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From: 53hornet <atc@53hor.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:58:58 -0400
Subject: php site, templating and partials, faster index generation
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+<?php
+$title = "Left Lane is for Passing, Not Cruising";
+if (isset($early) && $early) {
+ return;
+}
+include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/head.php');
+?>
+<p>
+ Greetings fellow drivers of Hampton Roads. You may have noticed a new
+ sign on I264 today that befuddled or confused you. It went something
+ along the lines of
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING NOT CRUISING</blockquote>
+
+<p>
+ Believe it or not this has been the law throughout Virginia for years
+ (<a href="https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-804/">read about it here</a>
+ and
+ <a href="https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-842.1/">here</a>). The law states you keep right except while passing. In most other
+ states things work this way but in Virginia, especially around here, the
+ left lane is treated as a moving, cruising lane. If you're in the left
+ lane and you've completed a pass please be mindful of the cars behind
+ you and move back over into the right-hand lane(s) so that other drivers
+ can do the same.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+ It's really nice when this is practiced (like I said, I've experienced
+ it in other states) because you can easily move over when there are slow
+ vehicles ahead and then continue on your merry way. It reduces
+ congestion and prevents people from having to pass in the right lane,
+ which is both annoying and dangerous. Especially since this is typically
+ the lane cars from entrance and exit ramps are merging with.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+ Don't forget too that it isn't rude or road-rage-y for someone behind
+ you to honk their horn or flash their lights if you're moving too slowly
+ in the passing lane. This is a perfectly polite request to pass you. You
+ don't set or enforce the speed limit. The correct (and legal) thing to
+ do, believe it or not, is to move over and slow down to let them pass
+ you. It's all about safe and sane driving etiquette. If you aren't
+ actively passing other cars, move on over to the right. It goes a long
+ way.
+</p>
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