About Time

- Denver Post (via Interested Participant)

Colorado Springs - Colorado drivers have less than a week before they will start getting fined for using the left lane of highways for anything but passing.

Starting Jan. 1, troopers will stop warning drivers and start issuing $35 tickets, plus a $6.20 surcharge and three points on their license.

A six-month-old law says the left lane is to be used only for passing on any of Colorado's multilane highways where the speed limit is 65 mph or faster. Lawmakers passed the bill, hoping to prevent traffic congestion and cut down on road rage.

"When I learned to drive, they told me, 'The left lane is for passing. The right lane is for driving,"' State Patrol Trooper Sara Shipley said recently.

As I consider Colorado my second state and hopeful future destination, I can't believe they are finally doing something about this. Never before have I seen more people who go under the speed limit park in the left lane of traffic on an interstate. The right lane is usually the faster of two lanes, however due to rush-hour traffic, the right lane gets clogged when people are trying to exit the highway.

I was in the Denver area for about a month over the Summer when this law became active. People were protesting the law while outsiders were laughing as to why this was even an issue. I can confirm this is an issue and it's about damn time Colorado officers will start enforcing it.

Cross-posted at In the Bullpen

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