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Originally Posted by 911 Rod

I see this quite often.
This morning I'm coming up on a car in the left lane. As I approach they move over to the right and let me through. After I've passed they move back into the left lane.
There are no other cars around!!

Yep, happens every day that I go to work. It happened at least once today.

I think folks are taught to drive on the right and pass on the left, but your avg person isn't that smart, and skates by with crap grades and doesn't remember anything that doesn't interest them whether it's the stats for their sports team or their favorite Instagram or Twitter accounts or whatever. They learned just barely enough to pass a driver's test and immediately forgot most of it. On top of that, most folks may be taught one thing, but then mimic what they see their friends, family, and others do, even if all of those folks do it wrong. But most folks want to fit in and conform, so despite what they are taught, they're going to mimic what they see. So, they've probably been taught, and forgotten, and just don't care. I don't care, I do my best to not give a darn what they do and just get past them and/or let them be on their way.

I also think that it's possible that some drivers feel safer in the left lane, because there's no possibility of someone on their side of the car, and they don't mind someone on the pass. side of the car. That's the only thing that I can think of that would cause this (other than the rambling statement above).