Vent: If you have a line of cars behind you, pull over and let them pass.
 

It's not rocket science, yet many fail to grasp the concept. I think some people are just oblivious, don't care, or never look in the rear view mirror, habits they should change. Truck drivers, on the other hand, should know better. I can't tell you how many times I've seen a semi, traveling 10 or 20 MPH less than the flow of traffic, with 10 or 20 cars lined up behind them. This is especially bad on narrow two lane roads where you can't safely pass. I don't care what excuse they have (gas mileage, wear & tear on the brakes, whatever), they should find a wide spot on right shoulder, slow and let some cars pass. Do it again on the next wide spot.

/vent off

Yes, and it's the law. In Ohio if you have 5 vehicles behind you, you are required to pull over and let them past. Other states have similar laws.

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And it's amazing how many people either have no idea or no regard for othe drivers.

Is the law enforced? My state has such a law, but it's not enforced.

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I'm on I-85 between Gwinnett County into Midtown, twice a day. Every day, it seems like it's every man for themselves. Sickening!

Randy

It also always seems to be that some idiot in a huge hurry, is willing to risk my life (and his) by passing on a double yellow line, to run up and hound the car in front of me to try to pass them also.

I don't think it is so much of a problem with slower people as it is a problem with truly impatient/risky drivers, trying to drop 1 minute off thier commute.

There are a bunch of people with the mindset that "I'm traveling at the speed limit so everyone else can piss off"

What they fail to realize that while speeding is obviously a ticket-able offense so is impeding traffic, even traffic that is exceeding the speed limit.

I know someone with the "I'm going fast enough mentality" that got a ticket for impeding.

It was an eye opener for her.

Truck drivers around here drive in the #2 land on a 5 lane fwy all day long. we just squeeze on through somehow and get on with life, on the right, of course.

To a certain extend, yes, but for the most part, people just don't care and don't know.

agree with much..
however..
spend a few hrs with a trucker and get back with us..
myself believe it should be mandatory for all drivers..
so he may have slowed you down a bit..

I've had a POV STOP ( locked her brakes) on the Highway in the left lane,
then do U turn in front of me... to the exit they missed..

Rika

Yep! And the thought of just continuing to the next available exit to change directions probably never even occurred to her. :(

Randy

Techno-colored spandex-clad Lance Armstrong wannabes peddling carbon-fiber on arterials- they think they are fast.

corollary to the OP is the driver who holds up the car pool lane by traveling slower than the flow of freeway traffic. Here in Socal, one can only enter and exit the carpool lane at designated areas which means you cannot legally pass a slower vehicle until you reach one of the exit/enter areas. There's nothing like getting behind one of those "I'm doing the legal limit" drivers who is holding the entire lane up as cars in the regular lanes consistently pass on the right. I've been in a line of 15-20 cars that all are at the legal mercy of the oblivious/passive-aggressive driver in front. A real PITA.

I saw it enforced once on I-57 in southern Illinois one Sunday morning. A young woman was cruising in the passing lane. I could see ahead that everyone was passing her on the right. An Illinois patrol car came up behind her and followed her. I hung back in the slow lane to see what was going to happen. After 5 miles or so he lit her up and hit the siren. It scared her so bad she drove halfway off the road. Laughed my but off.

Anybody else feel that trucks should have their own separate lanes with a divider??

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Randy

When PEOPLE get in a car the RUDE BUTTON turns on!

Pass on the right. Its where I end up doing the majority of passing on my daily commute to/from NYC. There are generally fewer vehicles in the far right lane. Why is this? My best theory to date is that people avoid the right lane so they don't have to manage speed or change lanes to accommodate vehicles entering and exiting...laziness.

In NJ, I often refer to the far right lane as the passing lane. That clip of the Statey trolling the car in the left lane was shot on Rt. 78 in NJ.

I don't like passing on the right, and I don't downshift on the freeway often.

I did both Thursday past...a damned Prius (with an Obama bumper sticker) clogging the left lane at the 65 mph limit. Finally the opportunity...I blasted by in 4th at 80 or so. Hopefully he heard the sound of my V-8 exhaust as I ruined the planet at full throttle... :D

I go through this every day. It's all of the above.
Funny thing is that it's all types of people. Your friends, your neighbours, your family.
Vent this in front of a group of people and there will be one person that will speak up and call you a dangerous a hole.

It is the law in California, 5 cars behind you, get over. Never seen it enforced, don't know anyone who has ever seen it enforced. I was cured of using the car pool lane by being trapped behind people going slower than the flow of regular traffic last time I went to Southern California.

I think that there are many categories of left lane slow pokes. # 1-not paying attention to what's behind them, #2 "I'm going over the limit, go ahead and pass me" #3 "today I'm going to piss someone off by poking along in the passing lane, and when they go around me I'll speed up". #4 preoccupied kids on the cell phones #5 Moms trying to drive and handle their kids (usually seen in small 4 door cars).

And to those buttholes who say that some fool is flying down the road and just can't be patient...who are you to know what reason it is that this person is flying down the road, trying to get to a hospital, emergency, etc...Bottom line it just get over if your fit into one of the fore mentioned groups.

Some guy in a Prius in the car pool lane is one thing, but what about truck drivers? They should know better! Why don't they pull into a turn out when on narrow two lane roads where it's not safe for the drivers behind to pass?

I'll preface this by commending the officer for going after that guy. However, tailgating him like that is stupidly unsafe. Furthermore, he should have followed that up with a citation. The driver in this case probably doesn't even know why the officer lit him up!

And why isn't this law enforced more vigorously? In my opinion, our roads would be a lot safer if slow drivers let people pass. There would be a lot less accidents caused by unsafe passes, less road rage, etc, etc.

During I-75 widening here in Ohio, the inner two lanes are being added, and for some reason, there are signs that the trucks must use the left lane. You can't believe how this messes with people's meek minds....it's been ingrained in them not to pass on the right, so they hang behind these semis in either 11' wide lane..........arghhh !

I'll bet he did, and he was SOOOO impressed. LOL!
"Hey, I just got passed by some dick in a Caprice or something!"

In Venezuela when we lived there in the '70s and '80s, if you passed your exit on the autopista in Caracas, you could just pull over and back up the on-ramp :)

When I was in France earlier this summer, I was impressed (if not surprised) but the very strong lane discipline exhibited by absolutely everybody on the autoroutes. I was embarrassed on one occasion when I was not paying enough attention to my mirrors and I held up someone coming up behind me.

Yep!

George Carlin: Have you ever noticed, when you're driving, that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster than you is a *maniac*?

I agree with you Kang about the trucks. The worst offenders are the mid to large size delivery trucks, not the big rigs, but I am start to see big rigs hogging up both right 2 lanes sometimes 3 lanes matching speed at 50 while everyone's flying by at 75 causing cars to accelerate getting out into the number 1 and 2 lane causing the 75mph traffic to slam on their brakes. Somehow those bastards cant judge distance or think their 3 cylinder cars is a corvette. A mess for sure

In the 944 I have more problems with maniacs than idiots, in the XK I have more problem with idiots than maniacs. :p

Top slow drivers and often 10 mph under the posted limit are those with 400 hp+ vehicles.

I think Corvette drivers are afraid of tipping over.

Just drove back tonRaleigh from Orlando FL yesterday and most drivers kept to the right until I crossed the SC border.

First was a lady driving her beat up Nissan Altima with a spare tire doughnut on the rear traveling 10 under in the left lane and never moved to the right.

Another was an old Lincoln Towncar that was driving the speed limit and would accelerate if you tried to pass on the right.

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Such a joy having a police escort on the interstate during rush hour.

Troopers just blending in but you have left lane drivers freaking out and driving at or under the limit.

Way of life in NJ. I pass more on right than left. More likely to get a ticket in the left lane also. Sad but true.

Problem is I would drive the 911 5mph over the limit, and get pulled over. 15mph over in a ford expedition, no problem, never pulled over.

I was in the same scenario as the video that you posted. A lady in an older suv doing 66 in a 65 on I-70.
She would speed up only when you tried to pass on the right. I finally had enough. Once I passed her she sped up and tried to catch me.
Ironically I was driving my Z06.
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