Quote: Originally Posted by TheLandYacht
Your concept has merit. Your example of bad driving, however, doesn't hold true. In many states it is legal for a vehicle seeking to merge with traffic to enter the "fifth" lane of traffic, stop, and wait for a break in traffic to allow them to continue. Although driving down the center lane is patently stupid, the use of it as a merging tool is both sensible and legal in many areas.
In short, choose another example.
Why? First of all it is illegal in more states than it is not. To be honest, I would really like to see where this is 'officially' legal..probably would be covered under wreckless driving if a cop bothered to enforce it, which they rarely bother to do even where it is clearly illegal. Just because a law is rarely enforced does not make it legal to break that law. Try arguing that in court!
Besides I
specifically mentioned that driving down the center lane is very dangerous (and always illegal in some way) in my example, which you have eluded to yourself. I'm sorry, not to be a jerk, but YOUR example is flawed- not mine.
In short, it is a great example of a 'bad driving habit' which fits perfectly with the topic at hand (and doesn't HAVE to be illegal.) Whether it is illegal or not is really beside the point.
Scott McDonnell