# What do you do about people blocking the passing lane?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 15, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-about-people-blocking-the-passing-lane/571476 "2011-02-15T18:20:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-about-people-blocking-the-passing-lane/571476/188 "2011-02-17T16:33:31Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Speaking of which, providing you are actually located in Minnesota, here is what your state says on the subject:
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> The law says that under normal driving circumstances you stay in the right lane unless passing.  
> Period.

This is not enforced. It would actually be impossible to enforce since traffic on the freeways would stop dead if it was.

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