There are times I do end up slowing down people in the left lane when I'm going over the limit, I just wait till I get passed the line of cars and move over. If moving over is too much work for you, you should take a bus. The way I look at it, I've been in situations where I've been in a hurry for a reason, so I'd rather resist being a hypocrite when possible. Though I know lots of people completely lack empathy.

The only people that tick me off are the ones that speed up or slow down to whatever speed you are going, though my real issue is just trying to get away from someone who is that much of an ass.

Idiots who can't maintain a constant speed annoy the crap out of me. I'll pass somebody, get in the right lane, and a minute later they speed up to pass me, then slow down again. Rinse and repeat. Seriously, what the **** is wrong with people who do that? I'm sure that Maxima has cruise control, dumbass. USE IT.

That's because you have to actually know how to drive to get a license over there.

Much more annoying to me are people who don't plan for their exits and all of a sudden make a big emergency of needing to crowd in front of you so they don't miss it.

yup, I'll bump up a couple mph on occasion to let some people pass. It isn't like putting in a couple clicks on the cruise control is really any work on my part to be a little polite. I'll stick with my bus statement, if a little courtesy on the road is too much work for you then you should just stick your lazy butt on a bus.

Yeah, it used to make me mad, but like I said, now the biggest thing is trying to figure out how to get away from them so I can just cruise instead of a game of leap frog.

You shouldn't even have to mess with the setting on your cruise control. You can accelerate a bit and then let off the gas and your cc will kick back in once you're down to the speed you previously had it set at.

And the enforce the not passing on the right and not blocking the left lane because you think you are going fast enough for everyone else.

Yeah, I do it both ways, just depends on if I want to move my thumb or my leg and foot, lol

This is one of my biggest two problems with drivers. That and putting the blinker on AS they are turning. Awesome, what is that point?!

Maybe it is like the road signs here in KS. They tell you it is a turn only lane at the point that it is impossible to do anything about being in the wrong lane, lol.

The left lane slowpokes on the highway should die.

Those that don't know how to maintain a consistent speed or use their cruise control on the highway should die.

Those that try to pass in the right lane, a line of traffic backed up in the left lane due to the slowpoke syndrome then cut in to the left lane when the line has obviously been created in the left lane behind said dumb shit slowpoke should die.

Those that see the warning signs that lane "x" is closed "x" miles ahead and continue on "x" lane passing all the considerate drivers that have formed a line in lane "y" then expecting another motorist in lane "y" to let them in should die. Also, the motorist in lane "y" that lets asshole motorist in lane "x" into lane "y" should also die.

My name is frazod, and I approve of this post. :thumb:

This, this, this.

The ones that pass when you pass, then tailgate you in the right lane, then pass you, get in front & proceed to immediately slow or set their cruise like 2mph under yours, making you constantly adjust to them.

I light up the jets & put as much distance on those people as i can asap, wanna play footsies for the next 50 miles? **** you.

ROFLROFL I won't lie, sometimes when I feel like an asshole, I'll do this, especially when traffic is really backed up and I have places to go.

You are wrong.

If I am GOING OVER THE EFFING SPEED LIMIT, then I am not slow.

Don't like it? Too damned bad.

If you are in the left lane, you want to go fast. If you are going significantly over the limit (where 1 mph is not significant), then you are going fast. If you want to drive some crazy unsafe speed, you have no more right to the left lane than I do. Want to pass me? OK, fine, I don't mind if you pass me, but I'm not going to shift left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right for hours.

The right lane is for people who go the speed limit or slower.

PERIOD.

The left lane is for passing. PERIOD. Quit trolling.

As I get onto the highway on my way to work, there are two lanes that merge into the highway. I *ALWAYS* stay in the far right lane because I know the people in the left getting ready to merge with highway traffic are gonna ****ing lollygag their way into the lane.

I typically wind up going about 90 as I merge into the highway about 1/4 mi down the road right before my lane ends and right into wide open spaces. No clue why no one else has picked up on that shit.

When I look back, the 7 cars I have passed that were waiting to merge are stuck in a mini traffic jam and I'm boogieing right down the road.

bullcrap.

You are wrong. If I am going significantly over the speed limit, then I shouldn't have to get out of your way. I don't want to put up with the people in the right lane either, if you want to drive at some stupid ticket-bait speed, thats fine, but its incumbent upon you, the weird, rare, outlier, who almost no one drives similar to you, to figure out how to get around normal people.

You are a quality poster on this board, but I'm sorry, you should die. :D

No, it is not. Not legally in most states, and not in practice. What you fervantly wish was so in your fever-dream fantasy-land, has no basis in reality.

I don't see people driving 15-25 over hardly EVER go to the right when they speed ahead even if there's no visible car ahead for miles. They all stay in the left lane forever.

It should be obvious that the outlier here is you.

If it is so rare and almost no one drives like that it seems to me that your argument of having to go left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right-left-right for hours... is a moot point.

People may well drive like dipshits where you're from. It would explain why you apparently don't understand basic road decorum.

When I see this happening and I am in Lane "y" and in my work truck....I ease over till I am straddling the line and block them from any further progress.... They don't wanna tangle with 26,000lb truck with a irritated driver :D

Given that I pass far, far, far, far, far more people than pass me...

no. You are the outlier. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you are the one who needs 3-4 lane highways.

With this dude the entire way.

This thread is full of tards who think that they own the highway.

If it was a 3 lane highway, you'd still be the dipshit in the left lane.

Pull right when it is safe to do so, Al... dont feel unduely rushed, but at the safest & soonest opportunity, pull over... its not a big deal & its the right thing to do, period.

Dont be a dick.

Another guy who needs a glass belt buckle.

now that I don't take any highways to work, it doesn't bother me much. But the new thing is, when everyone is stopped at a red light and you have people going straight on one side and people that want to go left on the other, and there is no green left turn arrow, those people turning left somehow think that they have the right away and just go left when the lights turn green and almost cause an accident because the people going straight know that they actually have the right of way. Drives me ****ing crazy, been seeing this a lot more lately.

That is exactly what you are doing by claiming the left lane is yours because you are going fast enough...

Again, makes no sense.
When did it become the norm for adults, mature adults, to drive 20 over the speed limit? I thought we were over that whole "I GOTTA GO FAST, I JUST GOT MY LICENSE" phase?
If I'm driving 10 over, I'm not going to swerve from lane to lane to compensate for the jackass behind me who wants to drive in excessive, ridiculous speeds on a highway that is already cramped.

Maybe you guys should try to manage your time better?

I agree with this. Don't be a dick about it. I try to not go 10 over the speed limit. But if I am passing a slower motorist and someone comes flying up on me I will look ahead to see if there is any LE. If there isn't I will accelerate a bit to get around the slower motorist in the right lane a little more quickly and let the guy in the left lane go on his way. Sometimes it provides satisfaction when you pass them later while they are pulled over by the popo!

Also, I'd like to add that if the right lane is open and somebody comes up on my ass, I will get over -- but I'm not going to go through excessive means of slowing down/speeding up/slowing down/speeding up to make speed demons happy.

Trying to go lane to lane over and over and over is usually not the safest thing to do.

Everyone should die. Then I'd have the roads all to myself.

As someone who enjoys putting the foot down... that is all I ask. If the lane is open, move over. If you are keeping pace with the car next to you, move over. Otherwise, I am happy to wait for you to find a spot you are comfy with to make the lane change.

Now, if you never move over and I am able to switch to the right lane, get in front of you, and safely change back over into the left lane... I'm probably giving you the one finger salute as I make my lane change.

I have this taped to the monitor on my desk at work. Seems like it suits you as well. :D

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I think most of us are talking about interstate driving in the midwest, not rush hour driving.

Oh, totally understandable.

Dumbass, it has nothing to do with whether you think people are driving too fast. It's that you're going to have people stacking up behind you because you don't do what common sense dictates and move the **** over. You are the hazard, not the people who you think are driving too fast.

actually, no, when given the choice I prefer the center lane. If its a 4-lane highway, by default when all things are equal, I like the lane just to the right of center.

I don't drive the left lane unless its a 2-lane highway, or unless a multi-line highway is clogged with slow drivers, which happens A LOT, which again demonstrates that YOU are the one who is in the vocal, loud, but tiny, minority.

If there's no one in the right lane, there's no reason why I should be the one who pulls over. I'm the one in front, there's a perfectly good, temporarily-(but not for long) empty right lane, let him slalom ski around.

because I enjoy letting images talk for me...

http://i.imgur.com/LhSeP.jpg

You should probably keep your hand on the wheel, or you might not see something on the road while waiting for the right lane to clear.

Welp, guess theres no point in trying to reason with you.

Call your state police & ask them, i'd bet good money the answer will surprise you... left lane is for passing, all others stay right.

Never mind me, you've got zillions and zillions of other poor, hopeless souls to educate.

The people who want to go 15-20 over are a tiny, insignificant, minority.

oh and by the way, those state police aren't going to bother me and my going-a-bit-over-the-speed-limit car. They are pulling YOU over. You are the weirdo outlier, not me. I am going JUST SLOW ENOUGH to not ever get a ticket, but still over the limit.

I have invented...

the gap theory.

You can be in the left lane under the following conditions:

a. no one is behind you
b. there is no gap in front of you
c. you are temporarily inhibited from getting over because you are passing someone quickly -- you might have to drive faster than you normally would.

If you are in the left lane under any other condition, you are being an asshole. Pull over and let people through.

You are allowed to pass on the right if there is a gap in front of the person in the left lane. Often when someone who has backed up traffic for miles gets passed on the right, they wake up and finally pull over. You are doing everyone in the left lane a favor, by passing on the right. Yes, it's true.

Now to the radical part of the gap theory. Say there is an exit only lane and traffic is backed up in the other lanes. You are allowed to use the exit only lane to zoom to the front of the pack. This sounds radical, but bear with me. In a line of 20 or more cars, at least one person will be leaving a large gap. You can easily slide into the gap, merge smoothly with traffic without slamming on your brakes, slow no one down at all, and increase the usage rate of the highway. This increases the capacity of the capacity of the highway and everyone gets where they are going faster. I'm not the asshole, its the person who leaves the gap. If no gap forms, I fall on my sword and take the exit. I won't back up traffic to force my way in.

Behold the gap theory.

Caveats: no fiddling with the radio, no cell phone use. You are hard core driving. Speed limits are not enforced where I do most of my driving. 15+ over the speed limit is routine in the left lane. 5-10+ is typical for the right lanes. I would probably drive differently when surrounded by different drivers or enforcement policies.

This is not typical, AT ALL, where I drive. Where I live, a never-ending horde of people driving the speed limit or slower lurk in the right lane for miles as far as the eye can see.

Your mileage may vary.

People like you see closely my rear bumper as I cut back over to the left. Who died and made you the left lane enforcer god?

It's really pathetic that there are posters on here trying to justify their passive aggressive behavior when common courtesy should be the rule of the day...

:clap::clap:

^
This

One of my personal pet peeves is people who come to a crawl or complete stop when turning right at an intersection when the lights Green!

Green means go people Not Yield.

How many extra times do you have to wait at a light because two or three people at a turn do this.
Pull up to the green light slow to 1 mph or stop then turn right.

Just go if someone tags you its their damn fault.

Left lane vigilantes exercising some self indulgent need to feel as if they are enforcing some moral obligation to slow traffic to their comfort level are self centered cockbags that endanger themselves and other drivers. I can handle my rig at 85, I drive reasonably and prudently and if an officer of the law catches me and disagrees that is between us. What I can't account for 100% of the time are the fansical whimsies of self important slapdicks behind the wheel who feel like they are Elliott Ness because they have a car and moral indignation. Just STFU and get out of the way asshole.

I'm actually kind of surprised that there are people on here admitting to driving like moron assholes.

That says it all. You're an inconsiderate, selfish asshole.

Is anybody really surprised that alnorth is a discourteous prick?

To his credit, at least he owns it.

In this case I'm probably going to go around you, get back in front of you, and slam on the brakes. Don't like it? Tough shit.

You're wrong in many states, where left lane is specifically for PASSING. If you are not passing, then NO MATTER HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING, you are supposed to move over.

Thank God most in Mass don't drive the way you do. You're not the guy that gets to decide how fast people in the fast lane are supposed to go. It's the FAST lane, not the Alnorth lane.

This is the norm here in Massachusetts, to the point where drivers going straight wait a half-second to punch it in the expectation that the left-turn guy will punch it.

Once everyone learns to accept it, it's really not a bad "rule".

What drives me really crazy are idiots who get hung up in the middle of the intersection after the light has turned red because they HAD to try to squeze through before the light turned. Now the light has turned and they can't go because of the cars in front of them, AND THEY ARE BLOCKING THE CROSS-TRAFFIC.

Congratulations -- YOU are now single-handedly screwing up traffic for everybody at this intersection. Now when the cross-traffic goes they will be more likely to pull your dick move because they're all pissed off that they couldnt' make a light even though they were the fourth car in line because some A-hole screwed up the whole ball of wax.

Word.

I used to fight that urge and I've probably boxed a few of those jerks in behind slower cars when I was young.

A few years ago a couple of cops decided that they were going to control the speed between Omaha and Lincoln, they blocked both lanes and drove the speed limit. They backed up traffic for MILES, and both got in a lot trouble.

One of the only times I have had the cherry's lit up behind me was when I noticed a cop was coming up behind me and I slipped down to the speed limit and was stuck in the left lane. I slowed down to move over and he turned them off and drove on, lol. I guess nobody wants to do the speed limit in St Joe.

Yes it is, and yes that includes most states. They don’t strictly enforce it but just wait because it is coming.

Then you’ve seen a bunch of dumbasses begging for a ticket. Few things get the attention of a trooper working traffic faster than when a left lane road hog goes flying down the road.
No I’m not an officer, I just work with the officers doing speed/traffic enforcement providing electronic solutions to help make their jobs easier.

In general I am opposed to the death penalty but, for slow drivers in the passing lane and whoever is responsible for Nancy Grace being on television, I am not only willing to make an exception I will personally peddle the stationary bike from Gilligan’s island to power the electric chair. I’m in pretty bad shape and it could take a very long time.

Giving tickets to slow drivers in the fast lane is another addition for the raping for more revenue.

Don't get me wrong, those drivers piss me off, but there's nothing I can do until my chance comes to pass the ****ers.

I remember this was posted a few years back

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Revised Statutes Missouri Chapter 304


2. The driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass to the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
(1) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;
(2) Upon a city street with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or more lines of vehicles in each direction;
(3) Upon a one-way street; (4) Upon any highway outside of a city with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width and clearly marked for four or more lines of traffic. The driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under the foregoing conditions when such movement may be made in safety. In no event shall such movement be made by driving off the paved or main traveled portion of the roadway. The provisions of this subsection shall not relieve the driver of a slow-moving vehicle from the duty to drive as closely as practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway.

that's cause you won't get out of the left lane.
go back to jersey, ya moron!

Slowpokes are delicious. Not in a Jeffrey Dahmer way, mind you.

Missouri drivers SUCK! inconsiderate reeruns! I hate you ALL! (oh...and you too alnorth! :D)
(why can't you just drive like me.....idiots....)

I agree with alnorth, but it depends on the situation. If its an empty road, I’m cruising at a decent speed in the left lane, with an empty right lane next to me, and someone comes up behind me, I will probably stay where I’m at. He can go around. I always go 5-10 MPH faster than the speed limit, so its not like I’m a hazard or blocking his way – that driver is just being a pr!ck if he would rather tailgate me for 20 minutes than maintain his speed.

If the highway is somewhat congested, I will do my best to get over. I won’t punch the gas or anything, but I will get over as soon as possible.

I drive a Subaru STI - I drive like a Nancy. :rolleyes:

I hope next time you are driving over 90 mph you get pulled over by the aids police and given a through anal probing. Worthless POS

Just move over to the right. Do the right thing. You are in the PASSING lane, not the "I make my own rules as I drive" lane.

douchebag mentality

It's obvious that you're a complete mindless ****ing reerun, but again, let me explain, I was doing 90 TO GET PAST AND AWAY FROM THE IDIOT WHO HAD SPED UP FROM 50 TO OVER 80, before he got a chance to play his left-lane blocking game with the next bunch of cars. You dumb ****. Get it? Before encountering that idiot (are you two related? Probably), I was happily driving along at about 72. Driving at excessive speeds in Wisconsin, especially if you have Illinois plates on your car, isn't smart. If your cousin Goober hadn't been a complete prick and had simply pulled into the right lane, I would have passed him without ever touching the accelerator and been on my way.

Everybody seems to get this but you, dumbass. As for your anal probings, keep your Saturday night festivities to yourself.

I've found out over the years that when you pass somone, 9 times out of 10 they speed up as you are passing them. I think it's a subconscious reaction by them and for the most part they don't realize they are doing it.

But I'll be damned if this doesn't happen. You all know the story--you are behind a car doing 60 in a 65 and you have to follow the car for a long time because there is no passing zones or there is too much traffic. Finally, you get your chance and as you speed up to pass the car you have to floor it because all of a sudden this asshat who has been doing 60mph for the last 10 miles is going more like 65-70 so you have to go like 75 to get around him/her.

It pisses me off.

Then, they kind of follow you for a while as you are doing 70 and they are doing 65 and then they realize they are going faster than before and the finally slow down.

There's so many idiots on the road who do this stuff.

It really is amazing. If somebody passes me, so what? It's not a race. And on the other hand, my passing somebody else isn't some raging expression of dominance. I don't care who you are, or where you're going. Just display a tiny little bit of common courtesy and move to the other lane. Really, it's not that difficult.

When I'm driving it's by the golden rule: treat others as you like to be treated. I give people plenty of space, I always drive in the right lane even if I'm going above the posted speed limit, I don't ever play games with other drivers (ie speeding up when someone passes me) and I always try to pass in the left lane (however this is sometimes not possible because others don't know how to drive).

I can't stand it when other drivers think it's some kind of game or a just clueless.

Supposedly Kansas did something with the law a couple years or so ago. But I have not heard of anyone getting tickets for that as of yet.

Just like common sense, common courtesy is rapidly becoming a foreign concept.