

| Subject: | Re: pick a lane, any lane |
| From: | william killian |
| Date: | Thu, 19 Oct 1995 10:12:16 -0400 (EDT) |
On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, John Gladu wrote: > Something for us slow-pokes to watch out for: the highway laws in Michigan > prevent semis from using the left lane. On a two-lane interstate they'll > blast you for getting in their way in the RIGHT lane. It took me awhile to > snap to this and move over into the LEFT lane to allow them to pass me on > the right. Enforcing the "no trucks left" must take precedence over the > "speed limit x". > > Do any other states or locales have this law in effect? Washington DC beltway - I 495. Weirder situation was I95 in Northern Virgina had no truck is RIGHT lane. Construction of new lanes was going on and the right lane was the former shoulder. After a guy got killed when his car broke down with no shoulder they modified the law to prohibit trucks in that lane.
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