Middle lane morons outlawed?
Another US state is considering increasing its maximum speed limit to 80mph.
Utah's Senate transportation committee has recommended the adoption of a law that would give officials the discretion to increase speed limits where engineering and safety surveys show that most motorists are already safely travelling at that speed.
It would also allow the police to stop drivers for committing various misdemeanours such as using a mobile phone and other due care and attention offences, but not speeding. It also outlaws driving slowly in the outside lane of the motorway, saying that dawdlers, "may not impede the movement or free flow of traffic."
Common sense is not quite yet lost forever. We wish...