[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

I didn't say anything about slamming on brakes, nor do I rubberneck. When I slow down, I'm always watching out for the drivers behind me as well.


What do I not get? The law in this case is a minimum standard, I go above the letter of the law out of respect for, and having a concern for the safety of, the police officer/emergency worker. And like I said, it not an unreasonable standard, in a construction zone on a highway, drivers are required to slow down to sixty or lower no matter what lane they are in, and there's even pylons or even barriers directing traffic in those cases.

Just about everyone on the highway does the same thing as I do, so it's not like its unexpected. I almost never see someone who doesn't slow down at all, no matter what lane they are in. Everyone pulls over into the left lane as well.

Just thinking a little bit more about it, if I was on Deerfoot, and I was 3 or 4 lanes over, I'm sure I wouldn't slow down to 60, though I might slow down a bit. I was thinking along Hwy 2, where it's only 2 lanes.

It's pretty common for accidents to be caused by other people looking at an accident that just happened, whether in the same direction of travel or not. You're now adding another complicating factor by changing your speed, further increasing the risk of an accident.