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Left Lane Law confusion is alleviated
Months
after it was put into the books the left lane law is still not apparently
understood in the great state of Illinois. Here to help clear any
confusion is our very own state trooper Bob Hickman.
Alright here's the deal. It's very simple. The left lane law requires that all traffic on a multilane highway stay in the right lane unless passing. Some confusion has been expressed about how long you may stay in the left lane while passing so we at the ISP made up some simple formulas to help you civilians understand.
When passing a car use this simple formula {(75 - v)*#L * √x / C} = seconds to pass
where v = your cars velocity, #L = number of lanes on the highway, x equals the number of wheels on the passed car and C = number of cylinders in your cars engine. So lets go through and example, I decide to pass you, my current speed is 60 mph so 75 - 60 equals 15. We are on a 4 lane highway so 15 times 4 equals 60. you are driving a Winnebago towing a Ford Focus which means all together you have 8 wheels. The square root of 8 equals 2.82 so 60 times 2.82 equals 169.2. Your Winnie has 8 cyclinders so 169.2 divided by 8 equals 21.15. That means you have 21.15 seconds to complete your pass.
See with that simple formula you will always know if you should make the pass or not. Now there is a little confusion about what to do if you successfully pass and can't get back into the right lane, again some simple math can solve the problem.
if #C ≤ 10 then (X * #C) = ψ
if #C ≥ 11 then ( Ω )
where X equals orginal time to pass from first equation, #C equals number of cars ahead of you in right lane, ψ equals seconds to drive in left line and Ω equals see below.
So again if I pass you in your winnie and there is 9 cars ahead of me before I can get back in the right lane then 21.15 times 9 equals 190.35 seconds to drive in left lane before you are breaking the law.
If there were 11 cars ahead of you then you must Ω where Ω is equal to immediately pulling your car off the left side of the road and cowering in the median for at least one hour or until traffic thins out, which ever comes first.
Rember citizens of Illinois with these simple formulas you will never be confused in a passing situation again. Drive safe, oh and click it or ticket.
