The correct way to refer to the left lane is “the passing lane”
Get in it. Pass someone. Get the fuck back out. If you aren’t passing, you have no business in the passing lane, simple.
Im in Texas, what about the other 5 lanes in between?
This post was made by a BMW
This used to annoy me, but after realizing how many road deaths there are every year, I now see speed reduction as almost always a good thing. Driving is one of the most dangerous things people do.
You got a bumper, show them who’s boss! (It’s you! Ram them!)
People on busses: “OK this trip lasts 2 hours, we started moving at 8:15 so by 10:15 we should get there”
Same people while driving: “If I don’t very slowly overtake this car that for the past 10 seconds has been driving slightly slower than I’d like to, I’ll never get there”
I think the people with this mentality are probably the same people who refuse to ride buses under any circumstances.
Man… Drove down i40 (in the southern United States) yesterday. Those folks that just camp out in the left lane are infuriating. I have ticket money and “points” on my license to spend. Move over.
But apparently turning the wheel slightly to the right and back again is too much to ask.
My ex wife was a left lane camper. She would point to a semi a mile ahead and say… “I’m going faster than them… Why should I love over?” Meanwhile cars are flashing lights and passing her on the right…
One of the multitudes of reasons why she’s an ex.
Fast is a social construct
Then the “overtakers” and the slow ones all end up at the same red light. Zero sum game.
Fast lane is for driving at the speed limit. If the front driver goes by the limit, you hold no right to complain.
Do not normalize speeding.
No lol
Lol at the downvotes. Idgaf if you’re going the speed limit, if everyone else around you is going 20 over, you keep up or gtf out the way, otherwise youre the liability. Speed limit my ass, it’s the speed of the group.
Try staying 55 on 495 in Virginia or maryland in the left lane, you’ll get run off the road by everyone going 80.
That “Keep Right/Left” unless overtaking rule is stupid. It fails as soon as there is: an off/onramp, a speed limit, more than 2 lanes. It causes cars to break other road rules.
Learn to merge. When the exit ramp comes and the right lane slows, pass in the left lane and move the fuck back. You know what happens when you left lane camp, road rage and everyone speeds up to zoom in the right lane causing a danger to everyone els. Because your ass can’t merge and feel you’re special to be in the left lane does not mean you’re right for thinking you’re doing the speed limit. If someone wants to go fast to pass you doesn’t mean you’re the traffic police to block them and cause the speeder to road rage even more. Left lane camping causes road rage and is unsafe.
Found the American.
Don’t tell him that in some countries it’s illegal to undertake!
It’s curious you’re so concerned about the speed limit but so flippant about breaking another clearly stated law about how you’re supposed to operate your vehicle.
Here’s one general tip - it’s your job to follow the law, not enforce it. The fact someone would have to go faster than the speed limit to pass you is irrelevant - you are supposed to be in the other lane unless you are passing someone or getting off the highway. If there are more lanes, the same rule applies - you should be in the furthest right lane that allows you to maintain your speed.
