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diff --git a/posts/2019-08-30-keep-right-except-to-pass.md b/posts/2019-08-30-keep-right-except-to-pass.md index 005e28c..0e6daba 100644 --- a/posts/2019-08-30-keep-right-except-to-pass.md +++ b/posts/2019-08-30-keep-right-except-to-pass.md @@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ I264 today that befuddled or confused you. It went something along the lines of > FOR PASSING > NOT CRUISING -Believe it or not this has been the law throughout Virginia for years. 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. +Believe it or not this has been the law throughout Virginia for years ([read +about it +here](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-804/) +and +[here](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-842.1/)). +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. 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 @@ -36,10 +40,11 @@ exit ramps are merging with. 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. 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. +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. |