Then the “overtakers” and the slow ones all end up at the same red light. Zero sum game.
The correct way to refer to the left lane is “the passing lane”
Get in it. Pass someone. Get the fuck back out. If you aren’t passing, you have no business in the passing lane, simple.
Passing lanes are only a thing when there is nearly no traffic.
As soon as you have enough cars it’s now a full lane. Try driving near any major city that gets stop and go.
This used to annoy me, but after realizing how many road deaths there are every year, I now see speed reduction as almost always a good thing. Driving is one of the most dangerous things people do.
On the freeway, good driving habits, like lane discipline, is more safe than reducing speed from 70mph to 65mph
Speed kills.
Just an example of a car pedestrian accident: at 50km/h the pedestrian dies more often than survives.
At 30km/h, only 3% dies.
I know this isn’t highway speeds, and the example is for the city, but I remember Volvo explaining it’s nearly impossible to die in their cars up to 70km/h (or close, like 68) but over that there is just too much energy at play.
Also how many seconds are you earning when slightly-speeding? Not very much if you don’t drive the highway for hours and hours.
Thank you for reading my ramblings.
I think you should still be annoyed. By riding slowly in the fast lane, you are not encouraging people to ride more slowly; you are encouraging them to zip around the lanes which is extremely dangerous too. Further, many people might see a need to compensate for whatever speed they lost and accelerate even more. I would say that it is definitely not a good thing to do, not to mention that I don’t think that it is even legal in my country
fast lane
It’s a passing lane, not a fast lane.
This is more dangerous than doing it the correct way
False, it is actually the case that collisions are LESS deadly at slower speeds. I know it’s difficult to wrap your mind around, but science is sometimes unintuitive!
They’re less deadly, but this maneuver makes them more likely. Overall, it’s more dangerous.
It’s not if people aren’t speeding. You’re just victim blaming. If a car has low visibility and it hits someone, you wouldn’t say, well they should just get out of the way, you’d blame the low visibility. Same situation. If people were not driving recklessly in the left lane, then it wouldn’t be a problem that people are also driving normally in the left lane.
Don’t bother replying to this I’m not reading this thread anymore.
but they ARE speeding. That’s why they’re in the fast lane. Parking there with speeders pointed at your ass is a bad idea, regardless of your personal moral stance on driving.
You’ll be right, but you’ll be dead.
If they are speedng then they are breaking the law. Just like someone being in the passing lane while not passing.
Yep. They’ll be in a lot of trouble after they kill you. You’ll be happy that you were right though, yeah? In the afterlife?
Ew you legit had a tanty cos people disagreed with you about your bad opinion on driving
Quite respectful disagreement counts as a “tanty” now?
I would have said “bitch fit” so count your blessings I guess?
That “Keep Right/Left” unless overtaking rule is stupid. It fails as soon as there is: an off/onramp, a speed limit, more than 2 lanes. It causes cars to break other road rules.
Learn to merge. When the exit ramp comes and the right lane slows, pass in the left lane and move the fuck back. You know what happens when you left lane camp, road rage and everyone speeds up to zoom in the right lane causing a danger to everyone els. Because your ass can’t merge and feel you’re special to be in the left lane does not mean you’re right for thinking you’re doing the speed limit. If someone wants to go fast to pass you doesn’t mean you’re the traffic police to block them and cause the speeder to road rage even more. Left lane camping causes road rage and is unsafe.
