This would matter less if speed limits were enforced.
In Germany, where 50 percent of its roads are without speed limits, traffic flows well in large part thanks to the ingrained notion of a passing lane. For drivers who dont comply with left lane discipline, punishments include $200 to $800 fines, or even license suspensions.
These driving standards lend themselves to far fewer traffic fatalities than the U.S. According to the World Health Organization, in 2013, Germany had 6.8 traffic deaths per 100,000 motor vehicles on the road. By comparison, the U.S. had 12.9 deaths almost double.
No!
It's douchenozzels espousing their civic duty to "police" the speeders in the left hand lane causing issues, not the speeders.
It'd be much easier if cars required you to insert your driver's license into a slot before you can even turn the ignition key. The onboard computer could then read a license RFID and determine whether or not the driver is from NY or FL and keep the car from starting.It'd be great if they figured out a way to use dash cam footage to issue traffic violations. They wouldn't even need to be attached to fines. Simply, "we were given a 1 minute video of you impeding traffic in the left lane. You weren't passing. 2 points have been added to your license. At 10 points, you lose your license for being a shitty driver."
It's hard to compare what works in Germany with how things work elsewhere: Germans are quite a different lot.
Heavily rule-bound as a mass hive when it comes to public interactions and policy. Extremely efficient and protocol driven-people to a level that borders on hysteria. To that end, Germany is an incredibly clean, functioning, and pleasant place.
You can't really say that this policy will work here because it works this way....in Germany. The X-factor is the German people. Shit, try to apply those same laws in Italy. lol
It'd be much easier if cars required you to insert your driver's license into a slot before you can even turn the ignition key. The onboard computer could then read a license RFID and determine whether or not the driver is from NY or FL and keep the car from starting.
Point taken as if I ever have to drive in Italy again it will be too soon but would gladly traverse Germany again at any given opportunity. However, that does not negate the fact that loitering in the left lane is rude, dangerous, unlawful and totally freaking annoying.
No!
It's douchenozzels espousing their civic duty to "police" the speeders in the left hand lane causing issues, not the speeders.
agreed. I just doubt any solution that works in Germany will work in most any other place, unfortunately.
Maybe a minimum $1k, no contest, fine enforced and monitored by drones?
It'd be much easier if cars required you to insert your driver's license into a slot before you can even turn the ignition key. The onboard computer could then read a license RFID and determine whether or not the driver is from NY or FL and keep the car from starting.
"According to the World Health Organization, in 2013, Germany had 6.8 traffic deaths per 100,000 motor vehicles on the road. By comparison, the U.S. had 12.9 deaths almost double. "
I mean, I hate left lane blockers as much as the next guy, but this is such a dumb statistic to use to bolster that point. In Europe, it is much much much harder to get a license, and more expensive to drive. This is because public transportation is actually worth a shit over there, and most people use it. The licensing test is actually hard. The gas is much more expensive. In America, any fucking idiot can get a license, and driving a car is required in most communities. Oh yeah, and they also don't have highways IN the city. The autobahn terminates in a regular street once you hit the city. So, there aren't 12 lane monster interstates you have to drive on to get to work (or the bar...). THAT is why they have half as many deaths, not because no one clogs the left lane.
I refuse to move over if I am going exactly 10 mph over speed limit and especially if I am going through a construction zone with cameras.
Meh...if I'm passing the traffic in the right lane, I will continue driving in the left lane until I can move over without having to get behind another slow driver. Doesn't matter if I'm going 56 in a 55...or even 55 in a 55... (or 72 in a 70) As long as I'm actively passing the slower traffic, I will remain in the #1 lane.
It'd be much easier if cars required you to insert your driver's license into a slot before you can even turn the ignition key. The onboard computer could then read a license RFID and determine whether or not the driver is from NY or FL and keep the car from starting.