergency. You don’t know and it’s not your job to police them. As well, does the fact they’re breaking the law by speeding justify you staying in the left lane, against drivers’ rule, to slow them down? No it doesn’t. 2 wrongs don’t make a right.
March 10, 2020 at 4:53 PM
Amen!
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteSay Mr. Law maker. If that speed limit signs says 65 mph what does that really mean to you? Does it mean that posted speed is just for the right hand lane? Then it must mean that the left hand lane must be for those drivers who want to go 75-80 mph because that's what is happening So instead of punishing the lawbreakers you want to make a new law that will punish those drivers following the law. Mr. Republican lawmaker you need to change your party to Democrat because that's the justification they use.
March 10, 2020 at 1:42 PM
It is amazing how many MORONS just don't get it. If you people are that damn stupid to understand the law and any justification to it, maybe you should lose your license for a while.
You haven't lived until you deal with a Snow birds on the roads in Florida. I do believe snow birds leave their brains in their home State - if they had any in the first place. 😂😂
ReplyDeleteAll the people that ride the left lane from Berlin to ocean city are going to be upset. They can't be asked to possibly miss their turn at 90 th Street. Come on people.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people are wrong here. The "law" doesn't say the left lane is for passing only unless there is a sign. How many times do you people see the overhead signs that say the left lane is for thru traffic? And the right lane is for the exit traffic? Conveniently ignored in your uninformed comments. But I see what I expect from Eastern Shore drivers. Everybody thinks they are an expert in traffic laws. And then they post a comment.....
ReplyDeleteMarch10 10:42 a.m. Maryland law states that the left lane is for passing and turning only, not riding for miles because you are turning 10 miles down the road! Know your Maryland handbook!
ReplyDeleteMove Over OR Get KNOCKED OVER !!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a multi lane road, you idiot. ALL lanes are for driving. hat's what keeps the traffic moving. Stay in the right lane, my azz. As long as I'm doing the speed limit, not one damn thing you can do.
ReplyDelete@ March 16, 2020 at 4:58 PM. I would advise you not to try that, mister.
ReplyDelete@ March 16, 2020 at 3:25 PM. The law also states that anyone not able to drive the posted SPEED LIMIT for some reason, must stay in the right lane. They did not make the extra lanes for passing, they made them to handle the increased flow of traffic. Speed limit signs are on BOTH sides of the road. Plus people who exceed the speed limit STAY in the left lane also. What about those morons? State Police used to have a slogan, Drive 55 and stay alive. Because of so many accidents caused by those idiots who think they can drive as fast as they want.
ReplyDelete@ March 10, 2020 at 1:42 PM . Way to own those fools.
ReplyDelete@March 10, 2020 at 9:24 PM. 1:42 is exactly right. My guess is you are one of those idiot democrats who drive like an idiot in the left lane exceeding the speed limit and think there is nothing wrong with it and that people who obey the law are stupid. Go figure.
ReplyDelete@ March 10, 2020 at 1:13 PM. No such thing as the fast lane. If so, then why are there speed limit signs on that side too. The SAME speed limit as the right lane? Use your head for something other than a hat rack.
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