Snakebyte
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- Nathan
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I worked with a young engineer who liked speed as I did, and we both ran a track day at Nashville Superspeedway. His passion for fast on the speedway was just as passionate on the street. He even applied a windshield banner saying "MOVE OVER" applied in reverse so people could read it in their mirror.I just wanna know one thing: was OP in the left lane?
Witnessing his passion resulting in a cringe moment on the way to work one day, I realized he could benefit from someone who had been there, done that. I explained that the left lane was not an open license for us to break the speed limit.
Back then Tennessee's wording for permitted left lane use was "travelling at least the speed limit". That translated to a minimum of 70 mph in most rural interstates. But then "at least the speed limit" in some people's minds seemed to mean warp speed, no matter what the person overtaking another car is going (even when the car ahead was overtaking at a speed into ticket range).
I'm guessing we've all witnessed that in the last couple years. I recall NASCAR's late Davey Allison, had a sign on his dash, "THINK". Good advice for us. May we all create fewer cringe-worthy moments in doing so.
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