In Maryland, 63 in a 65 is speeding

I'd rather live in Northern Virginia and use 95 every day (which I do) than live in Maryland, free of most of the traffic. Maryland blows ass.

 

The BW Parkway can be a bitch when they decide to shut the whole fucking thing down for no reason.

 

Exactly! This one kills me in Ohio, which I can verify is full of awful drivers. More often than not, I'm coming down the on-ramp, watching the idiot in the right lane continue on despite an open lane to the left. Part of the problem, though, is that I see an equal number of idiots who ride the merge lane until it absolutely ends instead of getting into the actual right lane of traffic as soon as they're able to. So you have an idiot sandwich with right-lane drivers not letting on-ramp traffic get into the lane and on-ramp traffic not taking the lane until the last second.

And, of course, you'll find plenty of people merging onto the highway driving 40 mph instead of getting up to speed while on the on-ramp. Oh, and yield signs. Ohioans apparently do not understand them whatsoever.

 

Except for the speed limits. Those aren't *really* rules.

 

here's research from an insurance company: http://www.esurance.com/safety/driving-too-slowly

The issue really isn't too fast or too slow, it's not being aware of your road and surroundings. If I am doing the speed limit and you're under the speed limit, then my having to put on brakes or passing you to the right are dangerous actions. I get guilty of riding the middle lane because it is easier, but I make way for faster traffic.

In Germany, you can not pass on the right. It's a ticketable offense. And that's on autobahns that have no speed limits. I think that is the thing there. You can drive 200 mph if you want, so people have to pay attention.

 

Rules are rules.

 

Hardly live in a podunk town, but it's certainly not LA, DC or even Atlanta, traffic-wise. Helps that I work nights so I don't deal with rush-hour traffic much. Also, I don't know the scenario that caused her to get the ticket, but I still think a warning would suffice. So she was breaking the law and deserves a ticket for going 2 mph under the limit, but I'd guess 90 percent of those posting on this thread think it's perfectly fine to zoom up on her ass at 85, even though you'd be breaking the law in a more serious fashion.
I said in my earlier post I would flip her off, but I would probably just give her a stern glance or a WTF shrug as I passed on the right. It takes something epically asinine to get me to flip someone off on the roads.

 

I agree. But I would never expect to get a ticket for doing that. Start warning people, then give it a certain amount of time and crack down on it. Honestly, I didn't even know this was really a law until I clicked on this thread. I thought it was just a suggestion. I have seen the yellow signs for slower traffic to keep right, but to me they were along the same lines as Deer Crossing or Slippery When Wet.

 

In Florida, 63 will get you 65.

 

I'd rather drive in Virginia every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Most Maryland drivers are crazy. The Baltimore Beltway may be worse than the D.C. beltway.