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‘You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me’: Woman Reportedly Ticketed for Driving 2 Mph UNDER the Speed Limit

Mar. 12, 2013 11:30am Erica Ritz

Maryland Woman Ticketed for Driving Two Mph Under the Speed Limit in 65 Zone, People Stand Up for Cops

(Photo: NBC Washington/News4)

A Maryland woman is outraged after receiving a ticket for driving just two miles per hour under the speed limit on Interstate 95, NBC Washington/News4 reports.

The woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, was driving to work Friday morning amid inclement weather when she decided to take her speed down to 63 mph from the limit of 65 mph. StormTeam 4 Meteorologist Doug Kammerer confirmed that winds were gusting up to 40 mph.

“Sometimes when it’s dangerous, you have to do what you can to stay safe,” she explained.

But police apparently objected to the fact that she didn’t move into the right lane, slapping her with a ticket and a $90 fine.

“[I was] really shocked,” the Maryland woman remarked. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, you’ve got to be kidding me.’”

She plans to fight the ticket in court, and John Townsend of AAA Mid-Atlantic says the violation “[sends] the wrong message.”

“We will tolerate you driving at more than the speed limit,” he said, putting himself in the position of police, “but it you drive below the speed limit then you’re penalized for that.’”

News4 has more on the story:

But many are actually standing up for Maryland police, glad that they’re tackling one of the biggest driver grievances out there: slow drivers in the fast lane.

Jalopnik’s Travis Okulski writes:

There are a lot of little things that annoy me on the roads. One is a slow driver in the left lane on the highway. Seems like that annoys Maryland cops too, because they just ticketed a woman for doing 63 in the fast lane in a 65 zone. Good for them.

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Of course, the AAA thinks the ticket is “silly” and “sends the wrong message.” It’s actually the opposite. The message it sends is 100 percent accurate. If you feel you need to slow down due to road conditions, feel free to do so. Just don’t do it in the left lane.

The driver is going to fight the ticket in court. I really hope it doesn’t get overturned. This sets a great precedent.

Kudos to you, Maryland State Police, for standing up for what we’ve all been saying for years.

What do you think? Is the traffic violation absurd, or are you on the side of the Maryland police in this case?

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Disabledvet
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:56am
She should have moved to the right, Good for the COP I am sick and tired of people in the left lane not moving over for people that want to pass. Many times I am doing the speed limit and in the left lane and still passing people but there is always one jerk off that wont move over. I should be able to move them like I did on the roads in towns in Iraq by pushing them with my truck.

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- ammypearson
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:08pm
  Amen! The headline is misleading, it’s not about her driving too slowly, it’s about her idiot self not moving to the right lane. These idiots cause more accidents than speeders!
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:09pm
  Some people have no concept of fast lane vs slow lane…or what a turn signal is for that matter.
  
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- spirited
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:12pm
  Are there signs along the road specifying the speed limit for each lane?
  
  2 miles under 65mph? Come on. -lol
  
  Was the cop upset because he couldn’t make the monthly ticket quotta?
  ~> Or don’t they issue tickets for 2 miles over 65?
  
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- HOOT_OWL
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:14pm
  I’m with you…GOOD..!
  I just had this happen to me yesterday . Some old bitty driving in the RAIN in the PASSING LANE , just staying slightly ahead of a semi next to her on the freeway. She didn’t want to have to drive behind anyone throwing mist .This went on for about five minutes .(felt like forever)The semi literally slowed down to to let traffic PASS HER ON THE RIGHT. I was hoping for a patrolman ,like in this story , to ticket her as well.
  
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- k9tp
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:20pm
  Your right, it’s called failure to yield the right of way. This is a law in all 50 states and it also (I understand) in Mexico and Canada. Look it up if you want. Also there is supposed to be consideration for even a 2 lane road where you should yield but w/out a shoulder that would be a problem. So the ticket and the cops explanation was probably off. It should have been a failure to yield the right of way, the speed is irrelevant. Even if your exceeding the limit you still must yield. Most of the tickets are written to those who lag or drive slowly in the passing lane. The safety issue is that passing on the right puts you in a blind spot and the person on the left might not see you…This is epidemic in Illinois and Wisconsin. Funny thing is here (Arizona) that we see the slugs going slow in the fast land and sure enough many have the Illinois or Wisconsin tag. I have seen it when I lived there, even on a 6-8 lane wide freeway, they get on and slam over to the left to get in the lane, even though it might be going slower, it doesn’t matter. Side bar to this is however that she was driving in a storm and probably felt uncomfortable, all the more reason however to pull to the right and get out of the way…
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:23pm
  Spirited, that lever on the left side of your steering column turns on flashing indicator lights that warn other drivers that you are turning.
  
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- teddyc73
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:23pm
  You would probably feel differently if you were the one receiving the ticket. Two miles an hour is a very small difference. It’s not like she was doing 45 in the left lane in a 65 zone. Take a deep breath people. I bet most of you who think she deserves it are the arrogant drivers going 10 to 20 miles OVER the speed limit in the left lane. You’re probable the ones deserving the ticket.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:25pm
  Exactly. I don’t get why the author feels this is news worthy. Driving slow in the fast lane should and will earn you a ticket.
  
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- Caniac Steve
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:27pm
  Cop needs to be transferred as everyone forgets that the posted speed limit is for the max speed on clean dry surfaces…so and concerning inclement weather ..he slowing down was a good thing..despite of which lane she was in…
  
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- obamanation
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:30pm
  The fast lane means 75 mph people! I’m friends with a CHP officer, and he said as long as traffic is light and the weather is dry, he won’t pull people over in the fast lane unless they’re going over 80 mph. There’s also a law in California that says you have to go with the flow of traffic, and this lady obviously wan’t and should have been in the slow lane.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:31pm
  Teddy, the ticket was for failure to KEEP RIGHT under the speed limit, not for just being under the speed limit. I have included a brief explanation of the turn signal for guys like you, please read it.
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:34pm
  Especially young people under 30. I have two son’s and I can remember when teaching them to drive saying over and over “what are you doing in the left lane”. Good for the trooper that gave her the ticket…now hopefully a liberal judge wont overturn it. If it was to windy she should have stayed home.
  
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- freedomnetworker
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:36pm
  I agree with yall 100%. my only problem is she didnt break a law. A speed limit is not a speed minimum. And the law is not specific in these areas. so no matter how i get mad at them It doesnt make sense to me. Most minimum speeds i have seen are 45mph on the interstate They should however create a law that says you must maintain a minimum speed limit in what is known as the passing lane then you have one problem. People have had the license for 40 years and are not up on the new laws in the first place. I would be the first person to get a ticket for road rage because of idiots on the road. this could be beat in court anyway.. the tachs are within 2 mph variant. it will probably be discharged but it is a waist of time. he could of given her a warning about the way she should of been driving. then a ticket next time.. still 2 miles per hour.. i do 5+ every day
  
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- NickyLouse
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:39pm
  How is it that the “fast” lane is the one where only lawbreakers can drive? When I drive in the righthand lane and come up on someone I want to pass, I am faced with the decision to increase my speed beyond the legal limit (disobeying my Lord and Savior to submit to governing authorities) and squeeze in between two vehicles that are traveling no less than 0.25 second from one another or remain stuck behind a vehicle who is perfectly within his rights to drive lower than legal limit.
  
  It is not “slow” drivers who drive the speed limit who are the problem. It is people who are sick and tired of people who respect the law and their Savior and are unwilling to give anyone a break because they have more of a right to that public space than anyone else.
  
  As a result, I have slowed my normal speed to 5 below the legal limit so that if I need to pass someone I will not be forced to break the law of the land and my Savior. Even still, when one of those others who have more of a right to the road than I do get the chance, they will cut me off big time as s oon as they get the chance.
  
  So get off of your high horse and abide by the law of the land and our Savior. I drive in DC and its a nightmare everyday. The only satisifaction I have is that I have plenty of people to pray for during my trips to and from work. I will pray for you as well.
  
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- love the kids
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:46pm
  I heard that the fine for “Slowing”, goes directly to Obamacare. Get to the right lane next time.
  
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- LIRight
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:49pm
  As one disabled Vet to another………and a retired police officer as well – - I agree 100% with your comment/opinion.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:51pm
  So Nicky, Jesus sets the speed limits? Did He make the laws in Nazi Germany as well?
  
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- jakartaman
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:52pm
  The fast lane is not a travel lane.
  Its a passing lane.
  If you are not passing get in the right lane.
  These arrogant dopes should get ticketed – godd for the cop.
  
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- Apophis77
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:57pm
  To all of you who believe she deserves this ticket, may I inform you that you all are morons. 65 is the (follow me here) MAXIMUM ALLOWED SPEED, even in the passing lane, not the “fast” lane. The Fast lane was an Eagles song. Please take a moment to collectively get your heads out of your @$$3$, because she was following the law.
  
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- ComradeAdam
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:58pm
  She was going the speed limit. Which means there are no cars going faster than her that are not breaking the law. So why should she have to pull right? To whom , exactly, must she yield? to the lawbreakers? If you want the ‘speed limit’ to be 75, then raise the speed limit, don’t punish those those that actually follow the law.
  We are becoming a state where there are so many contradicting laws on the books, that the justice system is able to punish or overlook crimes depending on the person or their political views.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:03pm
  she was obstructing the flow of traffic. I am willing to bet she was snotty to the officer when he pulled her over. The left lane is for passing, if the conditions are too scary stay in the right lane.
  
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- NetAlien
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:04pm
  Bingo! Staying out of the left lane except to pass is actually the Law in NC.
  
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- Apophis77
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:08pm
  if she was obstructing the flow of traffic, the cop would have cited her for that. No where was that mentioned. Your argument is invalid.
  
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- Apophis77
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:12pm
  @WarMunger_Al
  
  Furthermore, who, pray tell, is she exactly obstructing? People who would be SPEEDING and therefore BREAKING THE LAW!
  
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- JamesWest
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:17pm
  “I bet most of you who think she deserves it are the arrogant drivers going 10 to 20 miles OVER the speed limit in the left lane.”
  
  On I-95 during rush hour a full 90% of drivers in the left lane are going AT LEAST 10 miles over the speed limit. If you find yourself in that situation, and remain in the left lane going exactly the speed limit, refusing to merge right, then IMO you are putting those around you in danger (by refusing to merge right). There IS something to be said for placing yourself in the lane where the prevailing speed of traffic is closest to your own preferred speed. Maybe you DO have the right to drive exactly the speed limit in the “fast” lane. So what? You have the right to be a jerk too.
  
  The same folks who are afraid to exceed the speed limit by even 1 MPH are usually the same folks who are afraid of merging traffic (and who act like a lane change is inherently dangerous even when there’s no traffic in the other lane). And that’s how you end up with a 3 lane highway like I-95 having the left lane packed and the right lane mostly vacant (which is almost standard for rush hour).
  
  TEDDYC73, if you are in the left lane and notice lots of open spaces in front of you… and in the rear-view mirror, traffic is lined up behind you… then look to your right. If you see no vehicle, MERGE RIGHT!! and if you see a vehicle going the same speed you are… SPEED UP to pass (like you are supposed to be doing when in the left lane) and THEN merge
  
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- ComradeAdam
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:19pm
  Even while passing it is against the law to exceed the speed limit. So, unless there are people brreaking the law her speed would never impede traffic.
  
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- NickyLouse
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:20pm
  Gonzo,
  Does the speed limit somehow go against God? If you can justify it that way, then live with your conscience. Otherwise read Romans 13:1-5
  
  Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.
  
  or do you just pick and choose when to obey God?
  
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- Dr Vel
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:31pm
  I had to live 6 decades before finally seeing a ticket for this. Pay the ticket. Driving habits like this cause more carnage on the road than anything else. Obstructing the uniform flow of traffic and creating differentials in velocity caused by lack of good driving habits and simple common sense is dangerous. It is lacking in consideration of the people around you. You cannot share a roadway when ‘you’ is the only thing on your mind. It is dangerous, unthinking, just plain wrong. Thank you officer for doing something about one of my pet peeves in traffic.
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:34pm
  @ disabledvet
  So other than the many times you are doing the speed limit. What are you doing the other times? Speeding or driving too slowly? Which is it? Yes it is frustrating if people are driving slowly in the left lane commonly and inappropriately called the fast lane. If you are in the left lane and exceed the speed limit to pass someone, you are in violation of the law. Never forget that the left lane does not have any different speed limit than the other lanes. Plus her ticket will never stand. A 2 mile an hour deficit is within a margin of error that cannot be proven. Why do you think most tickets are written for 10 mph or more over the posted speed limit? It eliminates any margin of error caused by the angle of the radar that is being used. Which usually falls in the 2 to 3 mph area.
  
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- BSdetector
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:54pm
  I WISH they would write tickets for that around me. So many idiots going 5-10mph under in the FAST LANE and/or matching the pace of the guy next to them!
  Cheers for the cop!
  
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- Dr Vel
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:09pm
  NickyLouse “Read Romans 13:1-5 The authorities that exist have been established by God. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities.”
  
  Only when rulers are doing what is right. Do you always fail to rightly divide the Word? If Christ being born was God’s will was eliminating all the firstborn to stop it God’s will? Or was it evil murder to block God’s plan? Was it God’s will when women, children, and men innocent of any crime worthy of death, merely due to heritage, went into the showers in Hitlers Europe and then on to the furnaces? When the people in N Korea eat insects, their children, each other, or starve, is it God’s will? How about the fields in Cambodia? You see when those in charge do what is right by God, then and only then do you have a valid point. There is no blanket authority for evil just because they are running things. Evil happens in this world and submitting to it is evil. America has done more good on earth than all other nations in a thousand years. Was disobeying the King wrong? Or were our Founding Fathers doing God’s will? Misunderstanding the Word has both caused and continued great evil on earth. When you saw ‘GP’ in the vision it meant ‘go plow’ not ‘go preach’. You speak without wisdom. Be silent, stop misleading in God’s name.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:10pm
  Nicky, in Atlanta doing the speed limit will get you killed. So yea, I have no problem justifying keeping up with traffic flow. If I want to go slower, I GET IN THE RIGHT LANE! BTW does Jesus personally back up all of your opinions? Must be nice.
  
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- NickyLouse
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:40pm
  Dr Vel,
  
  You surely underestimate God’s sovereignty if you think His will can be thwarted. I agree that it is not His will to cause pain and suffering in the world, but it most certainly is His will to allow it. Otherwise, He is nothing if He can and won’t stop it. No, my ways are not His ways and I will not presume to tell him what His will should be. I will do my best to submit to Him in everything I do and say.
  
  I gave Gonzo the out that if he wanted to justify his lawbreaking by it somehow be that he is obeying God rather than men, then let us depart in peace. However, I do not see the speed law (especially in DC) as being against God’s laws.
  
  As far as your attacking my misuse of God’s Word, please be specific or retract your accusation if you consider yourself to be honorable. I can swallow humble pie.
  
  Respectfully yours,
  NL
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:41pm
  Tho Those Who Think Speed Limits Are Hard Limits:
  
  They are not. Well, it depends on where you are. Essentially it is LEGAL for you to drive over the speed limit in most states as long as the road conditions and traffic permit it to be done safely. If you wish to fight a speeding ticket read up on your state speed law. While living in California I successfully beat every single speeding ticket I ever got. How? I came to court and argued I was driving for the conditions of the road and traffic. I had a weather report for the day in question, traffic reports for the day, time, and stretch of highway I was ticketed on. Each time the judge ruled in my favor. The officer could not testify that I was driving erratically nor that I was driving in a manner that endangered others on the road.
  
  Also, you can just as easily get a ticket for driving too slow as you can get one for driving too fast. It all comes down to the conditions of the road, traffic, and signs.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:16pm
  Feel free to follow them into a parking lot and threaten them. Several years ago, I was caught in a long line of traffic when a guy did this to me. He followed off the road. He got dragged into court for threats! Cost him over $200 and a restraining order, because I wouldn’t tailgate the driver, in front, like he was doing to me. I’ve carried a weapon ever since that incident. Now, we have the stand your ground law, and I look forward to taking advantage of it. I pay taxes, too. If you want ‘kill or be killed’, you’re going to get it.
  
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- cantstandlibs
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:31pm
  @aphophis77
  
  You are insulting and think in absolute terms. Traffic is a social exercise, not an absolute, where we get to inconvenience everyone else by our righteous sense of abiding by the law. You really are stupid. You probably drive like this too.
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:35pm
  Give me a break the ticket didn’t say anything about a passing lane it just said going 2 miles under the limit. The nazi that gave her that ticket should be placed on unpaid leave for a week.
  If he did anything he should have just stopped her and informed her to get her speedometer checked as she was driving under the limit. And explained to her that the right lane is for passing and accelerating. NOT GAVE HER SOME FASCIST TICKET
  
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- Boots1
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 4:19pm
  This is how law enforcement gets a bad name. While I agree that she belongs in the slow lane the officer could have used officer discretion and pulled her over and warned her. Instead he takes what appears to a disinterested observer, who doesn’t read the entire story, an absurd action. Law enforcement is again defending itself instead of making friends. Slow drivers in the fast lane are a nuisance but there are too many variables here to write a ticket that’s going to put the PIO to work doing damage control.
  
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- thetreyman
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 4:34pm
  this is a failure to keep right ticket, not a speed ticket. we have this law in florida also. he should have used a couple of commas to clarify it though. should have read…failure of driver, driving below speed limit (63 in a 65), to keep right.
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 4:58pm
  @GONZO
  
  It’s not fast lane vs slow lane. It’s driving lanes vs passing lane. You are not supposed to drive in the pasing lane, it’s only supposed to be used for passing. It doesn’t matter if you’re doing 85mph you aren’t supposed to sit in the passing lane indefinately.
  
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- Navyguy62
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 5:25pm
  Come On Guys… Everyone already know that NO Leftie worth their salt will ever move to the Right! LOL
  
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- Jaxco
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 5:39pm
  she was still legal and within her rights, your argument is nonsensical.
  
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- dusanmal
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 5:50pm
  @rowgue International conventions were signed in early 1970′s by most civilized countries, including USA to unify tragic regulations worldwide regarding by than globally present and dominating multilane highways. The very concept of “passing lane” was explicitly removed/banned by that treaty. One of crucial points all countries agreed to was THE RIGHT TO PASS ON RIGHT OR LEFT ON MULTILANE HIGHWAY as well as EQUIVALENCE OF ALL TRAFFIC LANES . Existence of archaic traffic regulations in some states is sad and driving education that perpetuates a concept erased from existence four decades ago is a nonsense. What’s next, requiring a flag waiver to run in front of every car as that was a rule at one time? Without an explicit minimal speed regulation, driving at or below maximum speed in any traffic lane on a multilane highway is legal. Traffic regulation to mandate move to the right is illegal for decades now and with a good reason.
  
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- Redfor
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 5:54pm
  The Cop has her.. Maryland Law reads (as on the ticket) TA-21-301(b) :
  
  (b) Special rule for slow-moving traffic.- On every roadway, except while overtaking and passing another vehicle going in the same direction or when preparing for a lawful left turn, any vehicle going 10 miles an hour or more below the applicable maximum speed limit or, if any existing conditions reasonably require a speed below that of the applicable maximum, at less than the normal speed of traffic under these conditions, shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. ”
  
  She should have been in the Right lane and not the left. The Driver said it was windy and she needed to slow down, so by by her own words.. 90 bucks.. Just do what I do.. I dont care how fast or slow Im going… If a cop comes up behind me, I let him by…
  
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- DemonSlayer
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 6:14pm
  I’m seriously shaking my head at these “good, she deserved it” replies.
  
  Do ANY of you mental midgets realize that the posted speed limit on a street or highway is the MAXIMUM ALLOWED SPEED?
  
  There is NO such thing as a “fast lane”. ALL lanes on a highway are the same posted MAXIMUM speed limit.
  
  And then what is up with you intellectual morons quoting scripture on a story like this? As I read these comments from my fellow republicans, it is more than evident why our side can not win an election.
  
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- Rileydj
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 6:18pm
  Ditto!
  Move to the right! And it is not about others not being patient, it is called COMMON COURTESY,
  The holier than thou folks that like to block the left lane are hazards to traffic flow.
  Did they ever wonder why most states call it the Passing Lane?
  
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 6:39pm
  I understand the concept of the fast vs slow lane, but the fast lane is still limited to the SPEED LIMIT of 65. So anyone wanting this lady to move over to the slow lane had every intention of going well over 65MPH, breaking the law.
  
  She has a point, it sends the wrong message. So is it ok to go over the speed limit just because you’re in the left “fast lane”? Now if she was doing 45 in the 65 fast lane, bingo, ticket away. I can give you that. But 63 in a 65?! Really? As much as slow drivers in the fast lane is annoying, to say she deserves a $90 ticket is outrageous!
  
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- hallkbrdz
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 6:49pm
  It’s called the PASSING lane for a reason. If you aren’t PASSING – MOVE OVER!
  
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- survivorseed
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 6:54pm
  easy..move over and stop holding the rest of us up
  
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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 7:43pm
  For crying out loud people 2 miles an hour – I wouldn’t even be able to tell that difference on my speedometer – it isn’t a digital display just the ordinary hash marks and needle – Are you really trying to say that you could actually tell a 2 mph difference on most speedometers? Really when they have a hash for each 5 mph and with the width of the needle you could really tell? I say you are mistaken
  
  And such a ticket is unreasonable
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_By_Zee_Arteeest_Beck
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 8:39pm
  WOW! A lot of “slave mentality” here today, eh? Don’t worry … it’s good practice for you … do “your chains rest lightly upon you”? They will rest much heavier:
  
  “LAPD Police-thugs Bravely Subdue Dangerous TV News Camera”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkvNrtk6GJ0
  
  So-o-o-o, how’s that whole Police-(standing army)-Department thingy working out for everyone? America’s Founders knew, greatly feared, and warned us of it.
  
  Past time to put an end to government thuggery and disband the police “standing army” departments (because they’re here for a reason … a very bad reason):
  “America: Freedom To Fascism”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNNeVu8wUak
  
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- Techcon
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:13pm
  Totally opposed to the ticket.
  
  Just make it legal to run these timids off the road and be done with it!
  
  That’s how it is on my island.
  
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- MR_ANDERSON
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:20pm
  I am not saying that grammar on citation is perfect, or that my grammar is always correct, but if you dissect the offense as written you would find it reads as follows:
  
  ACTION: “Failure” WHO: “driver” DESCRIPTION of WHO: “driving below speed limit 63 in a 65″ DESCRIPTION of ACTION: “to keep right” <- this is the violation, "Failure to keep right," which easily is covered under different violations, or specifically by law as in PA.
  
  As for people who argue no one should be driving faster, maybe the officer's radar was 7 MPH off and she was doing 55 in a 65. Additionally, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE to drive faster and pay any penalty that is applied via the law enforcement officers as directed by the laws written and approved by a legislature that have become law.
  
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- ltb
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:02am
  I’m going to go with the cops on this one also. Two things that irritate me when I’m driving are tailgaters and people who drive too slow in the fast lane.
  
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- 1011000
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:27am
  Agreed
  
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- White_Otter
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:00am
  Agreed, if they are not passing then move over back to the right lane unless letting some one alts on to the road. Courtesy drivers goes a long ways and prevents accidents.
  
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- GrandpaOf4
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:13am
  People with their fat **** stuck in the passing lane for absolutely no reason annoy me. I don’t care if you want to drive slower if it makes you feel safer but PULL OVER for heaven’s sake. Being a traffic obstuction is a hazard.
  
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- Melika
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:29am
  @ Teddy: You have apparently never even seen I-95 in that area. 65 MPH is about 20 MPH slower than most people travel on that road. She wasn’t ticketed for speed. As others have said, she was ticketed for not yielding the right of way. That road is at least 3 lanes wide, If she was going 65 MPH and in the left lane, she was creating a huge road hazard and traffic jam. Trucks aren’t allowed in the left lane, which means people were probably trying to pass TWO now-slow lanes in the far right – the entry & exit lane.
  
  I already know she is one of these busy-bodies who like to make a stink out of something to prove a point – namely that traffic moves too fast for her and she wants it changed or she wants to make herself a pain in the 4ss. She thinks she is doing some kind of great community service when all she is doing is picking fights with bad drivers who do even more dangerous maneuvers to get around her.
  
  The cop was right, the headline on the Blaze, as usual, is wrong.
  
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- chingachgook
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:37am
  @ all you people who think it is fine to do just the speed limit on a four lane + expressway. Really? What planet are you on. durring the high traffic periods on the highway, if you do not keep up with the tragic flow you are a danger to yourself and others. In most areas weather it is legal or not folks are doing 5-10 mph over the limit. If you are not doing the same and are in the left lane people are coming up on you and having to hit their brakes. In heavy traffic if one person hits their breaks it causes a chain reaction which can very likely end in someone down the line being in an accident. That is reality. The ticket should have read “this is for being an obstinate idiot and endangering others”. You know that others had attempted to get her to get out of the left lane. Blinking lights, passing on the left and waving, etc. The Cop just had enough stupidity. Good for him.
  
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- vendingdude
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 12:44pm
  nicky -reread the law please. One is allowed to temporarily exceed the posted speed limit in order to complete a safe pass. Consider a two lane highway.
  
  For all who think this ticket is moronic re the 63 v. 65 mph, please the ticket was for blocking traffic or failure to yield or whatever, not “going too slow”. It is entirely proper for a cop to give a ticket her for going 55 in a whiteout, because that would be excessive for conditions, even though it is below the posted “normal” limit. Likewise, it could entirely be proper for giving a ticket to someone going 65 in the left lane if everyone else is going 75. Split speed limits endanger traffic, whether by bad driving habits (apparently as in here) or by regulations (as any trucker if he loves the speed differential required in CA or TX)
  
  The police officer was required, I suppose, to make a note of her speed on the citation, but it does not matter if was 53, 63, or 73mph as long as she intentionally or not, created a hazard by blocking traffic or failing to yield to an emergency vehicle, etc
  
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- jdelta1adams
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 1:13pm
  Weather or not it’s annoying isn’t the issue. It is not illegal to drive below the speed limit unless there is a posted minimum speed. The government does not have and CANNOT be allowed to have the right to ticket people for being irritating.
  
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- scjeff
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:18pm
  A collection by MIT of the states “Keep right” stautes:
  
  http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html
  
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- jlkirkjr
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:21pm
  Right?!? If she felt the need to follow the law, she should have moved over and get out of the way of the people who want to break the law!
  
  Good lord, the speed limit is the LAW. People, who would otherwise call themselves “conservatives”, are cheering her getting a ticket for OBEYING THE LAW? This is absurd.
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 12:17am
  Redfor, you took the time to quote the MD law, now read it. MD law allows her to go as much as 10 MPH below the posted speed limit in that lane. The cop is clearly one of those “new age” cops and the judge will quite rightly set him straight.
  
  Mr_Anderson, stay in PA. You also do not know MD law and are hence a hazard to MD highways. MD has no “keep right” regulation. We might wish all day that they did, but they don’t.
  
  I liked the law in NJ where it said “Keep right except to pass.” If you were in the left lane, regardless of your speed, if you weren’t passing someone you got a ticket (ask me how i know). Good law.
  
  In CT, you couldn’t pass on the right. Stupid law. One night I came upon a drunk doing 45 in the left lane of I-95. He refused to move over. Stupid law (oh I’m repeating myself).
  
  What I see are short, ugly facists who think the left lane is theirs. They cruise there as fast as they wish, for miles on end, and then get all pissy when they come up on someone doing exactly the same thing, but at a slightly slower speed (maybe only doing 70 in a 55 MPH zone – boo hoo). We will have safe highways only when these people slow down, realize that we share the roads and start obeying the laws. Give as much consideration as you are “demanding” of others. Some of them fought in wars to give your sorry azz a free country. They probably have paid way more than you for the “priveledge” to drive on “our” roads. Cut them some slack while y
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 12:47am
  Dr Vel Nickylouise was correct in pointing out scripture that relates to following just authority. She did not “misinterpret” it, she simply quoted it. If that one raises hackles on your neck, then please don’t read Hebrews 13:17 and for heavens sake don’t go near 2 Timothy 4:2. (Actually, please read them.)
  
  In my mind anyone who thinks it is fine to determine what just laws they won’t keep, is no better than a President who does the same thing after taking an oath to uphold our laws (i.e., Oblamer). Speeding is against the law. If you disregard that law, what example are you setting for that new 16 year old driver or for those children in your vehicle (not counting you)? Besides, most speeders are also tailgaters who are further unaware of what a turn signal is for (kinda like a 3-fur).
  
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:54am
What was not mentioned is how many people were behind her? If she was being stubborn,then ticket her. Maybe even yell at her some.
But I have NEVER heard a Patrolman say,”During windy days or bad weather ,drive the speed limit.’
‘To serve and Protect’ has become ‘To Observe and Collect.’
Back when my Pappy was in law enforcement you walked up,carefully,to the door and rung the doorbell while your partner watched the back door to serve a warrant. Now they send a SWAT team equipped for the Normandy invasion to kick down your door and shoot your dog.Maybe even handcuff your grandma and children while screaming “STOP RESISTING M..F…!” as they kick the crud out of you. Then a supervisor arrives to inform them it is the wrong house.

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- drs1969
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:27pm
  She was ‘easy pickings’ for the tax man! I’ve only seen a min. speed in Colorado, and that was for 10 mph under. She would’ve been legal there.
  
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finky555
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:54am
If you read the ticket carefully, it is not a fine for driving too slow but for doing it in the wrong lane. Had she been in the right hand lane she would not have been fined. It will not be overturned, it is worded correctly.

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- ComradeAdam
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:15pm
  She was driving the fastest speed allowable by law, hence the ‘speed limit’. So, why does it matter which lane she was in? Because the cop views the speed limit as a recommended speed rather than a limit as it was originally intended. This is a bad ticket because it is punishing and shaming those that impede actual law breaking. Even while passing, it is against the law to exceed the speed limit, so there should be no cars traveling faster than her for any reason. She was in the fast lane where she should be when traveling the speed limit.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:53pm
  ComradeAdam:
  
  You fail to understand that in most places with 2 lane highway traffic you will see signs instructing SLOWER traffic to keep to the right. Why? Because you can legally drive above the speed limit as long as you are doing it safely. Most police will not stop you for doing 5 over the limit as long as weather and traffic permit. Most will ticket you if you do 10 or more over the posted limit o matter what. Speed limits are just guidelines people driving need to be aware of. I have a 30 minute highway commute. Most of that is 2 lane highway with posted speed limit of 65. Most people in the left lane drive between 70 and 75 while traffic in the right lane is going slower. highway patrol park at different intervals looking for people doing more than 75 and i have seen them pop a few doing that. Speed limits are grey areas not black and white.
  
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- Begbie
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:09pm
  Comrade, I’m afraid you are very wrong. Ask your state trooper if you doubt the fine folks in this forum.
  
  In the meantime, would you mind moving over? We have places to be.
  
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 6:53pm
  Then why even call it a speed limit?
  
  Why not call it a speed recommendation? That’s what you’re implying here, that it’s a mere recommendation rather than a legal limit.
  
  Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t mind it being just a recommendation. But make the law reflect that fact.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:25pm
  If these replies are correct, about not getting a ticket for speeding; then, why did speeding tickets in the 80′s (when I got mine) cost more than this frivolous ticket, today? This is a money grab.
  You ‘lead foots’ shouldn’t confuse lack of law enforcement w/ something that’s actually legal.
  
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- ComradeAdam
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 3:00pm
  What people are failing to understand here is the roads are built for those that obey the traffic laws. There is no lane for speeders. The fast lane is for those traveling at or near the speed limit. If you are traveling slower than the speed limit you should pull to the right, because you are then considered slower traffic. Again, there is no room on our highways for speeders. The only way she could have failed to yield to faster traffic is if someone was first breaking the law.
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:54am
  Searcher, there are no such signs on that section of I-95. MD law states you cannot legally exceed the posted limit, or a speed lower than the posted limit in certain cases. Wrong on both counts, you are.
  
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9111315
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:49am
If people were passing her on the right . . . and she made no attempt to move right, she broke the rules of the road.

If she cannot accept such, she should loose her license.

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- needawhitepresident
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:55am
  As a former long haul trucker, I agree with the cops on this one. In some states signs are clearly posted along mutli-lane highways that it is illegal to drive in the left lane unless you are passing someone. If there is no one on your right, get out of the fast lane or get written up. She should pay the $90 and call it a day – and stay out of the left lane unless she actually needs to be out there. Some drivers need to learn the lesson the hard way.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:56am
  And, it’s usually a she.
  
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- Bangstick
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:02pm
  It can be hard to get into the right lane when every other idiot is passing on the right and filling in any hole in the traffic so you can’t get over.
  
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- SeekerEmerald
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:59pm
  Bangstick: If NOT getting into the left lane, and if getting back into the right lane is as hard for you as you seem to indicate, I suggest you turn in your license, or stick to local roads.
  
  Are you REALLY trying to tell me she was STUCK in that lane? REALLY? With all these people agreeing with her on this board, you are going to try and float the story that she was not able to get over?
  
  If we can’t have an honest discussion without saying really really stupid things that everyone KNOWS we don’t really believe, then I’m not sure where that leaves us, but it’s noplace good, I promise you.
  
  If all you have is rhetoric, your argument must be really really weak.
  
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- Begbie
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 3:16pm
  BANG….lol, you totally just pulled that one out of your rump, pal. What a crock! Seriously, if she’s that bad of a driver it’s time to hang it up. She’s gonna kill someone and that’s the bottom line.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:33pm
  Have you people ever driven I-95 in MD? It absolutely sucks, and I haven’t been there in years. It can only be worse now, the pop. hasn’t shrunk any. The fact that the road is soo overcrowded is the reason she’s being harassed by the cops instead of being protected by them.
  
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Whovian
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:48am
I agree that the weather should have been brought into account in the officers decision. However it is my belief that slow drivers in the fast lane should have their vehicles seized or possibly allow fellow drivers to utilize the police PITT manuever on the offending vehicle. Watch out granny!

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:55am
  Absolutely.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:58am
  Not to worry . … Obamacare will take her and others off the roads … except for all the funeral processions you will be stopping for.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:42pm
  She was within the legal limits. You don’t have a right to speed. Just because you get away w/ it routinely, still doesn’t mean your speeding is more legal than her behavior. You don’t have a right to speed or harass others within their rights. Why don’t you steal when you’re hungry or need money? Why don’t you follow them into a parking lot and threaten them? Go ahead, the law doesn’t apply to you, or so you think.
  
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cptenn94
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:48am
The ticket issued to her was incorrect and wrong. They should reissue it with the real issue at hand.
“Causing unsafe driving conditions for others by driving under the speed limit in the fast lane”

Because it seems that is why she got ticketed. Not because she was driving to slow, but because she was driving slow in the fast lane without pulling to the right lane.

I believe this summarizes this story up
“If you feel you need to slow down due to road conditions, feel free to do so. Just don’t do it in the left lane.”

My last statement, is that maybe she shouldnt be fined so much, but she shouldnt get away scotch free.

I grow so tired of being stuck going 10 mph UNDER the speedlimit because the fast lane is blocked by someone driving the same speed as the person in the right lane.

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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:05pm
  If you read it, you can delete the reference to speed. She was cited for ‘failure to keep right’. He would not have cited her if she was right.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:34pm
  Wrong. She was SLOW traffic and slow traffic is supposed to stay to the right. this ticket was written for the correct violation. When I am driving I stick to the right lane if i am driving at or below the speed limit like she was supposed to do.
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:48am
No good deed goes unpunished.

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cwheat_freedom
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:47am
The headline is misleading, she didn’t get a ticket for driving 2 mph below the posted speed limit. She got a ticket for driving with her head up her **** in the left lane.

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- BaldingEagle1776
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:54am
  Misleading? THE BLAZE? Say it ain’t so!
  
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Rman3
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:47am
The ticket is not for driving under the speed limit. The ticket is for driving at a speed that is unsafe in a passing lane.

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- ComradeAdam
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 1:26pm
  So the maximum speed allowable by law is unsafe because its too slow in the passing lane?
  
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- hallkbrdz
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 7:03pm
  > ComradeAdam
  
  Yes. If you are not passing – get over!
  
  Others may have an actual emergency and NEED TO PASS – such as when my wife was having seizures due to some medicine she took. I had to get her to the hospital fast. Luckily for her no idiot was hogging the left lane that evening.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:46pm
  Re: Hall
  So that’s the reason all those folks are going ’20 over’ in the fast lane. Because their wife is having seizures! Why don’t they all have their flashers on?
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 4:47pm
  drs1969:
  
  Are you being dense on purpose? Fact is there is no such thing as a hard speed limit. You can LEGALLY drive other the speed limit. it’s up to the patrolman’s discretion on giving you a speeding ticket. As long as you aren’t doing 10 or more over the speed limit you will not get ticketed as long as the rod conditions permit it. You fight a speeding ticket in court by arguing you were driving for the conditions of the road. Again, it is perfectly legal for exceed the posted speed limit on the highway under safe road conditions.
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:29am
  Searcher, apparently you’ve not read MD traffic regulations (she was cited in MD). 21-801.1 says you cannot exceed the limit. If you are violating 21-309, 21-310 and 21-801.1, you are deemed an “agressive driver” and your fine goes up accordingly.
  
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huey6367
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:47am
She was probably drinking a Big Gulp.

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carlc2210
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:46am
This headline is mis-leading (typical of Beck and associates) – this person was not ticketed for driving 63 mph in a 65 mph zone. She was ticketed for driving to slow in the fast lane, as she should have been.

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- BaldingEagle1776
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:55am
  Do you really expect the Blaze editors to actually check their work?
  
  Do you really expect the Blaze readers to question what they’re told?
  
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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 2:57pm
  Maybe ‘expect’ is the wrong word, but one can always ‘hope’
  
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Aged Cheddar
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:46am
Please note, this driver was ticketed for obstructing traffic in the FAST LANE. When the state says, “Slower traffic keep right,” it’s for real. More states are beginning to ticket the left lane hogs who cause much of the traffic “packing” that happens everywhere. Who hasn’t been trapped by a pack of cars traveling exactly the speed limit, in both lanes, on the open highway. Keep right, except to pass. You are not responsible for enforcing the speed limit on American highways. Move right, or pay the man.

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- NickyLouse
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 5:34pm
  You would make me a lawbreaker in order for you to get where you are going ten minutes quicker. I think maybe you could plan your day better, slow down, and enjoy life instead of stressing about how someone in front of you is obeying the law.
  
  By the way, it is a law and not a guideline as some have suggested here.
  
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- geomann
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 6:25pm
  It is the law to keep right. It is the law to obey speed limits. Failure to do either, and you are subject to a fine.
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:44am
  Aged cheddar, not true. Nowhere in MD transportation law is there mention of a “fast lane” and that term is nowhere on her citation. Simply put, she ticked off the cop who wrote her a citation not in conformance with the traffic law he cited. He tried (but failed) to reference a regulation that might apply. He was wrong, she was not.
  
  geomann, wrong, MD has no “keep right except to pass law.” You can’t go writing tickets for laws that don’t exist.
  
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AmericanStrega
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:43am
The woman was doing 2 miles under the speed limit! It’s not like she was driving 45 mph in the fast lane. And another thing, if a person is driving in “inclement” weather, shouldn’t even 62 mph seem too fast? I mean come on! Last Sunday night my husband and I were driving to work in a freaking white-out blizzard and couldn’t manage more than 25 to 30 mph on a 60 mph highway (2 lane). Thank God we live in rural Kansas. The cops aren’t stooopid enough to stop people for driving too slow during “inclement” weather.

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- circleDwagons
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:52am
  She was ticketed for driving in the wrong lane. The right lane is for slower traffic. It is dangerous to pass on the right. Idiots that drive slow on the left cause accirents. I pray she and others learnfrom this.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:54am
  Good. These brain dead people that do not move back to the right lane should be shot, hung, tarred and feathered. ‘Slower traffic to the right’ has meaning. It keeps order and efficiency. And, usually it is a woman that is violating that commonsense principle… and a van driver.
  
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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:03pm
  I would have to say, for a policeman to get out of his car in “inclement weather” and cite this woman, he probably has a pretty good take on her driving abilities. She probably stayed in the lane, terrified to do a lane change for miles causing many drivers to pass on the right, which is dangerous. She can go to court and fight this, but she should be prepared for the judge to make her take a driving test to insure she is not a hazard to the community.
  
  “Kids, take the keys away!”
  
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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:09pm
  Sorry, my bad. Didn’t notice the lane. Guess my reading skills take a hit after a 10 hour night-shift.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:23pm
  AmericanStrega, caffeine works great for me.
  
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SciPro
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:43am
Oh .. come-on .. going a little slower in the ‘hammer’ lane should be “no” big deal! .. Impatient people, need to learn patience, … slow your life down a little .. smell the roses for gosh sakes, enjoy the moment .. not everything has to done on the “rush” .. right to the limit … sheesh. Traffic isn’t always accommodating, for switches over to a slow lane when an abrupt problem erupts, like wind, or something else. And that was the problem here .. as I understand it. .. Still, the story shows the lack of patience of drivers reflecting back onto the police force. Common sesnse says .. slow down when you need to .. we are not robots to toe exactly the speed limit … sheesh

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- Silent-No-More
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 8:42pm
  Her failure to obey driving law is a big deal because of the population density here. People on I-95 in this area are on their way to work, many with no alternate route available. I am tired of people using God to justify selfish behavior. Sitting in the left lane causes major traffic jams in this area, which is why it is against the law. People do it because they don’t like to be in the right lane and have to adjust for merging traffic, or in the middle lane with vehicles on either side. People ignore the passing lane law so frequently here, and get away with it, that it is likely she was stopped for her violation because of the traffic mess she was causing behind her.
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:49am
  Silent, she disobeyed no statute of the state of MD. To have violated the regulation the cop quoted, she would have had to be going below 55.
  
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BaldingEagle1776
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:41am
She is a registered Tea Party member. They can’t drive. You can tell them by their bumper stickers and usually have so many flags stuck to their car they can’t see well. I’m waiting for the Tea Party driver’s license confiscation to begin!

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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:58am
  Actually shes a progressive , left lane leaning, DEMOCRAT. Maryland drivers suck, and most of them , like balddork, are clueless from the road to the voting booth. During the Civil War , Maryland( mainly the Baldimore area) was pro slavery, and the citizens tended to spit on Union soldiers. DEMOCRATs like balddork are pro Marxist and pro KKK, and will again spit on American soldiers as they come home today, looking forward to NO Jobs, NO JOBS, and No jobs.
  
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- BaldingEagle1776
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:03pm
  13th Mom, looks like you missed your medication! You’re a real nut case, huh? Wowzers! You go girl!
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:13pm
  PfffffffffffffffffT
  
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- Dethklok91
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:15pm
  Mr. and/or Mrs.BALDINGEAGLE1776,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  Sounds like 13th’s retort struck a cord.
  
  It is so.
  
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- BaldingEagle1776
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:27pm
  Dethklok91, it’s “chord,” tea-for-brains.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:46pm
  91
  You too can qualify to be president. Corpsemen prove it. In all 57 states.
  
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THX-1138
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:40am
When people are blowing by you on the Right Side, get a clue. They call it the Fast Lane for a reason… (Though 90 bucks seems a tad steep…)

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LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:39am
Personally, I think the ticket should stand; the only exception would be if she was in the process of passing someone who was in the right hand lane doing 62 mph. However, if traffic was passing her on the right hand side, she deserves the ticket.

People who drive slower in the left hand lane than the pace of traffic in the right hand lane do pose a risk to the surrounding drivers. This happens all the time where I live, and I quite frankly do not like passing people who are driving slowly in the left hand lane.

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- SquareHead
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:44am
  Well said. This is a misleading headline. Perhaps Erica Ritz used to work for tabloid papers?
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:59am
  The MAXIMUM speed is 65mph. 70, 80, 90 mph are exceptionally dangerous when the majority of people are OBEYING the speed limit. This person was traveling 97% of the maximum.
  Different story if she was going 50-55 that would be 77-85% ..a truly noticeable difference.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:39am
Can’t say I am familiar with the proclivities of the Maryland road rules. This sounds over reaching, due to the bad weather.

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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:43am
  Thanks for being one of the few people posting with Common Sense !
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:44am
  Then she should have moved over to the right lane! Not too complicated!
  
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mikem1969
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:37am
It is about time they started ticketing them. I hate driving to work in the morning just to have a slow poke in both lanes holding up traffic for miles. It is a pain. Slower traffic needs to keep to the right or face being ticketed.

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- NickyLouse
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 5:40pm
  Maybe we can build MikeM his own lane so that he can drive as fast as he wants without interference.
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:05am
  Nicky, that cannot happen. If he’s doing 80, sooner or later he will come upon someone only doing 79 and his rightous anger will well up an overflow yet again. He is quite selfish and immature, and he has a lot of company out on our roads today. Public education I suppose.
  
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:37am
Communist obama’s Police State desperate for money !

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- CatB
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:56am
  Ding DING … yes .. I have a friend who got a ticket for 4 over .. she thought ridiculous .. then her sister got one for 2 over !!! .. as for the lane .. isn’t most of 95 at LEAST 3 lanes .. was she in the FAR left lane? For the flow of traffic in 3 lanes (I drive 3 lane I-75 often) it actually works best if you leave the right lane empty .. and let people getting on and off the highway use it … then the center lane is for the thru traffic … and the far left lane is for passing. Fight the ticket .. the only way to stop them is to tie up the courts.
  
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- Mole49er
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 2:07pm
  in texas we actually have signs that say “left lane for passing only”. (not sure how it is in maryland). It’s considered the fast lane. All slower traffic is to stay to the right two lanes (or however many lanes apart from the left lane). extremely slow traffic (more than 5 miles below the speed limit) is to stay to the far right lane. This is common knowledge.
  
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Beachmastermax
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:37am
If you want to drive under the speed limit there is a lane for that. It is not called the “slow” lane for nothing.

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:45am
  She was driving 2 miles under. Can a person really detect that?
  
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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:52am
  When you are in the fast lane and there is no one in front of you for a quarter mile, but behind you are cars stacked up as if trying to get thru a toll booth and one is a trooper? Yea it is easy to detect that.
  
  Wanna meet alot of Asians? Drive from Vegas to LA and everytime you have to pass someone on the right side just wave to them as you go by.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:58am
  Yep – they’re called speedometers and laser/radar.
  In all seriousness, she was probably driving much slower – they probably upped her actual speed to give her the benefit of the doubt, much like most drivers rarely get hit for going five miles OVER the limit, but that’s just speculation on my part.
  
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Zipit
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:36am
I hate people who won’t get out of the left lane! With that said, this is just another example of that idiot
Governor Martin O’Malley, and his quest to separate the people of Maryland from their wallets!

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:54am
  ZIPIT, After talking with a good number of truck drivers I used to hate driving through Maryland when I was stationed in Upstate, NY. I usually made those long drives starting late in the day and it was well into the night when I got to Maryland. I used to work my way into a convoy of trucks and they slowed down to exactly 55 mph when crossing the state line. Still, I saw a lot of trucks pulled over along the route. The funny thing, is that stories, jokes, and movies illustrate southern PDs and sheriff departments as money gouging speed traps backed up by their local kangaroo courts.
  
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woodyee
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:36am
The ticket leads me to believe she was driving slow in the fast lane “Failure of driver driving below speed limit to keep right”.

Ergo, she was impeding the normal flow of traffic…bee itch got off easy if you ask me, and you did.

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- RLTW
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:56am
  WOODYEE
  
  On the mark, it’s drivers like this that cause accidents, more tickets need to be given to those incapable of driving with the flow of traffic.
  
  I’ve driven in countries all over the world, and I can say without question drivers in Washington State are the worst at blocking the fast/pass lane, if state troopers (who I consider State arm of the IRS) went after these people the roads would be safer and they’d collect more money.
  
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- Sparky101
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:12am
  RLTW, by far, year in and year out, it is speeders that cause the majority of the accidents. NHTS.
  
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Yama
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:35am
Go as slowly as you want – in the RIGHT lane! If driving at a speed that matches other traffic in the left lane scares you, perhaps you should explore alternate means of transportation.

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- SquareHead
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:41am
  Agreed. What a stupid and misleading headline. She was ticketed for not driving in the right lane as she should. The people that insist in driving the center and left lane aggravate the traffic pattern and create undue congestion at high speeds, which can lead to accidents.
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:41am
  They are called Speed Limits for a reason – Because it is the Limit of how fast you can go. Switching lanes can be dangerous – especially in a high volume situation like that of the Beltway. If someone rear ends you because you are going 2 miles per hour under the Limit – Then they have a serious problem and they are breaking the Law by failing to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front of you !
  
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- SquareHead
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:55am
  @Socialistslayer
  It is a huge problem that feel they have the right to cruse in the left or center lane if they are doing the speed limit. They aggravate the traffic pattern and cause allot of accidents. Many times they have a hard time to move over to the right because they have created a bottle neck by not driving in the right lane in the first place. This has been an issue on US highways for many years. Whereas in Europe, everybody stays to the right unless they are passing, and will move over to the right as they see cars approach them in the mirror. This is how the autobahn in Germany, functions as well as it does with as few accidents as it has even though there are no speed limits!
  
  Granted if someone was given a ticket in the middle or rush hour, when they could not merge over I would say that you have a point. Nevertheless; More people should be ticketed for not staying to the right, in order to train the drivers of our road of proper driving etiquette.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:56pm
  That’s why it should be called the Crazies’ lane instead of the fast lane. Most that drive there are insane.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 10:59pm
  Re: Square
  This ain’t Germany, or even Montana. It’s an incredibly overcrowded road in MD. If that lane had no speed limit, it’d be different.
  
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- jlkirkjr
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:24pm
  I deliberately get in the left lane and drive the speed limit. Nothing makes me happier than somebody behind me all pissed off because I refuse to break the law.
  
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termyt
Posted on March 12, 2013 at 11:35am
I’m not terribly fond of any kind of speed-related ticket (if it involves recklessness then there are laws for that that can be used instead).

That said, driving slow in the left lane is dangerous, especially in bad weather / lower visibility. People coming up from behind may not see you in time.

If the weather is bad, should they slow down? Yes, are you willing to get rear-ended to prove that point?

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- NickyLouse
  Posted on March 12, 2013 at 12:57pm
  Really, Termyt? If you are doing 65 and you come up on someone doing 63, you’re not going to see them? Or is it that you want to do 75?
  
  Someone passed me on a 4-foot wide shoulder with snow on the graded shoulder because he felt he had more right to the road than me, but I was driving the speed limit and passing someone to boot.
  
  Wake up and smell the repentance. It’s not slow drivers who are the problem… it is impatient ones. aybe I too am impatient when I see more than half the drivers out there driving inconsideratly and dangerous, speeding, tailgating and cutting people off. I will do my best to try to understand that people live in fear and believe that if they are not where they need to be going 3 minutes sooner than safer. I will try to understand that not all have the Holy Spirit guiding them to live a life of faith and peace knowing that their rushing around will not mean a hill of beans in eternity.
  
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