IMO driving 65 mph on the carpool lane is not a good practice (unless obviously there is a car in front!)
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I see you're from California where I grew up as well, but in Washington, the flow of traffic is about 10mph slower than SoCal and 65mph is pretty normal flow even for carpool here.IMO driving 65 mph on the carpool lane is not a good practice (unless obviously there is a car in front!)
Also, the carpool lane isn’t designed to be the lane to speed in. It’s designed to be used by higher occupancy vehicles. Going above the speed limit by 5mph should be plenty.
Curious, which lanes are designed to speed in?
IMO driving 65 mph on the carpool lane is not a good practice (unless obviously there is a car in front!)
I see you're from California where I grew up as well, but in Washington, the flow of traffic is about 10mph slower than SoCal and 65mph is pretty normal flow even for carpool here.
IMO driving 65 mph on the carpool lane is not a good practice (unless obviously there is a car in front!)
Did you miss the part that it was inside a tunnel with a tight curve?
I don't live out that way but I think this is the curve.
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I am giving you a big DISAGREE on this one. I too am an Orange/Riverside County driver and occasionally I use the carpool lane when traffic is jammed in the regular lanes. I drive the posted speed limit in the carpool lane which is usually 65 mph. As soon as traffic clears in the regular lanes, I move over, when it is safe to do so at a designated location. You can flip me off as much as you want, I don't pay attention anymore. I don't take kindly to your attempt to intimidate and bully me while you are driving a lethal weapon. Driving faster than the posted speed limit in the carpool lane is illegal, unsafe, and arrogant and not a good practice. I don't care what the flow of traffic is, if it is faster than the speed limit, it is illegal and potentially unsafe. If I were to drive at 75 mph in the carpool lane, there will be someone behind me who will flip me off because they want to go 85. It is a no win situation for me.IMO driving 65 mph on the carpool lane is not a good practice (unless obviously there is a car in front!)
I am giving you a big DISAGREE on this one. I too am an Orange/Riverside County driver and occasionally I use the carpool lane when traffic is jammed in the regular lanes. I drive the posted speed limit in the carpool lane which is usually 65 mph. As soon as traffic clears in the regular lanes, I move over, when it is safe to do so at a designated location. You can flip me off as much as you want, I don't pay attention anymore. I don't take kindly to your attempt to intimidate and bully me while you are driving a lethal weapon. Driving faster than the posted speed limit in the carpool lane is illegal, unsafe, and arrogant and not a good practice. I don't care what the flow of traffic is, if it is faster than the speed limit, it is illegal and potentially unsafe. If I were to drive at 75 mph in the carpool lane, there will be someone behind me who will flip me off because they want to go 85. It is a no win situation for me.
If you don't like the posted speed limit, change it through the legal process called an Initiative. In the meantime, I will continue to drive occasionally in the carpool lane at the posted speed limit. I'm the one in the Pearl White model 3. You can always right down my license plate and file a complaint with the CHP that I was driving the speed limit in the carpool lane. See how far that goes!
I am giving you a big DISAGREE on this one. I too am an Orange/Riverside County driver and occasionally I use the carpool lane when traffic is jammed in the regular lanes. I drive the posted speed limit in the carpool lane which is usually 65 mph. As soon as traffic clears in the regular lanes, I move over, when it is safe to do so at a designated location. You can flip me off as much as you want, I don't pay attention anymore. I don't take kindly to your attempt to intimidate and bully me while you are driving a lethal weapon. Driving faster than the posted speed limit in the carpool lane is illegal, unsafe, and arrogant and not a good practice. I don't care what the flow of traffic is, if it is faster than the speed limit, it is illegal and potentially unsafe. If I were to drive at 75 mph in the carpool lane, there will be someone behind me who will flip me off because they want to go 85. It is a no win situation for me.
If you don't like the posted speed limit, change it through the legal process called an Initiative. In the meantime, I will continue to drive occasionally in the carpool lane at the posted speed limit. I'm the one in the Pearl White model 3. You can always right down my license plate and file a complaint with the CHP that I was driving the speed limit in the carpool lane. See how far that goes!
So you're the person the rest of us hate with the fire of 10,000 suns holding up everyone else in the carpool lane? Keep in mind that your potentially breaking the law in CA by intentionally going slower than the rest of the traffic in the far left lane. I say potentially as I don't have a CHP person to ask directly and what I can read of the law is sketchy without context. Either way, if you're going to use the carpool lane drive like the rest of us, otherwise, get out.
Jeff
You seem to be advocating anarchy on the highway - everyone should be allowed to set their own speed limit and those around him should comply. No, I will drive the posted speed limit as far right as I can get.If you are driving slower than all the traffic around you by a significant speed deviation, you are a danger to yourself and everyone around you. I don't care what the speed limit says. If everyone is driving 75, that's what I drive.
Okay, I will print this out a take it to the CHP office which is about three blocks from my house. We'll see what the watch commander has to say.From your reference, I believe this is the law that Jeff is referring to. Any lawyers or law enforcement officers care to chime in?
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You seem to be advocating anarchy on the highway - everyone should be allowed to set their own speed limit and those around him should comply. No, I will drive the posted speed limit as far right as I can get.
I don't think your strategy conflicts with his. If you are going the speed limit in the right-hand lane few people will fault you because they can pass you on the left. If you are going the speed limit in the left-hand lane and not yielding to traffic approaching behind you *even if you they going 20mph over the speed limit* then in most jurisdictions you are breaking the law.You seem to be advocating anarchy on the highway - everyone should be allowed to set their own speed limit and those around him should comply. No, I will drive the posted speed limit as far right as I can get.
Driving faster than the posted speed limit in the carpool lane is illegal, unsafe, and arrogant and not a good practice.