# Driving significantly below the limit **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512 "2019-06-14T14:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Egnu\_Cledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@Egnu\_Cledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Egnu_Cledge)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512/81 "2019-07-26T21:42:44Z")
I live in Memphis where driving everywhere at 20 to 30 mph is apparently de rigueur. On two separate occasions I’ve called a taxi to the airport and gotten a driver who had to have been at least 85 years old and never went faster than 19 mph the entire ride. We also like to add our own little twist to painfully slow driving by coming to a complete stop before making a right turn into parking lots, side streets, or right hand lanes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512/82 "2019-07-26T21:50:42Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > I don’t have to write a treatise on Con Law do I? The people of Mississippi may not enact such a law because\*\* it is contrary to the Supreme Court ruling\*\* in Loving v. Virginia that people have a constitutional right to marry someone of the opposite race. > > However, in the overwhelming majority of cases where constitutional rights are not in play (like with speed limits and BAC limits) the people can enact whatever law they want. That explains the lack of attempts to get around _Roe v. Wade._ ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512/83 "2019-07-27T06:54:36Z")
> [@Egnu\_Cledge](#): > > We also like to add our own little twist to painfully slow driving by coming to a complete stop before making a right turn into parking lots, side streets, or right hand lanes. Don’t even get me started on that shit or I won’t sleep. Along with making a short left before making your right hand turn. You drive a modern car with power steering. It is capable of making that right hand turn, so just fucking turn right. ---
**Author:** ![Dongyang2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Dongyang2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dongyang2016)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512/84 "2019-07-27T13:44:35Z")
I notice on the highways that usually there is a minimum speed, and that speed is 45 MPH. My question is if someone goes less than 45 MPH, can they be charged for “slowing” like someone doing 90 can be charged with speeding? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512/85 "2019-07-27T17:01:09Z")
> [@Dongyang2016](#): > > I notice on the highways that usually there is a minimum speed, and that speed is 45 MPH. My question is if someone goes less than 45 MPH, can they be charged for “slowing” like someone doing 90 can be charged with speeding? Impeding traffic is the charge out here. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512/86 "2019-07-27T18:00:53Z")
> [@Dongyang2016](#): > > I notice on the highways that usually there is a minimum speed, and that speed is 45 MPH. My question is if someone goes less than 45 MPH, can they be charged for “slowing” like someone doing 90 can be charged with speeding? I think you could if you dont have your hazards on. BTW military convoys I’ve seen sometimes dont go over 35. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512/87 "2019-07-27T18:42:24Z")
> [@ongyang2016](#): > > I notice on the highways that usually there is a minimum speed, and that speed is 45 MPH. My question is if someone goes less than 45 MPH, can they be charged for “slowing” like someone doing 90 can be charged with speeding? Absolutely. At least in California. I ended up in traffic school with a guy that got ticketed for going \<40 on the highway, because the cop judged him to be a hazard. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512/88 "2019-07-27T20:18:41Z")
Well, a couple of years ago, Minnesota weighed a law that would allow ticketing of people who drove significantly under the speed limit in the left lane. I was all for it, but it was shot down. :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-significantly-below-the-limit/835512.md?page=4)