The reason I say that is because you have no way to be presumed innocent with this law because the cop isn’t paying attention to you, he hasn’t assessed the traffic around you and IF you can even get left. And if he only sees you after you pass him and startle him/them, he’s only seeing the rear of a car from a standing position with only his word saying you didn’t slow down. With no way to get evidence, you’ll lose everytime. They don’t have to prove anything “beyond a reasonable doubt” since it’s not a criminal case, so you’ll always lose in a he-said she-said with police.

It happened to me in almost that same way. They happened to both be pulled over right at the start of a speed change so I had already been slowing down, but I couldn’t go left at all so I went down to about 35 in a 45, and my left tires were on the edge of my lane(I don’t drive giant SUVs). A cop pulled me over and claimed I “JUST FLEW BY!” when I never would even risk injuring/clipping a cop, that would be like suicide. What I do a lot though, is downshifting to a lower gear which revs the engine higher and slows down the car, in unison with braking when needed. Many police are skeptical of me around corners and pulsing traffic because it “sounds” like I might be speeding. I told him precisely what I observed including the makes and sizes of the cars around me, the speed limit change, and that I noticed them there far before cars in front of me hit their brakes. His tone changed after that and didn’t even write me a warning.

In contrast, it would be incredibly easy to prove a left-lane squatter because his full attention would be on them and how they’re blocking traffic for miles when they have plenty chances to move right. Just like the girl in this story, ignorance of the “keep right” law is not a defense for breaking it. They try to police speeders themselves which only ends up in an angry driver(s) and rear-end collisions all over our commute.

They’re very emotional about protecting their own, but what about protecting the public they’re supposed to be serving!

This law is also to cover construction workers and tow truck operators. Come on its common since and common courtesy. God forbid slowing down or changing lanes make you 10 seconds later to where you are going. Citations are issued to prevent accidents. If you know to move over or slow down you will be more aware of your surroundings and keep us workers safe. The consequence for you hitting us is $10,000 and up to 14 years in jail. Remember that when you are on the road near us

Only 12 police!! How many have to die before you think it should be enforced? 50, 100, how many? If people are dieing because of someone driving in the left lane, then maybe you shouldn’t be driving!!

Leaving emergency vehicles on the shoulder when there is no emergency, solely as a way to hand out tickets, is clearly entrapment. Not too mention unnecessarily adding more dangers to the public’s commute.

If only about 12 police in the whole US die per year from this, then no crack-down is needed. WAAAAYYY more die from drivers in the left lane that are supposed to stay right unless they’re passing, but yet that has failed to properly be enforced even though it has been around for decades.

The vagueness in the fines is beyond ridiculous too…