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In reply to the discussion: Why you shouldn't drive slowly in the left lane - Vox (Finally! this is one of my pet peeves!) [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)95. Same thing on I-5 up here in Oregon.
Especially between Salem and Portland...
You get long lines of cars backed up behind some jackass in the left lane going +5 on cruise control...and the right and middle lanes are fairly open. And yes, I blow by those lines on the right...
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Why you shouldn't drive slowly in the left lane - Vox (Finally! this is one of my pet peeves!) [View all]
Bill USA
Dec 2014
OP
yet, when it is total congestion with both lanes packed to the gills...and nowhere to go--
hlthe2b
Dec 2014
#1
yes, because the self-entitled aholes still try to weave through bumper to bumper traffic
hlthe2b
Dec 2014
#17
stay with your armadillo crossing highways... clearly you have no business nor clue re: traffic
hlthe2b
Dec 2014
#22
I wasn't talking about an interstate. Our regular city roads have multiple-lanes each way.
pnwmom
Dec 2014
#196
Yeah, whenever these threads come up, it seems like half the posters have never encountered
cemaphonic
Dec 2014
#115
WOW! I never expected to get this kindof 'action'. Well, perhaps it did everyone some good to
Bill USA
Dec 2014
#207
WTH? I never get in the left lane unless I want to pass someone. I stay in the mddle lane.
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#2
I have had them sound their horns and I am scared of them...this is before they
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#55
I use to blow my air horns to warn them when they did something stupid and are about to be killed.
B Calm
Dec 2014
#105
I have an extremely good driving record and as a result I get very good insurance rates.
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#168
Me too! Now if everybody drove as good as you, there wouldn't be any road rage, right?
B Calm
Dec 2014
#171
I guess so. I get frustrated like anyone else but I figure that I am a mature adult
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#173
I have no doubt you are a good driver. I don't know why a truck driver blew his horns at
B Calm
Dec 2014
#174
Most truckers are just fine. I do worry more about those crazy asses who zigzag around
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#176
I've never seen a truck doing that. Just crazy smaller cars...kinda like mine.
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#179
Well, thank you, sweet of you to say. I'll take my excellent driving record and my
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#170
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were there when it happened and saw the whole
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#189
of course. I was talking about this particular run that I make between Boston and CT.
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#172
highways where there are many left turns sure left lane is used. ahem how many go thru WI etc where
PatrynXX
Dec 2014
#8
Yep, they come in really handy, I do the same, let them get snagged in the traps! n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#61
Exactly! Most speeders are too dumb to get out of the left (hammer) lane. When Smokey Bear
B Calm
Dec 2014
#169
Then you have the speeders who think the left lane is for them only and will box you
B Calm
Dec 2014
#27
After your little bit of road rage was over, did you continue down the road in the left lane
B Calm
Dec 2014
#118
Yep! Then you've got the ones entering the highway that just as you're at the intersection
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#63
In many states the far left lane is truck restricted, making the middle lane the truck passing lane.
B Calm
Dec 2014
#30
And you are part of the problem. Can't be bothered with "dealing" with the people entering the hiwa
rhett o rick
Dec 2014
#76
Say what? Many highways are 70 mph. In IL I believe 90% of them are 70mph
riderinthestorm
Dec 2014
#134
As vehicle technology improves year-to-year, vehicles become safer to operate
Maedhros
Dec 2014
#185
Hold your ground, you have the right away. The car coming onto the interstate has to yield
B Calm
Dec 2014
#42
Yep, I know exactly what you mean. I hate it when that happens. Then you've got to floor it like
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#64
Or better yet. They stop and put on their signal. Seen it more than once.
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2014
#67
I'm mystified by those in this thread who seem to be prickly about the lane thing.
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#187
People do that because they don't want to deal with people merging into their lane from the left...n
Jesus Malverde
Dec 2014
#57
NY State Thruway.... its 65 but Florida drivers hang out there at 55 or less.
Historic NY
Dec 2014
#62
The left lane is the safest lane and so that's where I drive. I don't go too slow though.
Vattel
Dec 2014
#69
Hogwash. Left Lane is the passing lane. Neither lane is 'more' safe. Drivers are safe...or not.
Tommymac
Dec 2014
#78
Just because I drive a Nissan Altima doesn't mean I should sacrifice my life or limb to
CTyankee
Dec 2014
#200
my son and i watched a police flash his lights at a motorist in the left lane.
seabeyond
Dec 2014
#102
This goes double for long-term two lane entities like the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
HughBeaumont
Dec 2014
#154
If your cruise control setting is like 1/4 mph faster than some guy you catch up to,
brewens
Dec 2014
#107
That was a big problem I had with speeders who thought they owned the left lane. I drove
B Calm
Dec 2014
#120
So you admit you are selfish and intentionally go slower in the left lane because
ChosenUnWisely
Dec 2014
#140
The only one being a dick is the aggressive driver who has no patience. George Bush lost
B Calm
Dec 2014
#147
from my POV the only one being a dick are those who intentionally imped others
ChosenUnWisely
Dec 2014
#148
LOL, that motorist you think is impending your lane may have a gun too. My advice to you
B Calm
Dec 2014
#149
OK fine by me their choice as for patience I have it in spades excpt for impeding asrseholes.
ChosenUnWisely
Dec 2014
#150
until you shoot them because they do not get out of your way? then it is their business whether
seabeyond
Dec 2014
#159
in a post above tailgating and flipping off. i was gonna ask if you would pull a gun too.
seabeyond
Dec 2014
#158
I have lived in Florida for 32 years now - yes, those drivers that suddently stop in the
DrDan
Dec 2014
#165
Your selfishness is why there are more accidents on US freeways than on the German Autobahn
cpwm17
Dec 2014
#177
The one thing I loved about having to take my drivers license exam for the UK
Veruca Salt
Dec 2014
#191
Very common in Indiana on I-65. They think they own the left lane because they are speeding.
B Calm
Dec 2014
#195
NJ recently almost doubled the fine for travelling in the passing lane. Good!
Glassunion
Dec 2014
#205