EDIT Anyone know if this is true? (This did not happen to me)

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11-05-2008, 11:41 AM

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Potomac-Greg

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Good law, but enforcing it just creates ANOTHER high risk situation for the officer.

I think it's a good idea, but do we really want police to pull people over for this? That puts them AGAIN in harm's way explaining and issuing a citation as traffic whizzes by.

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11-05-2008, 12:04 PM

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Wasn't sure it was a law but always try to move over as a courtesy. That sucks dude.

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11-05-2008, 12:27 PM

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It's a vicious circle...

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11-05-2008, 12:53 PM

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I literally just heard this story verbatim from an office-mate. Was this you?

If so, are you with McGuire Woods? The story sounds LITERALLY the same.

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11-05-2008, 05:36 PM

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Hmm. The law (yes I actually read the link b4 posting) says 'at least 4 lanes'.

The other day, I was on a 2-lane road that was backed up due to a traffic stop on the near shoulder. Both lanes of traffic were alternating the far lane instead of using both lanes, even though the pulled-over car and officer's vehicle were fully in the shoulder and in no danger of being hit. I was the only one that stayed in my lane (just half-lane move) when passing the incident.