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Monday, December 22, 2008
Ind. Law - "Don't drive left of center"
Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week focuses on "how it is illegal to drive left of center to park or do anything else." A few quotes form the story:
There is one law that some people violate on purpose and others violate accidentally. It's the law prohibiting people from driving left of center.Police say some people intentionally cross the center line of a roadway to make a delivery, snatch up a good parking spot on the other side of the road or to remove their mail from their mailbox.
There's another group that accidentally crosses the center line because they're distracted by talking on their cell phone, applying makeup, reading, eating or adjusting their stereo.
Whether intentional or not, violators can be ticketed. * * *
[Valparaiso police Sgt. Michael] Grennes said people who manage to pull into a parking space the wrong way without being spotted by police could find a parking ticket on their car when they return to it. People must remember that their car, when parked along a curb, must be facing the same direction that traffic is heading. * * *
Grennes said he has ticketed drivers who use the passing lane as a driving lane and who cause cars to back up behind them. It is not a defense that the violator is traveling the speed limit or that he is trying to slow other motorists for their own safety. Grennes notes that drivers who cause backups in the passing lane often anger motorists who want to pass, leading to road rage incidents.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 22, 2008 09:22 AM
Posted to Indiana Law