Indiana State Trooper Hailed As Hero For Pulling Over Slow Driver

An Indiana State Police officer has received a lot of attention after pulling over a driver who was cruising in the left lane.

Sgt. Stephen Wheeles is the public information officer with the agency, and on Saturday he noticed a driver causing a major back-up on Interstate 65. He tweeted a photo during the traffic stop writing, “I stopped this vehicle today for a left lane violation on I-65. The driver had approximately 20 cars slowed behind her because she would not move back to the right lane.”

One user tweeted him back asking if the rule applies to drivers obeying the speed limit in the left lane.


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skytop - 6/19/2018 4:22:14 PM

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Do the trooper pull over the slow driver in slow motion?

TheSteve - 6/19/2018 4:25:27 PM

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1) Keep right, except to pass.
2) Get off the road if you cannot achieve and maintain the legal minimum speed limit. That's why they're called "minimums."

Pretty simple stuff.

atc98092 - 6/19/2018 5:27:20 PM

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While I agree with what you are saying, very few roads have a minimum speed posted. I can recall seeing some on some Interstates decades ago, but it's been a long time since I've seen one. They can ticket for impeding traffic, but I don't know how you could make "failure to maintain a minimum speed" stick without it being posted.

TomM - 6/19/2018 5:31:39 PM

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TheSteve- Both of us have driven highways where even simply doing the speed limit was not enough in the LEFT lane. In some areas that is putting your life at risk. However - hogging the left lane is more of a North AMerican problem - it is rarely seen in Europe.

pcar4evr - 6/19/2018 4:42:59 PM

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I was on the Garden State Parkway and I watched a trooper follow some one driving slowly in left lane for a while, who wouldn't move over. The trooper hit his lights and siren. The guy pulled over with the trooper on his tail and when they got in the far right lane, the trooper peeled off. Guess he was teaching the guy a lesson (or had a call).

dumpsty - 6/21/2018 10:34:47 AM

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I've seen plenty of people basically IGNORE traffic behind them while they cruised the Left Lane at/under the speed limit.

Many of those times, a state trooper is the car right behind them. And when they finally look in their rear-view to see the car with light, they immediate put blinkers on & move to the right. Why couldn't they have done that with other cars? Being a jerk can really wreck normal free-flowing traffic for hours.

Vette71 - 6/20/2018 9:29:19 AM

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Still going on.

MDarringer - 6/19/2018 6:49:12 PM

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Sometimes older drivers who drive slowly will get in the fast lane because the big trucks scare them.

dumpsty - 6/21/2018 10:39:55 AM

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Older/foreign/younger drivers & drivers less-familiar with an area tend to pose huge risks. But usually it's the drivers that frequent the highways & use poor habits on a daily that tend to be more dangerous.

cidflekken - 6/20/2018 1:28:44 AM

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Good for this cop. He did the right thing. I have no doubt that the majority of accidents that occur on the highway is the result of normal/faster drivers having to maneuver around a much slower driver in the fast lanes. There is no excuse for it. Be cognizant of the rules of the road. Be cognizant of your surroundings. If you can't do either, then please don't drive.

hangtime010 - 6/20/2018 6:01:13 PM

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As mentioned, this is a North American issue. Folks up here in the Toronto area drive in the left lane even though: 1) they're no cars in the lane immediately next to them and 2) they're driving at slightly above the speed limit.
While I agree with TheSteve, there is a time when someone shouldn't drive at the speed limit on the highway. If I'm on my doughnut spare tire, the max speed it states is 80 km/h or 50 mph. Although I've driven a bit faster (for a short time) on them just so I don't impede cars merging on the highway, at which point I go back to the right lane.