In article >,
Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> wrote:
>On Sun, 29 May 2005 03:59:10 GMT, (Timothy J. Lee)
>wrote:
>>As long as the driver in the HOV lane is passing those in the
>>next lane over, that driver is not violating any "keep right except
>>to pass" laws.
>
>Irrelevant. It has already been established that the HOV lane is a
>"separate roadway" and thus vehicles on the HOV road have no
>obligation WRT the vehicles on the "other" road next door.

If that is true, then the vehicle in the HOV lane is already in the
right lane of the one lane "separate roadway".

>>On the other hand, it is still annoying if, for
>>example, the driver in a clear HOV lane drives 15mph to pass traffic
>>going 5mph (not all annoying behaviors are illegal).
>
>Which is the crux of this whole discussion. Everyone who has ever
>tried to use a HOV lane has been frustrated by some Sloth who just
>putzes along as cars in the adjacent #1 lane whiz by, essentially
>rendering it useless. Why, there oughtta be a law!

If the traffic is free flowing in the regular lanes, why bother to
try to use the HOV lane at all (even if you are carpooling)?

And the original poster's situation was of passing traffic in the
regular lanes when the regular lanes were slowed due to heavy traffic,
not of driving in the HOV lane slower than the regular lanes.

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