2019: New Hampshire Has a New Fine for Slow Drivers in the Left Lane

The New Hampshire State Police would like to remind you that beginning yesterday, you can get fined for being this a**hole pictured in the left lane. The one blocking all the traffic. That’s “officially” bad. And it could cost you more than the otherwise generous goodwill of Granite State motorists.

Each citation will run you 50.00.

Yes, there are exceptions.

Some of those exceptions include construction traffic, when emergency personnel or police are attending to someone in the right lane and if you are traveling on a highway with more than two lanes heading in the same direction. The left lane law won’t come into play during any of those instances.

For a complete look at New Hampshire RSA 265:16 go here. But don’t do that while you are driving. New Hampshire has laws against that too.

ATTENTION Slow Drivers in the Left Lane: As of January 1, 2019.

NH RSA 265:16; IV. Motor vehicles shall not be operated continuously in the left lane whenever it impedes the flow of other traffic. pic.twitter.com/g6GyGrwXjW

— NH Troopers 🇺🇸 (@NH_Troopers) January 2, 2019

|WCYY

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Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, complaint department, Op-ed editor, gatekeeper (most likely to miss typos because he has no editor), and contributor at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, The Republican Volunteer Coalition, has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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