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Thanks Scott, every time you lobby for some position,
the legislature reacts by passing an even more sever measure
antithetical to your rants ... couldn't have done it without you.
Touch!
Move the @$#* over, measure says
By Ryan Morgan, Camera Staff Writer
February 10, 2004
DENVER - Hey, you.
Yes, you. Driving the van on the highway. Puttering leisurely along, five miles
an hour below the speed limit. In the left lane. With cars rocketing by on your
right, horns blaring and headlights flashing.
Yes, you: Soon, the State Patrol is going to be able to give you a ticket.
Lawmakers in the House passed a bill Monday that would make it illegal to drive
in the left lane unless the driver is making a left turn or passing other
vehicles or if the right lane is too crowded.
Sponsor Rep. Alice Madden, D-Boulder, said the State Patrol approached her with
the bill because its officers think motorists clogging the left lane are
clogging traffic and increasing the chances of an accident.
"They really think it's necessary for the safety and efficiency of our
highways," she said.
While House Bill 1076 passed overwhelmingly, it was subject to a barrage of
criticism on the House floor by a handful of lawmakers who said that it would
fuel road rage and carnage on the highways.
"Members, we are losing our minds if we pass this legislation," Rep. Lynn
Hefley, R-Colorado Springs, told fellow legislators.
Hefley and others worried the bill will send a green light to speed demons - and
make scofflaws think the left lane is theirs for the taking.
"It's going to force road rage on us," said Rep. Bill Crane, R-Arvada. "If this
is the law and you're behind me in the left lane, you're going to be flashing
your lights and honking your horn at me to get out of your way."
Rep. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, said he spent a lot of time thinking about the
bill as he commuted back and forth between Denver and his district.
"If this adds one iota of expectation to those who rush down the interstate at a
speed in excess of the speed limit, I don't want to give them any more reason to
think they own the left lane," he said. "I'm voting no on this bill for my own
safety."
But bill co-sponsor Rep. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, said concerns about the bill were
overblown.
Highways work better, he said, when people can drive in the left lane without
having to constantly slow down for goody-two-shoes - or, as Brophy put it, "the
junior troopers who drive in the left lane and make everyone else dodge around
them."
Another bill defender, House Majority Leader Rep. Keith King, R-Colorado
Springs, said while driving from Colorado Springs on Interstate 25, he
constantly has used the right lane to pass slow-moving cars and trucks in the
left lane "just to maintain the speed limit."
In the end, the left-laners prevailed. Madden's bill passed 51-14.
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A Usenet persona calling itself => Vox Populi wrote:
Thanks Scott, every time you lobby for some position,
the legislature reacts by passing an even more sever measure
antithetical to your rants ... couldn't have done it without you.
Touch!
Um...it ain't over till it's over. Next stop: Senate Transportation
Committee, then the full Senate. Guess where the last attempt got killed?
Senate Transportation Committee.
Stay tuned!
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Regards,
Scott Weiser
"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
Friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM
2004 Scott Weiser
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MStilley wrote:
Ok so the question is who is to say what is passing? On a regular
basis I drive in the left lane with the cruise set on 65-68 mph while
the speed limit is posted at 55. It never ceases to amaze me how many
self important jerks in huge SUV's come roaring up behind me at 90
plus mph honking thier horn and flashing there lights I say slow down
and get a life or leave earlier !
Oh, so your lawbreaking takes precedence over someone else's
law-breaking. You, as the quintessential criminal get to dictate
just how far other's shall be allowed to break the law, eh?
--
"Naturally, the common people don't want war;
neither in Russia nor in England nor in America,
nor for that matter in Germany.
That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders
of the country who determine the policy and
it is always a simple matter to drag the people
along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist
dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist
dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can
always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
That is easy. All you have to do is tell them
they are being attacked and denounce the
pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing
the country to danger. It works the same way
in any country."
- Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichsmarshall
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On Feb 4, 2004, Scott Weiser wrote:
Vox Populi wrote:
Um...it ain't over till it's over. Next stop: Senate Transportation
Committee, then the full Senate. Guess where the last attempt got killed?
Senate Transportation Committee.
Stay tuned!
Colorado H-04-1076 was approved on March 17 and the new left-lane law
42-4-1013 goes into effect on July 1, 2004.
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 20:50:15 +0000, Brian Kraft
<bkraft@blackhole.nyx.net> wrote:
On Feb 4, 2004, Scott Weiser wrote:
Colorado H-04-1076 was approved on March 17 and the new left-lane law
42-4-1013 goes into effect on July 1, 2004.
Mbwhahahahahahaha!
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Brian Kraft wrote:
On Feb 4, 2004, Scott Weiser wrote:
Colorado H-04-1076 was approved on March 17 and the new left-lane law
42-4-1013 goes into effect on July 1, 2004.
Bwahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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