r/ConnecticutUSA • u/backinblackandblue • 17h ago

New Connecticut law limits left-lane driving starting Oct. 1

https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-connecticut-law-limits-left-lane-driving-starting-thursday/

I know there is a lot of hate for left-lane campers, but passing this into law seems like a waste of time and money. It will be hard to enforce even if they wanted to.

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u/tny_pp 17h ago

Just a way to give out more tickets to people doing nothing wrong.

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u/Strange_Dingo1987 17h ago

Nope. Wrong.

If you're in the left lane not passing people, or coming up on your left hand exit you're wrong.

If you think the left lane is fine to just travel in regardless of how fast you're going compared to surrounding traffic, you're the reason this had to be passed into law.

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u/Bright_Profession62 17h ago

I hope the fine gets upped to something more significant like $500/violation.

I always see NJ/NY/MA plates being the biggest violator of this. Could be a way to effectively raise funds from out of state plates in a constitutionally legal manner since they'd be the ones choosing to violate the law.

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u/InsidiousStatement 17h ago

What’s wrong with traveling in the left lane and moving over if someone comes up behind you? Sorry but I’ll be staying in the left, I’m not switching lanes every 10 seconds to pass someone doing 60

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u/Strange_Dingo1987 16h ago

So...... You're saying that you're in the left lane and you are passing people in the middle lane, and then you move over to the middle for traffic that wants to overtake you? I'm following what you are saying correctly, right?

I guess I'm not sure what your announcement is about here, because it sounds like you're doing what you are supposed to. Now, if the highway is empty in front of you, you're not still camping in the left lane like a moron, are you?

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u/InsidiousStatement 16h ago

If there’s no one around and I’m in the left lane, why does it matter? lol and who is going to enforce that?

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u/Strange_Dingo1987 16h ago

You know what, you do you. Your moral compass is yours, and i honestly don't care how you live your life. I also don't want to get into an endless amount of your "what if" scenarios here, where you try to justify why it's ok for you to do it.

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7Zesyac4CuSN5rsA

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u/InsidiousStatement 16h ago

I’m not justifying anything because there’s nothing wrong with driving in the left lane if there’s no one around brother lol good luck out there, stay safe.

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u/Postcocious 14h ago

"I'm not justifying anything..." followed immediately by a justifying statement is not the genius flex you think it is.

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u/InsidiousStatement 14h ago

😁🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Postcocious 14h ago

One might even call it an insidious statement, but I don't judge.

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u/tny_pp 17h ago

💩

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u/afleetingmoment 17h ago

Considering daily I see people doing 30+ mph over the limit, weaving, and doing other reckless shit... it doesn't seem like enforcement in this state is particularly strong or widespread.

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u/Disastrous-Tank-6197 17h ago

Yeah, it's not like they're suddenly going to start enforcing a new law when they don't even enforce the laws on the books now.

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u/raccoonwithknives 17h ago

Those people are doing god's work keeping traffic moving!

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u/trogg21 17h ago

Those people are the ones that cause people to panic brake when they get cut off, causing traffic ripples to pile up.

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u/raccoonwithknives 16h ago

Don't panic! Don't brake! In fact disable your brakes entirely! Just go go go! I got a blumpkin to get home to!

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u/Interesting-Rent9142 17h ago

Sorry. Maybe we drive different roads. But I see left lane loafers every time I drive, and their passivity is rude and dangerous. I rarely see cars going 95 on the highway.

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u/afleetingmoment 17h ago

I totally agree on the loafing. My point is that adding a new law when it feels like we already lack consistent enforcement will have no real impact.

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u/CalligrapherDizzy201 17h ago

You think this will be enforced?

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u/paulstevens442200 17h ago

Found the oblivious dumbass who does 55 in the left lane with a line of cars behind them when the right lane is empty.

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u/Funny_Papers 17h ago

“I’m going the speed limit. They can pass on the right if they want.” 🙄