rec.autos.driving on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:04:38 -0800:
Here's what Dum-dum's home state has to say on the left lane:
Colorado Statutes 42-4-1013. Pbutting lane - definitions - penalty
(1) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle in the pbutting lane of a highway if the speed limit is sixty-five miles per hour or more unless such person is pbutting other motor vehicles that are in a nonpbutting lane or turning left, or unless the volume of traffic does not permit the motor vehicle to safely merge into a nonpbutting lane.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Nonpbutting lane" means any lane that is to the right of the pbutting lane if there are two or more adjacent lanes of traffic moving in the same direction in one roadway.
(b) "Pbutting lane" means the farthest to the left lane if there are two or more adjacent lanes of traffic moving in the same direction in one roadway; except that, if such left lane is restricted to high occupancy vehicle use or is designed for left turns only, the pbutting lane shall be the lane immediately to the right of such high occupancy lane or left-turn lane.
(3) A person who violates this section commits a clbutt A traffic infraction.
