Not clear if this applies to LLDs doing the speed limit. Wouldn't that be crazy - to make it a crime to obey the law?
Law Targets Those Who Enrage, Not Those Who Rage
POSTED: 5:48 pm EDT April 7, 2005 UPDATED: 6:38 pm EDT April 7, 2005
MIAMI -- Most drivers in South Florida have experienced road rage -- from one side or the other. Now some state lawmakers think they have come up with a partial solution.
The solution will tackle not those who are raging, but one group that tends to enrage - slow drivers that bog down the fast lane.
Critics call the law ludicrous and say it will be impossible to enforce, but it's already pbutted the Legislature and is its way to the governor.
The legislation allows slow motorists who linger in the left lane to be charged with reckless driving. Sponsor Rep. Mike Bennet of Bradenton says he thinks it will cut down on road rage.
"We've got to get those people to move to the right. They shouldn't be playing vigilante over there and that's really what they are doing. They are saying, 'Hey, I'm in the lane and I'm going to stay here. I'm doing the speed limit.'"
But others say it's a ridiculous idea.
Rep. Evelyn Lynn of Ormond Beach said, "They are saying the minute somebody comes behind her at 90 miles an hour when she is driving at 70 miles an hour, she's going to have to pull over to the right."
The bill contains a host of exceptions and leaves enforcement up to police.
If this bill gets the governor's signature, the fine for driving slow in the left lane and not moving over will be $60.
