Lawmakers consider bill targeting slow drivers on NC interstates

Lawmakers will explore a bill that makes a push to keep slow drivers out of the passing lane on North Carolina interstates Tuesday.
Posted 4/30/2025, 9:24:00 AM Updated 4/30/2025, 12:59:18 PM

NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

NOBODY HAD TRAUMATIC INJURIES.

>> SPEED UP OR MOVE OVER OR

THAT'S WHAT SOME STATE

LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING.

WRAL'S TO. STEVE PATTERSON

JOINS US LIVE FROM THE STATE

LEGISLATIVE BUILDING WHERE

THEY'LL DISCUSS IT TODAY.

DESTINY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN IN

THIS SITUATION. WE'VE BEEN

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND

WE'RE STUCK BEHIND SOMEONE

WHO'S NOT QUITE KEEPING UP WITH

THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. SO THIS

BILL IS MEANT TO YOU ADDRESS

THAT. IT FOCUSES ON HELPING

THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. IT SAYS

VEHICLES SHOULDN'T IMPEDE THE

NORMAL AND REASONABLE MOVEMENT

OF TRAFFIC AND THAT BILL WOULD

ALSO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN TRUCKS

TO DRIVE IN THE LEFT LANE ON

MAJOR INTERSTATES WITH 6 OR

MORE LANES. NOW, THERE ARE SOME

EXCEPTIONS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES

LIKE TRACTORS AND FARMING

EQUIPMENT. IT ALSO WOULD

REQUIRE DRIVERS TO DRIVE AT

LEAST 45 MILES PER HOUR WHERE

THE SPEED LIMIT IS. 55 50 MILES

PER HOUR WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT

IS 60. A HOUSE COMMITTEE IS SET

TO DISCUSS THIS PROPOSAL TODAY

AT 10:00AM DESTINEE PATTERSON,

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