OT: Need a role call for all the slow in the left lane haters...
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I would be interested to know other people's interpretation of "actively passing".
If I can see a car that I am gaining ground on, I'm usually not leaving the left hand lane if there's nobody gaining behind me. That might be a bad metric in the delta or somewhere outwest, but generally seems fine on any road I regularly drive on.
Also, the flipside of left lane cruising is all the *** holes in teh right lane that speed up when they see you are passing them. I don't know what the 17 that is about. Just yesterday I gave up and put my blinker on and was getting in the right hand lane behind the car that sped up and some dumb 17 flying in the left lane decided to ignore my blinker and tray to pass on the right and squeeze in between us.
In Florida, our Interstate Electronic Billboards say " You Camp in our State Parks, not the left lane."
Hmmm
They were identified as 32-year-old Alejandro Macedo and 32-year-old Omar Nerio.
Slow in the left lane is any speed that’s not passing traffic.
pass and get the 17 back over to the right lane.
You don’t wanna drive on a freeway in Europe then. Bc they 17ing expect you to see them In the rear view and speed up to get over.
AND IT WORKS!!
What if you are going 75 and the guy you are passing is going 74.5?
speed the 17 up and get around them. Safer for everyone.
Basic rule of thumb is this: if you aren't passing someone, drive in the right lane. Also, faster moving traffic drive in left lane. If in the left lane passing, and a faster car is also passing and on your bumper, move over to right lane. If everybody would follow these simple rules, I don't think there would be any problems, or at least very, very few.
Except its more like 50 seconds and thats being generous. Would you like me to explain the physics for you?
And yes clogging up the left lane for even 30 seconds is rude and extremely unsafe you moron.
No. You pass and you get back in the right lane. FULL STOP. You should never cruise in the left lane if the right lane is open, even if no one is coming up behind you.
I know the you are hiding behind a key board being an *******, but here goes anyway.
If traffic flow is 70 to 80, and you are going 95 to 100, YOU are the one causing the hazard. If you are going that fast above the speed limit, YOU should expect to have to weave and occasionally be held up. Get over it. The road is not your personal property. The vast majority of drivers do their best not to hold anyone up., including me. Grow up, fool.
It's people like you that cause me always to carry my 9mm.
If traffic flow is 70 to 80, and you are going 95 to 100, YOU are the one causing the hazard. If you are going that fast above the speed limit, YOU should expect to have to weave and occasionally be held up. Get over it. The road is not your personal property. The vast majority of drivers do their best not to hold anyone up., including me. Grow up, fool.
It's people like you that cause me always to carry my 9mm.
Dont move the goal posts. You specifically commented on 75 passing a 74.5. That takes 40 to 60 seconds. Speed up and get around them. Clogging the left lane is dangerous for everyone.
Lets look at it differently. Lets say you are going 71 and the person you are passing is going 70.5 and i've got my cruise on 76. I'm not speeding excessively but you not wanting to change your speed at all has created a problem for all 3 of us. Maybe more if there are people behind me.
Pass and get over. Its really 17ing simple.
And i can assure you the vast majority of drivers don't get back in the right lane when they pass. Its 50 to 55% at BEST. Yes 55% is a majority but it isn't a VAST majority.
It bugs the hell out of me. If you can't bring yourself to obey the rule and drive in right lane at least move over when someone traveling faster than you comes up from behind, you. I will say I have rolled my window and gave them the stink eye while passing them on the right.
Now just imagine being stuck behind some idiot cruising in the left lane bc HE CAN
Have to mention it because it happened again right in front of me earlier, and all the time, but it doesn't count when you put a blinker on as you take the turn.