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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone
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God bless that fine peace officer.
Just about all states have laws (even if the general population doesn't know about them) stating that the left lane is for passing only, that slower traffic must stay as far to the right as possible, or some similar laws aimed at left lane campers.
But most states also have little-known laws prohibiting passing on the right. Which means that all it takes to clog a highway, is one dummy in a middle lane doing 5 under. It's not legal to pass them in the empty right lane(s), and they've reduced the number of available left lane(s) for legal passing by blocking one of them. If there's two lanes in each direction of a divided highway, there is no legal way for anyone to pass them at all. If it's three lanes, there's now only half as many lanes available for passing (1 vs. 2). It's really inconsiderate, and causes a lot of traffic congestion.