Re: Bad Drivers
 

The message <edt7d1t96dpvh0nvgq002tla1cfpmrh6v3@4ax.com>
from Dave LaCourse <dplacourse@pirateaol.com> contains these words:

> Another traffic law in VT is: if the speed limit is not posted, you
> revert to the state's official speed limit which is 55 mph.

We have a similar system in the UK, except that the default speed limit
is variable according to the class of road.

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/09.htm#103

--
Skipweasel.
Ivor Cutler - "Never knowingly understood."

Re: Bad Drivers
 

KLS wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 07:27:37 +0100, Guy King <guy.king@zetnet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
>>The message <auu5d191g79h62gron8et9garkhcqgomaq@4ax.com>
>
>>from Dave LaCourse <dplacourse@pirateaol.com> contains these words:
>
>>>I finally managed to
>>>pass her (after about ten other cars/semis did) on the right side.
>>
>>I thought you were allowed to pass on either side in the US?
>
>
> No, you're supposed to pass on the left only.

Would that that were true. In most places in the US, there is no law
that says you must pass on the left, or that you must stay right when
not passing. That sure would be nice, but it just ain't so.

--
Mike Smith

Re: Bad Drivers
 

KLS wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 07:27:37 +0100, Guy King <guy.king@zetnet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
>>The message <auu5d191g79h62gron8et9garkhcqgomaq@4ax.com>
>
>>from Dave LaCourse <dplacourse@pirateaol.com> contains these words:
>
>>>I finally managed to
>>>pass her (after about ten other cars/semis did) on the right side.
>>
>>I thought you were allowed to pass on either side in the US?
>
>
> No, you're supposed to pass on the left only.

Would that that were true. In most places in the US, there is no law
that says you must pass on the left, or that you must stay right when
not passing. That sure would be nice, but it just ain't so.

--
Mike Smith

Re: Bad Drivers
 

KLS wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 07:27:37 +0100, Guy King <guy.king@zetnet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
>>The message <auu5d191g79h62gron8et9garkhcqgomaq@4ax.com>
>
>>from Dave LaCourse <dplacourse@pirateaol.com> contains these words:
>
>>>I finally managed to
>>>pass her (after about ten other cars/semis did) on the right side.
>>
>>I thought you were allowed to pass on either side in the US?
>
>
> No, you're supposed to pass on the left only.

Would that that were true. In most places in the US, there is no law
that says you must pass on the left, or that you must stay right when
not passing. That sure would be nice, but it just ain't so.

--
Mike Smith

Re: Bad Drivers
 

KLS wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 07:27:37 +0100, Guy King <guy.king@zetnet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
>>The message <auu5d191g79h62gron8et9garkhcqgomaq@4ax.com>
>
>>from Dave LaCourse <dplacourse@pirateaol.com> contains these words:
>
>>>I finally managed to
>>>pass her (after about ten other cars/semis did) on the right side.
>>
>>I thought you were allowed to pass on either side in the US?
>
>
> No, you're supposed to pass on the left only.

Would that that were true. In most places in the US, there is no law
that says you must pass on the left, or that you must stay right when
not passing. That sure would be nice, but it just ain't so.

--
Mike Smith

Re: Bad Drivers
 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:05:10 -0400, Mike Smith
<mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote:

> that you must stay right when
>not passing. That sure would be nice, but it just ain't so.

Most states that I am familiar with have a "keep right except to pass"
traffic law, and you will see the signs saying so. Some states even
give a diagram sign that points out the passing lane, travel lane, and
merge/slow lane.

Dave

Re: Bad Drivers
 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:05:10 -0400, Mike Smith
<mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote:

> that you must stay right when
>not passing. That sure would be nice, but it just ain't so.

Most states that I am familiar with have a "keep right except to pass"
traffic law, and you will see the signs saying so. Some states even
give a diagram sign that points out the passing lane, travel lane, and
merge/slow lane.

Dave

Re: Bad Drivers
 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:05:10 -0400, Mike Smith
<mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote:

> that you must stay right when
>not passing. That sure would be nice, but it just ain't so.

Most states that I am familiar with have a "keep right except to pass"
traffic law, and you will see the signs saying so. Some states even
give a diagram sign that points out the passing lane, travel lane, and
merge/slow lane.

Dave

Re: Bad Drivers
 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:05:10 -0400, Mike Smith
<mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote:

> that you must stay right when
>not passing. That sure would be nice, but it just ain't so.

Most states that I am familiar with have a "keep right except to pass"
traffic law, and you will see the signs saying so. Some states even
give a diagram sign that points out the passing lane, travel lane, and
merge/slow lane.

Dave

Re: Bad Drivers
 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:54:39 -0400, Dave LaCourse
<dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:05:10 -0400, Mike Smith
><mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote:
>
>> that you must stay right when
>>not passing. That sure would be nice, but it just ain't so.
>
>Most states that I am familiar with have a "keep right except to pass"
>traffic law, and you will see the signs saying so. Some states even
>give a diagram sign that points out the passing lane, travel lane, and
>merge/slow lane.

This is what I see where I drive, mostly in New York and Ohio.