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You stated the driver was "swerving across two lanes at times." You noticed multiple acts of swerving across two lanes and very erratic speeds all while in the process of passing? I think that's going to be be something a judge wouldn't buy, but deciding to slow down and give up passing instead of going 51 in a 35 would have been the better option.



Of course you know what I'm getting at. No, while in the process of passing a swerving vehicle while traveling well above the speed limit it's not easy to pay attention to the road while peering into the passenger window of the vehicle next to you.





I'm having a hard time visualizing this. The person obviously wasn't crossing two lanes towards you while you were in the process of passing or he/she would have hit you. If he/she was swerving across two lanes away from you, you wouldn't have been in danger. Can you fill me in?
Things are getting jumbled up here. Yes, I witnessed the driver swerve multiple times and was driving at erratic speeds. No, I will not agree with you that you cant see what is happening in the vehicle beside you without taking your eyes off the road. This is absurd. My field of vision is not limited to the one lane in front of me. All I was saying is that at the time I passed the vehicle it was safe to do so as long as I did not remain beside the other vehicle for an extended period of time. I know in certain circumstances it is legal to exceed the speed limit to safely pass a vehicle what I don't know is if this is one of those circumstances or not. I do not know where to find the statutes defining this yet. Hence why I ask the question in a discussion forum on traffic law. This is only a small part of why I did not accept the deal I was presented with anyway