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Originally Posted by Z-man

Pass on the right.

technically illegal

I hear this a lot. I checked once, and here in Texas at least, passing on the right on a road with multiple lanes going in the same direction is not illegal. I believe the original "no passing on the right" thing came from folks that would pass on the shoulder of the road. That is obviously a bad thing, but if you're on a 6 lane freeway, I'm 99.9% sure that here in Texas, it's not actually illegal to pass someone in a lane on their right side.

True story:
One winter, I was coming home on snowy roads -- there was a lady taking up two lanes on a 4 lane town road. I finally passed her -- but of course, got stuck at the light. She pulled up next to me and started ranted and raving, stating that I'm going to cause an accident AND DEATH. Now, I was certainly driving faster than her, but not fast enough to cause any trouble. Besides, my old Subaru handled snowy conditions very well -- apparently better than her Honda CRV did. I just ignored her raving and went my merry way once the light changed. Whatever...

-Z-man.

I've had a similar experience. Texas is peculiar in that if you are turning right (or left) you don't have to end your turn in the right (or left) most lane. You can turn right and end up in the left lane if you want. But we also have places with 2 right turn lanes. One night a woman in a Ford Expedition was in the right turn lane and I was to her left in the second turn lane. As we turned, she didn't look/think and ran me off of the road to the left (paved median). I didn't honk, I just slowed down and got behind her. I waited a bit and tried to pass her, but when she saw me coming, she blocked my path and drove side-by-side with someone for the mile to the next light. So she ran me off of the road (probably hadn't seen me or thought about the fact that it was a dual turn lane) then had the nuts to block me intentionally. When we got to the next light she rolled her window down and started ranting out the window. I just smiled and waved.