Colorado bill on slow drivers proceeds through legislature – slowly
Colorado legislators gave initial approval to a bill requiring slowpoke drivers to pull over and let faster vehicles pass.
The House gave its preliminary approval to the measure, which requires slow-moving vehicles to pull over to the side of the road whenever five or more cars are lined up behind them.
The Denver Post said the proposal has been controversial in rural areas where representatives say it could be dangerous to pull tractors hauling chemical tanks or trucks loaded with hay off the road.
The bill has an amendment attached that would exempt farm vehicles from the law.
Of course, the bill is a laugher. You’d have to get a few county sheriffs willing to waste the time pulling over and ticketing someone who’s violating the ordnance.
It’s like the law we have here in New Mexico requiring [1] backhoes to be transported from job-site to job-site on flatbed trailers. Har! [2] If they’re licensed and can travel at speed limit speeds, light up flashers and stay to the right – it’s OK for them to be on public roads.
Don’t hold your breath!
