On Sun, 09 May 2004 13:59:43 -0700, John Ings wrote:

On 9 May 2004 11:19:11 -0700, jim rozen
wrote:

I have noticed that the fast lane on freeways seems to have become the slow
lane and vice-versa.

This is what Peter Egan calls the "anti-destination league."
That long endless line of ford exploders that stretch out into
the distance in the far left lane, all going 50 mph. When
the rightmost lane is, as you say, perfectly clear.

Be glad you're not driving in England! There they apparently have a
law forbidding what they call "undertaking". You can't pass a car in
the fast lane if you're driving in the slow lane.


The rule would work quite well if the bloody Volvo drivers would move back
into the left (right to you) lane after pulling out to pass a funereal!
Strictly speaking, the laws say that you must not pass on the left (inside)
unless you are in a one-way street or are in a slowly moving queue of traffic.
My view (which might not be shared by the constabulary) is that if I'm doing
60mph on the motorway then I'm in a "slowly moving queue of traffic".


Mark Rand
RTFM