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Old 11-25-13 | 10:49 AM
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spivonious
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Originally Posted by AusTexMurf
You have to ride as far to the right as is "practicable". Of course, many of us feel that cars whizzing by us in the same lane is dangerous and thus it's more "practicable" to take the whole lane in such cases
That is misunderstanding the definition of practicable. It does not mean the same as practical. Practicable is essentially a synonym for possible, "capable of being done". That's why they specifically include the exception for narrow lanes.
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