The California vehicle code does not allow a vehicle to enter the freeway if it is not capable of driving at 55 MPH. That does not mean that it is a minimum speed, though an officer might pull you over if you obstruct traffic. That is of course a bit difficult if there are 6 travel lanes going the same direction, but still he might cite you for creating a hazard if you are substantially below the speed that other vehicles travel at, that is why I tend to stay in the rightmost or the truck lane and go about the same speed when I want to conserve energy. Consequently, I have never been pulled over, only occasionally get honked at by an impatient person using the right lane to overtake trucks.
Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Nelson via EV Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 9:30 PM To: EVDL Administrator; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Upgraded 2016 Tesla-S 90D is the first 300mi/483km production Electric car On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 12:47 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV < [email protected]> wrote: > > I'll say now pretty much what I said then. The speed limit is just that -- > a limit. Unless the road is posted with a minimum speed, there's no law > that says anyone has to drive AT the speed limit. You're free to drive > whatever speed you think is safe and practical, as long as it's at OR UNDER > the limit. > Don't try that in Washington on the freeway and expect to not be pulled over. While it isn't posted on the freeway it is in the traffic code. On I-5 where the speed limit is 70mph for cars and 60mph for trucks the minimum speed is 45mph. I have been clocked by the state patrol when I have driven my Gizmo on the freeway. It does 50mph at full throttle on the level so I have very little margin from getting pulled over. > If you feel uncomfortable about backing up traffic, you can be nice and > pull > over every few miles to let the queue pass you. But you're under no > obligation to do so. > In Washington and Oregon if you are driving under the speed limit and have 5 or more vehicles behind you, you are legally obligated to pull over and let them pass. David D. Nelson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160505/54e1 73f7/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
