Why you shouldn't pass in lane two of four in California

I have been doing a lot of driving around LA area, been hauling trailers to Sylmar, Baldwin Park and Vernon for the past couple weeks daily. I have learnt the times to drive and the times to avoid the traffic. Since im hauling mt's for a UPS lease I can make my own hours and I do for the most part, I try to leave in the morning so when I hit LA area the traffic isnt too bad and I can get back out before its bad. I know if im dropping a trailer at 1600 then I will be hitting some bad traffic getting back out so I try to make sure im in Vernon and dropped by 1400 and then hit that I5 out of there. Normally im going from Adelanto to those places but right now im going back and forth to Dinuba, I miss Sylmar since I could take the 14 and save a ton of pain in traffic.

 

whenever i have an appointment around 9am in LA area i always leave early and add time

 

Use to haul into LA area in a 120 foot truck. Would wait outside till 10pm then hammer down to the drop point. Deliver in the AM and suck up the truck and get the hell out of Dodge.

 

Why move over for a cop shooting radar? He's clearly off the road, perpendicular to the road actually. You state you moved over because " you knew CHP was sitting there" but I just see you obstructing traffic for no reason than possibly ignorance of the "move over for EMERGENCY vehicles" law.

 

Interesting perspective.

I "almost" passed a rest area being used for inspections cause I saw several police lights on up ahead on the right shoulder, so I naturally moved over. They setup signs about truck inspection, but it was vague and I was obviously distracted about having to move over due to flashing lights up ahead.

Its just a natural reaction when you see emergency or police on side of the road to move over. Never know if officer is going to step out, or pull out quickly without warning. That and trucks merging from the entrance ramp, its just natural to move over without giving it much thought.

 

I could understand if his lights were on at the time, and who knows how fast that tanker was coming up on him when he stepped over into that lane (I'm guessing that's where the tanker was, before he merged in front of him). I understand courtesy of moving over for merging vehicles but in the same breath they do have the yield sign.

I understand the upside down triangle is a long forgotten sign and most people refuse to yield anymore but i get cut off quite regularly by vehicles moving over to let people on the highway, and there has to be a line drawn to the point where you make merging traffic yield.

Not pointing fingers but just opening minds to some other possibilities in this scenario.