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Originally Posted by ken0042
Because there has already been one person slowing down needlessly.
I am still curious, a few of us have mentioned that this law was pretty much written by police officers who had seen the safety risks they faced, and those people on the front lines decided that they only wanted one lane to slow down. Why is it that you feel you are right and the law makers and the police who helped write the laws are wrong?
If they wanted all lanes to slow to 60- that's how the law would have been written.
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I never said they wrote the law wrong. I already said I went over and above the letter of the law. Just becasue they didn't think it needed to be in the law doesn't mean that they don't appreciate it when it happens. I know I would. If you were standing on the highway (even on the shoulder) would you rather have cars driving by at 60 or at 110?
I already said that I slow down out of respect for the hard job that they do. I don't know why some of you don't understand that, nor do I know why I have to try to defend myself as to why I do something that should be common sense.
I should say that I don't slow down to quite sixty, probobly more like 80. And I always watch what the vehicles behind me are doing. What I do makes the highway the safest overall for all, IMO. Sure, I may be
slightly increasing the risk of an accident, but I'm reducing the danger that exists when someone is on the road by a greater amount.