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Even in the slowest lane (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 40 points 2 years ago* (10 children)

the only time you should be going the speed limit anywhere to the left of the furthest right lane is if you're passing someone who's going below the speed limit in the rightmost lane

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Exactly.

    Keep Right Except To Pass.

    40 states have “Keep Right” laws. Many of them have “must yield” laws that require slower traffic to move to the right lane if faster traffic approaches from behind. A few states have exceptions where you can use the middle lane temporarily in areas where there is a lot of merging traffic.

    There are a shocking number of people that cruise in the center lane slower than prevailing traffic. I don’t get that at all.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    40 states have “Keep Right” laws. Many of them have “must yield” laws that require slower traffic to move to the right lane if faster traffic approaches from behind.

    It's a damned shame that they don't enforce those laws. The highways would be a lot more pleasant if they did. We have habitual very slow drivers in the Seattle area who love to match pace with another slow driver in the right lane, and block the flow of traffic for miles on end, creating traffic jams and general congestion. From a lot of the comments I've seen on Reddit and Lemmy, they're fully aware that they're inconveniencing everyone, and get some sort of enjoyment and feeling of power from it.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Stay away from /cars and /roadcam. You’re right, there’s definitely a breed of infallible road warriors that rationalize lots of reasons for ignoring the Keep Right rules.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I frequently drive between Philadelphia and the DC area on I-95, and it's like Bizarro Earth as far as lanes go: the slowest cars are always in the left-most lanes with people passing on the right at 25 mph or more over the limit. My favorite is people who get on the express lanes (which you pay extra to use) and then go 10 mph under the limit.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Dude, I thought I was the only one who noticed this, coming from LA!! What the fuck guys, move over!!!

    Funny thing is they keep trying to stop me splitting lanes, or honking, when I'm literally 5mph faster than them in almost stopped traffic. Cry about it, I'll see you at home! Lol

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    There are a shocking number of people that cruise in the center lane slower than prevailing traffic

    These folks frustrate me to no end. Nothing makes me more excited than expanded public transit so I don't need to deal with those jackasses

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