Neeum Zawan wrote:
> On 06/08/10 11:49, Jim Charter wrote:
>> the police to catch them.  Some would have it that the law prohibits
>> them passing to the right and so justifies their aggressive behavior
>> toward anyone doing the limit in the passing lane.  But the law does not
>> prohibit it, nor does it secure the lane as a passing or high speed lane.
> 
> 	In Illinois, on the interstate with two lanes in each direction, you're
> not allowed to drive on the left lane if there is a car behind you. It
> doesn't say anything about passing on the right, although it says that a
> "legitimate" use of being on the left lane is when passing a car.
> 
Yes historically different things have been tried and particular roads 
have been/are posted to reserve the left lane as a high speed lane or 
passing lane.  On steep grades the left lane is often reserved for 
faster traffic and so on.  In NYC of course the left lanes are often 
reserved as HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lanes for certain times of day 
and so on.  And I think all these bits and half-remembered, 
half-understood pieces are what contribute in the minds of some to this 
idea that in the general case they have some basic human right to drive 
over the speed limit in the left lane and someone driving the limit in 
the left lane is breaking the law.

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