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[GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71835] Tue, 26 January 2010 11:05 Go to next message
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Subject: "Move-over" law Get the word out!


Howard
Alpine CA






In California , the "Move-over" law became effective on January 1, 2010.



http://www.moveoveramerica.com/




Important Law to Share:

The cost of the ticket was $754, with 3 points on your license and a mandatory court appearance. Please let everyone you know that drives about this new law.


It is true (see details at the following web address). It states that except two states, all the other US states (even Canada ) enacted similar kind of law.


http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/moveover.asp
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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71842 is a reply to message #71835] Tue, 26 January 2010 12:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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They should make slow drivers get out of the fast lane.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Howard and Sue <hnielsen2@cox.net> wrote:
> Subject: "Move-over" law Get the word out!
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> Howard
> Alpine CA
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>  In California , the "Move-over" law became effective on January 1, 2010.
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>  http://www.moveoveramerica.com/
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>  Important Law to Share:
>
>  The cost of the ticket was $754, with 3 points on your license and a mandatory court appearance. Please let everyone you know that drives about this new law.
>
>
>  It is true (see details at the following web address). It states that except two states, all the other US states (even Canada ) enacted similar kind of law.
>
>
>  http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/moveover.asp
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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71843 is a reply to message #71842] Tue, 26 January 2010 13:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
k2gkk is currently offline  k2gkk   United States
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THAT just recently became law in Oklahoma.

Mac Macdonald
Oklahoma City


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> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:47:20 -0800
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> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out!
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> They should make slow drivers get out of the fast lane.
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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71844 is a reply to message #71843] Tue, 26 January 2010 13:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ken Burton is currently offline  Ken Burton   United States
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It's been the law here for many years. I am surprised to find out it is just being implemented elsewhere. I thought it was already a national thing. We always did it here out of courtesy without a law in place.

Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71847 is a reply to message #71835] Tue, 26 January 2010 13:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Steven Ferguson is currently offline  Steven Ferguson   United States
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The CHP quit using emergency lights while "chatting" with errant
drivers at night. They are drunk magnets.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Howard and Sue <hnielsen2@cox.net> wrote:
> Subject: "Move-over" law Get the word out!
>
>
> Howard
> Alpine CA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  In California , the "Move-over" law became effective on January 1, 2010.
>
>
>
>  http://www.moveoveramerica.com/
>
>
>
>
>  Important Law to Share:
>
>  The cost of the ticket was $754, with 3 points on your license and a mandatory court appearance. Please let everyone you know that drives about this new law.
>
>
>  It is true (see details at the following web address). It states that except two states, all the other US states (even Canada ) enacted similar kind of law.
>
>
>  http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/moveover.asp
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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71848 is a reply to message #71842] Tue, 26 January 2010 13:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Howard and JimK,

Both of those (stay right except to pass and move over a lane for emergency and disabled vehicles) have been the law here in Virginia for quite a while. They will write you a ticket for obstructing traffic before they will write you one for driving over the speed limit.

jim galbavy
'73 X-CL (ANNIE)
Chesterfield, Va
Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71859 is a reply to message #71847] Tue, 26 January 2010 14:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Jan 26, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Steven Ferguson wrote:

> The CHP quit using emergency lights while "chatting" with errant
> drivers at night.


Increasingly I've seen officers on the passenger's side. Seems much
safer unless there are other factors?

Tim Conway
LI NY 78 PB

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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71860 is a reply to message #71842] Tue, 26 January 2010 15:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Kanomata" <jimkanomata@gmail.com>
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out!


> They should make slow drivers get out of the fast lane.
>
> > --
> Jim Kanomata
> Applied/GMC, Fremont,CA
> jimk@appliedairfilters.com
> http://www.appliedgmc.com
> 1-800-752-7502


Hi Jim,

How right you are, Jim! That one thing would prevent most accidents on
interstates!
For a brief instant, when I saw this thread, I thought (dreamed!) that the
feds had come to there senses and done something logical like make slower
drivers stay in the right lane as on the Autobahn!
I WAS WRONG! If someone is dumb enough to hit an officer with lights
flashing that you can see from miles away, I don't see what good the law is
going to do, other than generate a pile of money for the states! Sadly
that's what many laws are about now!

Marsh Wilkes
Perry Fl

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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71861 is a reply to message #71848] Tue, 26 January 2010 15:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Marsh Wilkes is currently offline  Marsh Wilkes   United States
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Galbavy" <j.galbavy@att.net>
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out!


>
>
> Howard and JimK,
>
> Both of those (stay right except to pass and move over a lane for
> emergency and disabled vehicles) have been the law here in Virginia for
> quite a while. They will write you a ticket for obstructing traffic
> before they will write you one for driving over the speed limit.
>
> jim galbavy
> '73 X-CL (ANNIE)
> Chesterfield, Va

Hi Jim,

I did not know that, I am impressed with Va.

Marsh Wilkes
Perry Fl

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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71865 is a reply to message #71835] Tue, 26 January 2010 16:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Rusty is currently offline  Rusty   United States
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I was reading these posts before I read the links and for some reason I thought there was a new law to move over from anybody if they were tailing you for instance. The reason I thought this is because last week I was in my Tracker going only 65 in the left hand lane of a bypass hiway and some dude in a SUV roars up on my back so fast i didnt see him. When I did he filled the mirror and it was obvioulsy trying to intimidate me. I got pissed off and held my ground. He ended up roaring by me on the rite and pretending to swipe me by moving in and away repeatedly a he passed me, then he starts blasting his horn so I blasted mine. During these times of economic uncertainty the road rage thing has gotten alot worse. I guess I should be more careful and listen to assholes that do that and just move over, next time they might decide to unload with a mac10. I started fantisizing about mounting a couple 50 cals up front and building a magazine to hold a couple thousand rounds before I realized there are no 50 cals let alone thousands of rounds for one, readily available anywhere other than maybe Mexico around about now.

I always clear for E vehicles and move to the opposite lane for stopped police, wreckers, breakdowns, etc. Been doing that for years.


Rusty
75 Glenbrook
Philadelphia Pa
Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71866 is a reply to message #71865] Tue, 26 January 2010 16:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Rusty,

Though the driver in the SUV was wrong with his actions, you could have gotten a ticket for homesteading in the left lane here in Virginia. It doesn't matter if you are just doing the speed limit or above/under the limit, they will write you a ticket for obstructing traffic.

jim galbavy
'73 X-CL (ANNIE)
Chesterfield, Va
Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71868 is a reply to message #71835] Tue, 26 January 2010 16:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mike O'Connell is currently offline  Mike O'Connell   United States
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I wonder how many citizens are going to be killed because they had to pull into the fast lane at a moment's notice to avoid a ticket.
This thing is a bad idea.


Mike O'Connell Deerfield, MA '75 Eleganza
Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71869 is a reply to message #71835] Tue, 26 January 2010 17:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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In most states the law has always been: slow traffic keep to the right. Now in Texas, that means anyone doing less than 85 MPH, which is 20 over the limit is looking to get run over or shot. I used to run with the left lane crowd but now I"m retired and happy with the right lane crowd going slow at 70. Funny how everything slows down as the years slip by... Smile

Lynn L 76 Eleganza Cad.500 Pearland TX.
Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71870 is a reply to message #71866] Tue, 26 January 2010 17:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Same here in CA
You have to move over no matter your speed
Howard
Alpine CA
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Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out!


>
>
> Rusty,
>
> Though the driver in the SUV was wrong with his actions, you could have
> gotten a ticket for homesteading in the left lane here in Virginia. It
> doesn't matter if you are just doing the speed limit or above/under the
> limit, they will write you a ticket for obstructing traffic.
>
> jim galbavy
> '73 X-CL (ANNIE)
> Chesterfield, Va
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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71880 is a reply to message #71860] Tue, 26 January 2010 17:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Marsh,
You go where you look. Just ask any biker who tries to avoid a
pothole then hits it because he was watching it. Those flashing red
lights have eye suck, especially at night, especially for impaired
drivers.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Marsh Wilkes <gmc455@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Kanomata" <jimkanomata@gmail.com>
> To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out!
>
>
>> They should make slow drivers get out of the fast lane.
>>
>> >  --
>> Jim Kanomata
>> Applied/GMC, Fremont,CA
>> jimk@appliedairfilters.com
>> http://www.appliedgmc.com
>> 1-800-752-7502
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
>  How right you are, Jim! That one thing would prevent most accidents on
> interstates!
> For a brief instant, when I saw this thread, I thought (dreamed!) that the
> feds had come to there senses and done something logical like make slower
> drivers stay in the right lane as on the Autobahn!
> I WAS WRONG! If someone is dumb enough to hit an officer with lights
> flashing that you can see from miles away, I don't see what good the law is
> going to do, other than generate a pile of money for the states! Sadly
> that's what many laws are about now!
>
> Marsh Wilkes
> Perry Fl
>
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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71887 is a reply to message #71866] Tue, 26 January 2010 18:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jim Galbavy writes...

> Though the driver in the SUV was wrong with his actions, you could
> have gotten a ticket for homesteading in the left lane here in
> Virginia. It doesn't matter if you are just doing the speed limit
> or above/under the limit, they will write you a ticket for obstructing traffic.

Jim, they will not write you a ticket for obstructing traffic if you
are going the speed limit in the left lane and passing someone.

The law says "keep right except to pass". It's not a matter of speed.

And they WILL write a ticket for going over the speed limit (beyond
the normal threshold of enforcement, of course). Just ask the West
Virginians, Marylanders, and Pennsylvanians that get nailed every day
on northern Virginia freeways.

Of course, keeping right except to pass makes NO sense on either a
congested freeway or on a freeway with more than two lanes in one
direction, where doing so will decrease throughput and therefore
increase congestion. And where is the boundary between the rural case
and the urban case? That isn't defined, either.

I've never seen the enforcement you are talking about, by the way.
Must be one of those country cops down there in Richmond.

Rick "who routinely sits in the left lane at 8 mph above the speed
limit on the six-lane Dulles Greenway and has driven by a (state) cop
at least 100 times without a second glance" Denney

'73 230 Ex-Glacier "Jaws"
Northern Virginia

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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71893 is a reply to message #71887] Tue, 26 January 2010 18:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Rick,

You are right in that they will not write you up as long as you are passing another vehicle. ....but it is a state law that if you are cruzing the left lane and traffic overtakes you, you are obstructing traffic and can be written up for not keeping to the right. Down here around the state capital they will write the ticket. On our recent trip Florida in the GMC the states of VA, NC,SC,GA and FL didn't seem to care where the folks that they pulled over were from. Most were carrying Yankee green backs anyway. We do accept that sort of foreign currency down here in Dixie.

jim galbavy
'73 X-CL (ANNIE)
Chesterfield, Va
Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71930 is a reply to message #71835] Tue, 26 January 2010 20:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:02:22 -0600 LYNN LAYCOCK <lynn_sr@msn.com> writes:
>
>
> In most states the law has always been: slow traffic keep to the
> right. Now in Texas, that means anyone doing less than 85 MPH, which
> is 20 over the limit is looking to get run over or shot. I used to
> run with the left lane crowd but now I"m retired and happy with the
> right lane crowd going slow at 70. Funny how everything slows down
> as the years slip by... :)
> _______________________________________________

I was doing 85 in the slow lane between San Antonio & El Paso (limit is
80 on I10)
and was being passed as if I was standing still.

As for moving left, I always have as a courtesy and for safety when
passing police or broken down cars & trucks.
In FL if you can't move left when coming upon an emergency vehicle on the
right
shoulder you have to drop 20 mph below posted speed. It may save a cop's
or tow truck driver's life.


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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71934 is a reply to message #71848] Tue, 26 January 2010 21:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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In California, if your towing, do not drive in the high occupancy
lane. You'll be ticketed.
Cannot go over 55mph since your towing.
One person was sighted for driving over 55 and driving in the
commuter/high occupancy lane.


On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Jim Galbavy <j.galbavy@att.net> wrote:
>
>
> Howard and JimK,
>
> Both of those (stay right except to pass and move over a lane for emergency and disabled vehicles) have been the law here in Virginia for quite a while.  They will write you a ticket for obstructing traffic before they will write you one for driving over the speed limit.
>
> jim galbavy
> '73 X-CL (ANNIE)
> Chesterfield, Va
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Re: [GMCnet] Fw: "Move-over" law Get the word out! [message #71935 is a reply to message #71934] Tue, 26 January 2010 21:31 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
GMCWiperMan is currently offline  GMCWiperMan   United States
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I'm sure glad that's not the case in GA 'cause the HOV lane is the only way
to get through Atlanta with a little sanity left. It's usually almost empty
and moving at the speed limit (or up to +20 mph) regardless of what the
other 4-5 lanes are doing.

Ken H.
Americus, GA
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On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Jim Kanomata <jimkanomata@gmail.com>wrote:

> In California, if your towing, do not drive in the high occupancy
> lane. You'll be ticketed.
> Cannot go over 55mph since your towing.
> One person was sighted for driving over 55 and driving in the
> commuter/high occupancy lane.
>
>
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