and the CHP screws me again....

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

81 in a 65.
You're 10 MPH over what most juristictions consider to be the discretionary/courtesy/tolerence/grace (for lack of a better word) zone.

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Keep right, except to pass.
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Drive the posted speed limit.

California is a little different in this regard. There's really two speed limits here. The posted one nobody pays any attention to, and the acceptable one that will result in someone bumper hugging you if you don't reach it. (75 being the "real" speed limit)

This place is way over crowded. Everyone has somewhere to be, and they needed to be there yesterday. Which is one reason why speeding here is the norm. It's also the reason why many people regardless of speed, head straight into the number 1 lane. There's always many people coming on and off the freeway your constantly dodging them. So, people tend to lock it up in the no 1 lane and stay there. EVEN if they're driving slower then the flow of traffic, it is maddening. Few here keep right.

What you end up with is a total reversal of how traffic should be. The passing lane becomes the no 2 and 3 lanes, and the slow lane becomes the no 1 lane. This has the additive effect of REALLY needing to use the onramp when getting on the freeway to its maximal potential - in otherwords, FLOOR IT, because you have a better then average chance of being forced onto the shoulder by oncoming traffic half the time, assuming its not jammed by rushhour traffic, in which case nobodys moving.

Anywho, alot of traffic problems would be solved here if slower traffic kept right. But that will never happen.