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Alabama bill hopes to limit driving in interstate’s left lane

Traffic makes its way in the rain on Highway 101 toward the Golden Gate Bridge Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Sausalito, Calif. The most powerful El Nino storm yet this week pushed onto the California coast Wednesday. Driving rain inundated the San Francisco Bay Area during the morning commute, causing nearly two dozen crashes, toppling trees and flooding streets and streams.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Traffic makes its way in the rain on Highway 101 toward the Golden Gate Bridge Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Sausalito, Calif. The most powerful El Nino storm yet this week pushed onto the California coast Wednesday. Driving rain inundated the San Francisco Bay Area during the morning commute, causing nearly two dozen crashes, toppling trees and flooding streets and streams.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

By Associated Press February 26, 2016 1 min read

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama lawmaker is seeking to have drivers ticketed if they are staying too long in the far left lane of an interstate.

The Decatur Daily reports that Republican Rep. Phillip Pettus of Greenhill is sponsoring a bill to limit the amount of time drivers could spend in the far left lane to no more than 1 and a half miles.

Pettus says most instances of road rage can be traced to someone who is “holding up” the far left lane, which Pettus says should be used only to pass others.

Should the bill become law, there would be a two-month grace period where drivers would be issued warnings, not tickets.

The bill has been approved in committee and could be voted on in the House next week.