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Crackdown on left lane law
The Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office will begin a parishwide crackdown this week on motorists driving in the left lane on multi-lane state highways.
The strict law enforcement effort will be concentrated on Highway 84 between Vidalia and Ferriday -- the most congested area of state highways in the parish, according to Sheriff Randy Maxwell.
According to ACT 190 of the 2009 Legislative Session, no vehicle may be driven in the left-hand lane except to make a left-hand turn or passing a vehicle in the right-hand lane traveling in the same direction.
Maxwell points to the most important section of the new state law that mandates that "no vehicle traveling in the left-hand lane shall be driven at a speed slower than any vehicle traveling to its right on the same roadway."
"We've given folks time to get used to the new law and now we're going to begin to vigorously enforce it," Maxwell stated.
"The highways in Concordia Parish -- particularly in the early morning and late afternoon -- are terribly congested. People who are in that left lane and driving along at approximately 40-miles-per-hour or thereabouts are causing havoc on the roadways. This can only lead to chaos and tragedy," he said.
This new provision in the law comes on top of the Legislature's 2004 edict that prohibits what is known as a "rolling roadblock." That law concerning the passing lane also applies to drivers who are in the left lane of multilane highways, outside of municipalities.
The law prohibits the person in the left lane from traveling the same speed as the car beside them in the right lane -- in effect creating a rolling roadblock. Included in the law are interstate highways and four-lane U.S. and Louisiana highways where the posted speed limit is at least 55 miles per hour.
"The left lane issues become an enormous problem on Concordia's highways," said Maxwell. "All of our deputies are being advised to vigilantly watch for violations of this law. Citations will most definitely be issued. Without that, the results will be a major increase in traffic accidents -- and we absolutely don't need that." |
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