alt Hacker NewsAmerican road laws are insane here. The law should be simple; you must be in the outside lane at all times unless you are overtaking, and once you're done overtaking, you should merge back into the outside lane.
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throwup238 • today at 7:33 AM
As far as I know that’s the law in every state I’ve driven in, but enforcement is pretty much nonexistent. Some states like Texas or Louisiana might have signs reminding people to stay out of the inner lanes except for passing but I’ve never heard of anyone getting a ticket over it. What’s enforcement like in the UK?
For example, the specific law in California: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...
direwolf20 • today at 11:31 AM
That seems rather inefficient on an 8– or 16–lane road.
Confusingly, the slow lane is called the "inside lane" in the UK, even though it's on the edge of the road and the fast lanes are in the middle.