Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights

Rob Petrie E395 · 05-08-2008, 04:40 PM

Its funny this thread came up today. Since I made my eariler post this morning I have towed 2 cars off of Interstate 64. Since this subject was fresh in my mind I figured I would watch and see how many cars changed lanes for me while I was on the side loading up. Well I am sad to report with all the lights on the rollback flashing NOT ONE car moved out of the right lane that I saw coming although EVERY tractor trailer did. Wheres a cop when you need one.

05-08-2008, 06:07 PM

I Have to agree with the Bunkster,

Where are the laws protecting regular tax paying people?

I don't remember any laws saying people got to slow down when I'm on the side of the road with just hazard lights.

Don't get me wrong, we all pull over and slow down for the money makers.

Keith 944 · 05-08-2008, 06:55 PM

this is not needed on the eastern shore of md. seems EVERYONE drives in the left lane.(lol) i do put a lot of blame on driving instructors. we learned how to drive in high school, now it's a very short outside class. a lot of what i see are drivers on cell phones, driving in the left lane with no one in the right, 3 feet from the car in front of them.

going to the beach, they went so far as to put up signs "stay right execpt to pass" do you think this made any difference?
seems salt air must invade the brain of drivers to the beach, it is a great race to get here, i see them pass on the sholuder, motorcycles pass in between two cars, i saw a young lady the other day holding up an ambalence in the left lane with lights an siren blairing, so she throw's her hands up in the air, yep she was also on the phone.
do i think this law is good? sure it is, but only responsible drivers abide by them now. i have always moved over for emergency vehicles. i feel they will be handing out a lot of fines and it will still be the same.

Angela Macy · 05-08-2008, 07:32 PM

I agree the law should protect anyone who is on the side of the road, whether it be a police officer, parametic, transportation worker, tow truck driver or Joe Blow Citizen. But b*tching about it on ClassRacer.com isn't going to get that law changed. My thoughts are if the law already exists, it wouldn't be too difficult to get it expanded to cover anyone on the side of the road, maybe I'm wrong through. Contact your local representatives, congressman - whoever you need to and ask them to have the law changed to protect us when we're on the shoulder too. Unless you contact the appropriate people and make an effort to get a law changed then you can't complain about not having rights.

And by the way, a few weeks ago I was driving home and on the other side of Hwy 220 a woman had a flat tire. A Trooper had stopped to help her - he had her stand up on the hill away from traffic - she looked to be about 7-8 months pregnant - while he was on the drivers side changing her tire. Sounds like Troopers are real bad guys, eh?? Rolling my eyes (why don't we have smilies here??) - like any profession, there are going to be bad ones, but in my opinion there are far more good ones.

Dave Goob Cook · 05-09-2008, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason Fuller

I Have to agree with the Bunkster,

Where are the laws protecting regular tax paying people?

I don't remember any laws saying people got to slow down when I'm on the side of the road with just hazard lights.

Don't get me wrong, we all pull over and slow down for the money makers.

Both of you guys need to do some ride along time.....

Bunkster · 05-09-2008, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Goob Cook

Both of you guys need to do some ride along time.....

I've done the ride-along thing. I've also been on a county jail board.

What's your point?

Greg Gay · 05-09-2008, 09:40 PM

This is a great idea, and one that should be taught in driver's education classes. A few public relations commercials and maybe a billboard or two would be helpful, as well. I first saw this done by my cousin while driving tractor-trailer 25 years ago, and it is a habit that I have adopted. In fact, I pulled to left for a pickup truck that I saw stopping on the Interstate just tonight. I don't think it should be a law, however. It is too vague. Maybe you slowed down, but you didn't pull over. Can the officer tell that you slowed down when you are coming directly at him? How much are you to slow down? If you hit an officer on the side of the road, they should throw the book at you, but pulling over and slowing down should be public safety advice.

05-08-2008, 04:40 PM	#1
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,092 Likes: 162 Liked 216 Times in 77 Posts	Re: Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights Its funny this thread came up today. Since I made my eariler post this morning I have towed 2 cars off of Interstate 64. Since this subject was fresh in my mind I figured I would watch and see how many cars changed lanes for me while I was on the side loading up. Well I am sad to report with all the lights on the rollback flashing NOT ONE car moved out of the right lane that I saw coming although EVERY tractor trailer did. Wheres a cop when you need one.

05-08-2008, 06:07 PM	#2
Jason Fuller Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights I Have to agree with the Bunkster, Where are the laws protecting regular tax paying people? I don't remember any laws saying people got to slow down when I'm on the side of the road with just hazard lights. Don't get me wrong, we all pull over and slow down for the money makers.

05-08-2008, 06:55 PM	#3
Keith 944 VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dela-where? Posts: 2,193 Likes: 1,160 Liked 1,877 Times in 577 Posts	Re: Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights this is not needed on the eastern shore of md. seems EVERYONE drives in the left lane.(lol) i do put a lot of blame on driving instructors. we learned how to drive in high school, now it's a very short outside class. a lot of what i see are drivers on cell phones, driving in the left lane with no one in the right, 3 feet from the car in front of them. going to the beach, they went so far as to put up signs "stay right execpt to pass" do you think this made any difference? seems salt air must invade the brain of drivers to the beach, it is a great race to get here, i see them pass on the sholuder, motorcycles pass in between two cars, i saw a young lady the other day holding up an ambalence in the left lane with lights an siren blairing, so she throw's her hands up in the air, yep she was also on the phone. do i think this law is good? sure it is, but only responsible drivers abide by them now. i have always moved over for emergency vehicles. i feel they will be handing out a lot of fines and it will still be the same.

05-08-2008, 07:32 PM	#4
Angela Macy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Randleman, NC Posts: 301 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights I agree the law should protect anyone who is on the side of the road, whether it be a police officer, parametic, transportation worker, tow truck driver or Joe Blow Citizen. But b*tching about it on ClassRacer.com isn't going to get that law changed. My thoughts are if the law already exists, it wouldn't be too difficult to get it expanded to cover anyone on the side of the road, maybe I'm wrong through. Contact your local representatives, congressman - whoever you need to and ask them to have the law changed to protect us when we're on the shoulder too. Unless you contact the appropriate people and make an effort to get a law changed then you can't complain about not having rights. And by the way, a few weeks ago I was driving home and on the other side of Hwy 220 a woman had a flat tire. A Trooper had stopped to help her - he had her stand up on the hill away from traffic - she looked to be about 7-8 months pregnant - while he was on the drivers side changing her tire. Sounds like Troopers are real bad guys, eh?? Rolling my eyes (why don't we have smilies here??) - like any profession, there are going to be bad ones, but in my opinion there are far more good ones.

05-09-2008, 09:40 PM	#7
Greg Gay Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vermont Posts: 385 Likes: 21 Liked 283 Times in 70 Posts	Re: Driving in Illinois and passing vehicles with flashing lights This is a great idea, and one that should be taught in driver's education classes. A few public relations commercials and maybe a billboard or two would be helpful, as well. I first saw this done by my cousin while driving tractor-trailer 25 years ago, and it is a habit that I have adopted. In fact, I pulled to left for a pickup truck that I saw stopping on the Interstate just tonight. I don't think it should be a law, however. It is too vague. Maybe you slowed down, but you didn't pull over. Can the officer tell that you slowed down when you are coming directly at him? How much are you to slow down? If you hit an officer on the side of the road, they should throw the book at you, but pulling over and slowing down should be public safety advice.