SC Senator wants Bigger Fine for Slow Left Lane Drivers

A South Carolina lawmaker wants to increase the fine for drivers who go slowly in the left lane. The Associated Press reports that State Senator Ross Turner said his 200-mile round trip commute from Greenville to Columbia helped convince him of the need for a South Carolina law similar to one that took effect last month in Oklahoma. Turner’s proposed bill would increase the fine for driving less than the speed of normal traffic in the passing lane of a multi-lane highway by $200. There is currently a law on the books in South Carolina making it illegal to drive too slowly in the passing lane and troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol wrote 1,132 tickets last year. Turner said he isn’t sure how his proposal might be enforced, but he wants to send a message to slow drivers who clog the left lane.