
The wording is pretty simple and you'd think it would be easy enough to understand but this sign gets plenty of noisy criticism the pages of the Citizen's Voice.

Obviously it's a sign that comes into play in those areas of Highway One that split into four lanes, two in each direction. This is just south of Big Coppitt.

And away stretch the four lanes across the light industrial suburb of Rockland Key, leading away to Boca Chica and ultimately Key West.

And that's the hump of the exit to the Naval Air Station on Boca Chica.

With the intrepid cyclist pushing on toward Key West:

These signs are everywhere along this stretch of Highway One and are largely ignored.

Traffic joins the highway just like any major freeway intersection on the mainland. And it requires traffic to merge from the right which is another complication for people with lane change phobias...

The thing about "slower traffic keep right" is that the wording doesn't say anything about speed limits or having private citizens enforce traffic laws. Some people like to sit in the passing lane and block people going faster than them which is a superb recipe for road rage. One gets to start envying the able cyclist pedaling along smoothly out of the traffic flow:

I spent a fair bit of time hanging out on the shoulder taking pictures:

Not everyone gets the concept of staying on the right until you need to pass:

I get bored with clusters of cars piled up behind someone passing at one mile per hour faster than the vehicles being passed:
As far as I'm concerned by all means trundle along in the left lane, all the more room for me where I am harder to spot...