These threads are always enjoyable, and this one certainly didn't disappoint. It's humorous that when someone decides to post on here the true laws and the fact that exceeding the speed limit anywhere on Alberta's roads is in fact illegal, they get jumped on. Regardless of the fact that some of these posters come across as arrogant, they aren't wrong. Sure it's courtesy to let faster moving cars drive in the left lane, and it probably helps traffic flow to do so. But there is no obligation to do this. Even on the highway. The speed limit is the speed limit, no getting around that.
With that said, it's not as if I never speed. In fact, I am rarely at the speed limit even on city streets with a 50km/h limit. But if I were to get pulled over for such an act, I would be guilty, pretty simple.
I am not sure why these traffic laws are so hard to understand. There is a different between law and courtesy.
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