left lane drivers

[cvpadge]

NON-GSP Officers.

Key words here

 

[thelaw]

Maybe I could have used you in court when I was ticketed for it on 285 a few years ago then.

 

[thelaw]

Key words here

Right, meaning any local Sheriff Deputy or Police Officer. You know, the one's you see 99% of the time in most Metro Atlanta areas.

 

[jlcnuke]

Maybe I could have used you in court when I was ticketed for it on 285 a few years ago then.

§ 40-6-43. When overtaking and passing on the right permitted


(a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:

(1) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn; or

(2) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or more lanes of moving vehicles in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle.

(b) If otherwise authorized, the driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. Such movement shall not be made by driving off the roadway.

Don't need me, just the law. Unless you left the roadway that is... This has been the written version of the law for 21 years now without revision.

 

[jlcnuke]

Key words here

There are also other exceptions such as school zones and residential neighborhoods where any LEO can ticket you for under 10 over.

 

[thelaw]

Correct. I guess I shouldn't speak in such generalities.

 

[Petro_58]

GA State Law also allows 10 Miles over the speed limit before you can be ticketed by NON-GSP Officers. So in actuality, someone in the left hand lane going the speed limit is impeding the flow of traffic, which is against the law, and should move over. Someone doing 70 in a 65 has a much greater chance of having/causing an accident by being required to go around someone that refuses to get out of the left lane for no other reason that they just like driving over there. Also, passing on the right is a ticket-able offense.

Please Show me this Law, that SAY'S you are LAWFUL TO GO 10 MPH OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT without getting ticketed.

 

[mikeh25]

The 10 MPH "allowance" only applies when using speed detection devices like laser and radar. It is not a statutory expansion of the speed limit to +10 over the posted limit. The 10 MPH limitation is is in the code to help reduce speed traps by municipalities that seek to use their police powers for revenue enhancement.

You can still get a ticket from local LEOs if you get paced or simply speed (no specific MPH listed).

§ 40-14-8. When case may be made and conviction had


(a) No county, city, or campus officer shall be allowed to make a case based on the use of any speed detection device, unless the speed of the vehicle exceeds the posted speed limit by more than ten miles per hour and no conviction shall be had thereon unless such speed is more than ten miles per hour above the posted speed limit.

(b) The limitations contained in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply in properly marked school zones one hour before, during, and one hour after the normal hours of school operation, in properly marked historic districts, and in properly marked residential zones. For purposes of this chapter, thoroughfares with speed limits of 35 miles per hour or more shall not be considered residential districts. For purposes of this Code section, the term "historic district" means a historic district as defined in paragraph (5) of Code Section 44-10-22 and which is listed on the Georgia Register of Historic Places or as defined by ordinance adopted pursuant to a local constitutional amendment.

 

[phantom15]

what the hell is up with these sad sacks of pus?get out of the dang way!what rock do they keep crawling from under?wher do they come from?damn idiots ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!



its ok i feel better now ---- not realy smash'em like the rotten roaches they are!!!

I might be drivin' slow but I'm in front of you.....You should have left earlier..

 

[Rommel]

if someones in the left lane following the speed limit and a person is going faster than them then they are speeding

I can see this argument as well. In all honesty I think that either way if you are impeding traffic even if the car behind you intentions are speeding you should move to the left. If they want to get a ticket that's up to them, not you.

BTW we followed Carolina in the 5mph speed discepancy. It was shortly after the Super-speeder penalty came into effect. "It's all about Money" was what I heard from an LEO.