Why you shouldn’t drive slowly in the left lane

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Can we all agree that the left lane is for passing, please?

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newtboysays...

I am so firmly in driver category #1 that I printed my own T-shirts that have the road sign most people ignore that says "slower traffic keep right" and on the back they say "keep right except to pass".
I used to get upset at my grandmother who would drive 40mph on the freeway to be "safe". I would repeat 'How is it not a wreck if we get rear ended by someone going the speed limit? You know we get hurt MORE being hit unexpectedly from the rear, right?' It never helped.
Thank you Vox, for explaining it well.

MilkmanDansays...

Being from Kansas, I was taught that this (right lane except to pass) was the law so I have always done it that way. As backwards as Brownbackistan can be, I guess we got that one thing right -- and it seemed to work, I rarely had any issues with having to weave around slow traffic in the left lane.

I did notice that it was a more common problem driving elsewhere in the country, but I didn't know that it isn't actually a legal requirement elsewhere.

Now, living in Thailand, I break the rule all the time (although it isn't a rule here, or at least it is *never* enforced if it is). The slow lane (left lane because they drive on the left over here) is the de-facto "motorbike lane", so 90% of car traffic stays in the right lane all the time. I drive faster than most locals, which ends up meaning that I stick in the fast lane all the time *except* when I want to pass a slowpoke by switching to the slow/motorbike lane.

Phoozsays...

So, following the rules of the road makes traffic more efficient and produces less accidents?... NO SHITS SHERLOCKS!

I guess I should be nicer.... or the people running driving test's should be more strict!

littledragon_79says...

Yes, the rules only work well when everyone is following the same ones and not making up their own because they're so special. But how in the shit are people still not learning this? That's it, mandatory driving tests every 5 years.

Lukiosays...

Rechtsfahrgebot FTW

Seriously I just finished a ca. 550 km drive from Fehmarn to Cologne and it is so comfortable to hang in the middle or right lane and only accelearte to pass. Sure sometimes you have to pass quite often, but as long as you are passing and driving faster no one is going to block you.

jmdsays...

Im never in a rush so I am usually at the speed limit or a little above if the right lane is very congested. Keep in mind im in fl, so the speed limit is 70.

Slow drivers in the left on i95 isn't usually a problem, what is usually the problem is 1) people who pass but DON'T move to the center lane for people going faster behind them, and 2) impatient fucks who won't let you get more then a cars length in front of the person on the right and will proceed to cut THEM off to pass YOU on the right side.

You have no idea how many times ive had to be the car that plugs up the right lane when a truck has needed to move left and cant move right again because everyone proceeds to pass it on the right.

As much as this video has merit, it doesn't cover that many if not most drivers are shit drivers.

shinyblurrysays...

The biggest problem on the road of course are hyper-aggresive drivers who are always breaking the speed limit. They are constantly creating unsafe situations by forcing people to go one lane or another by tailgating them until they move out of the way. I would be happy if everyone stuck to one lane but that would require everyone to stick to the speed limit. The reasonable driver is often caught in the middle between slow drivers and hyper aggressive drivers.

raviolisays...

All of this left lane-right lane organization of traffic is only needed because people are not very good at driving. In 10 years or so, when most vehicles are self-driving, we will see a perfect ballet of cars and trucks dancing in optimized harmony. Well, that would be great.

BenyBensays...

Although I agree that left lane should be for passing, the example shown in this video is that of an hyper-aggressive driver being the instigator of an accident.

I also use the left lane for passing, where I increase my speed slightly above speed limit to pass slower vehicles. But, Sometimes a very speedy driver (way way above speed limit) will come and aggressively tailgate me dangerously all while I'm already blinking my intention to merge to the right lane to let him pass. I refuse to increase my speed dangerously above the limit just so I can make a dangerous merger back into right lane.

I feel like the argument here is poor, because aggressive drivers who can't accept waiting just a bit longer to pass are at fault most of the time.

lurgeesays...

Here in MURICA I tend to drive faster in the right lane. All the morons that are in a hurry are tailgating each other in the left.

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