NJ boosts fines for left lane drivers

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NJ boosts fines for left lane drivers - New York News

New Jersey is cracking down on motorists who stay in the left lane.

Gov. Chris Christie has signed into law a bill that raises the penalties for violating the state's keep-right law from $50 and $200 to between $100 and $300.

In addition, the bill requires that a person who commits the offense to be subject to an additional $50 surcharge.
Motorists in New Jersey are required to stay in the right lane unless they are passing slower traffic.

The bill's sponsors say staying in the left lane creates a dangerous situation for motorists.

The state estimates that it will raise more than $400,000 a year in fines. Some of that money will go toward signs warning drivers to stay right.

Under the bill trucks may be driven for up to one mile in the farthest left lane when preparing to turn left or when entering or leaving the road from the left lane. The amendments also specify that “emergency conditions” include poor visibility, snow, accidents, or the presence of emergency vehicles.

 

[Red James Cash]

Motorists in New Jersey are required to stay in the right lane unless they are passing slower traffic.

This is almost the stupidest thing I ever heard or read.I can see the cluster now.

 

[jerseyben]

This is almost the stupidest thing I ever heard or read.I can see the cluster now.

It has always been this way and it is not a "cluster f".

Most people in NJ know to stay right and it makes driving on our highways a breeze.

I literally cringe when I have to drive out of state because you non-NJ drivers just don't get it...

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Yeah, I know that too! Riding South on I-81 from Winchester, Virginia a few years ago, driving 10 under behind an elderly gentleman running right beside a trucker, never budging for 27 miles, 27 darned miles. I was directly behind him, and in my rear view mirror, the line behind me was well out of sight.

Grrrrrr.....

I knew every rust spot on his bumper, and I'm surprised my horn didn't overheat....

I'm not normally that way.... But that one got me riled...

 

[Geo_Padvinder]

My dad used to say the difference between first and third world countries was "lane discipline". I lived for 6 years in Germany, just got back last month. In Germany on the Autobahn, nobody, and I mean NOBODY is in the left lane unless passing. The worst, most dangerous kind of driver is what I call a "righteous driver" - the guy who stays in the left lane, does the speed limit (or under) and figures he's right and doing everyone a favor by blocking traffic. I don't advocate speeding, but if you have a 20+ car pile up behind you, and no one in front.....you're the problem.

 

[Edward1976]

Red James, if the government told you not to jump off a cliff, you'd jump off a cliff.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Red James, if the government told you not to jump off a cliff, you'd jump off a cliff.

No, I don't think he'd jump off the cliff if the government told him to do it. If our true Lord told him to do it, he would and I'd follow immediately behind him.

However, the government is not, and never will be, OUR LORD.

You're out of line with that comment.

 

[GMD52]

Ben, then why is it that a majority of the drivers in the VT. ditches in the winter, are from NJ.?

 

[jerseyben]

Ben, then why is it that a majority of the drivers in the VT. ditches in the winter, are from NJ.?

I never said NJ drivers know how to handle snow. We just know how to keep right and pass left. Snow? Forget about it!