Now if folks would just head the rule of the road "keep right EXCEPT to pass", this would be a non issue!
I thinking back to my situation, it was on the Wilbur Cross Pkwy (2 lanes), climbing up a hill, where the car infront of me, even though the right lane was open for a few hundred yards behind and INFRONT of it, was "married" to the left lane. I just happned to be the very frustrated driver immediately behind that person at the head of a longer line of cars behind me, and went for it. Unknown to me because of the darkness at the time, the CT State trooper was the 4th car in line. I guess that based on that, if I had been on a 3 lane portion of I-95/I-84, etc instead of the Wilbur Cross, that I would have been okay.
Agreed on the keep right except to pass part. Too many people can't be bothered to follow that one. It sucks that you got nabbed for that one, did your speed have anything to do with the ticket? Most cops I've seen on the road would have been the first car to be passing the slower driver on the right...