Governor DeSantis vetoes bill that would have prohibited driving in the left lane

Staff report
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed three bills.
This bill would have prohibited drivers from operating a motor vehicle in the furthermost left lane on any roadway with two or more lanes and a speed limit of at least 65 mph except when overtaking and passing another vehicle and in some other limited situations.
In his veto letter, DeSantis wrote, “The language of this bill is too broad and could lead to drivers in Florida being pulled over, ticketed, and fined for driving in the furthest left lane even if they are not impeding the flow of traffic or if there are few or no other cars in the immediate area. In addition, the bill could potentially increase congestion in Florida’s urban areas as drivers may decide to not utilize the furthest left-hand lane at all for fear of being ticketed.”
CS/CS/SB 494 – Graduate Program Admissions
This bill would have required a state university to waive the GRE or GMAT standardized testing requirement for any servicemember who applies to a graduate program.
In his veto letter, DeSantis wrote, “Standardized tests are a necessary component of a rigorous, merit-based admissions process. While the motivation behind this legislation is laudable, it is not clear that waiving these tests will be beneficial to our institutions or even, in many cases, to the students themselves.”
The third bill is a local bill for Brevard County, CS/HB 821 – Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District, Brevard County. In his veto letter, DeSantis wrote that the bill “increases the maximum stormwater management user fees the Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District may charge. This will likely lead to Brevard County taxpayers paying higher fees. As Florida offers many grant programs (established by my Administration) that support the continued maintenance and construction of Florida’s water management infrastructure, the state should not facilitate the imposition of higher fees to this same effect.”
All good vetoes, especially the first which was motivated by a south florida legislator who was upset that he couldn’t drive to Tallahassee at 90 mph without being momentarily impeded by somebody in inner left lane driving slightly slower, say 85 mph–lawbreakers one and all.
I agree with the veto but wasn’t this bill introduced by Keith Perry here in the Gainesville area?
The Senate version was introduced by Perry. The House version is the one that was vetoed. The two versions are essentially identical.
There are not enough Highway Patrol to enforce the asshole@ texting and driving, doing video meetings etc., in the left lane, much less the goobers who think they have a right to drive in whatever lane they see fit! These people think nothing of impeding the progress of other drivers, speed limit or not!
FL has a law for left lane on the interstate, enforce it!
Thank goodness. That would slow traffic even more. More government overreach .
Raise the speed limit to 100 MPH on the interstate, let the better driver survive.
It works in Germany, it’ll work here too.
I wish this were true. We treat driving as a right, it is a true privilege there. You can’t start driving until 18 and it costs lots of money and traning to get your license. I loved there for 4 years. They do drive safe, that is because they have prerequisites in place.
Thanks, Guv, for keeping your eye on the ball.
If only the governor would do something about the outrageous home owners and auto insurance rates. The LITTLE thing he did with the state taxes for the home owners is NOT enough!!!!!!