Ever wonder why people have little respect for many of our laws?
My theory is that we're trained not to respect them. In fact, for things to work properly you often must ignore the law.
You want proof?!? What, my bald assertions aren't good enough for you? Okay - Here's a video of a group of people who went out and obeyed the speed limit on a highway in Atlanta.
3 comments:
"And had someone crashed because of this stupidity then they should have been held responsible."
That is crazy. If someone is speeding and tries to pass on the shoulder of the road and causes an accident, there is no way, and should not be a way, to pin that on someone driving the speed limit in the left lane. That is ridiculous. Driving the speed limit is not illegal, and no one should ever be "held responsible" for doing so.
Aha! I knew I'd seen that somewhere before. I just couldn't remember where. Here's TWM's post.
TWM, I agree that the left lane is for faster, passing traffic. However, that is not to say that the left lane is for breaking the law. In theory, the drivers / law-obeyers in the left lane should have been moving exactly with the traffic flow at its maximum. The ones in the right lane should have traveled in the traffic flow until they hit a bus, truck, or little old lady car which forced them to break formation by slowing down because they were in the lane where this slow traffic was located.
If people actually obeyed the speed limits everything they did was perfectly safe. Of course, we all know that nobody obeys the limit and it's an accepted part of driving. This is a perfect example of why people learn to disrespect parts of the law - it's obviously stupid and wrong to obey the speed limit.
I think that's the point, TWM. They weren't blocking the fast lane, they were just driving in it at maximum speed, exactly as it was meant to be used.
They were only "blocking" it, rather than "using" it, if going the speed limit is slower than the acceptable rate for that lane.
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