• darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    Where I live there are only upper speed limits on most roads except highways. On other roads you can drive as slowly as you want,

    Are you sure that you really don’t have any traffic rules against causing a hazard or impeding traffic flow by being too slow? That seems both unusual and unsafe to me.

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      5 hours ago

      Where I’m from an officer can always pull you over for “reckless driving” or “impeding traffic”. The argument can literally be made that you’re driving dangerously no matter how fast you go. These days I just stick to the literal posted speed (as long as road conditions and traffic allow) and I’ll let a lawyer defend me from any citations. I stay in the slow lane and am constantly getting passed but I’ll be damned before I get another ticket for going 6 over.

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        5 hours ago

        The argument can literally be made that you’re driving dangerously no matter how fast you go.

        Well, that’s certainly true also in every jurisdiction I’m familiar with, as it should be, common sense, really.

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          23 minutes ago

          Idk I don’t think an officer should have the right to pull over a person driving the posted speed limit in clear weather with no other proximate reason but maybe I’m insane.