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Old 04-25-2013, 09:57 PM
 
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It's not a game of cards. The safest and smartest thing to do is use the left pan for passing only.
Keywords here. Not everyone has to be intelligent or make intelligent laws. You do have a right to be an imbecile in certain places. It should also be against the law to go around the idiots. Force everyone behind them.
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Old 04-26-2013, 06:13 AM
 
Location: Metro Washington DC
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In Ohio you don't have to use the left lane for "passing only". It is just another lane as long as your driving the speed limit or more. If there are 3 lanes the left lane is just another lane. So I will be driving in the left lane on my way home to work when I'm off. Why....because it is just another lane.
This is what I mean when I say left lane blocking is aggressive driving. What you're saying is that you're going to do the dangerous and dumb thing just because you don't have to move over. Why does the smartest and safest thing have to be a law before you will do it? Why not just do it because it makes sense?
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Old 04-26-2013, 07:26 AM
 
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This is what I mean when I say left lane blocking is aggressive driving. What you're saying is that you're going to do the dangerous and dumb thing just because you don't have to move over. Why does the smartest and safest thing have to be a law before you will do it? Why not just do it because it makes sense?
I drove in the right lane the whole way home. It was a joke settle down.
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Old 04-26-2013, 11:05 AM
 
Location: Metro Washington DC
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I drove in the right lane the whole way home. It was a joke settle down.
Would have helped if you had used one of those smiley faces on the right there.
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Old 04-26-2013, 11:36 AM
 
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Would have helped if you had used one of those smiley faces on the right there.
next time.
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Old 04-26-2013, 11:48 AM
 
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So what? let them speed. I rather they stay in the left lane than to weave in and around me. People speed, get over it. The only argument you have is people speeding. Who cares?
The problem with speeders aren't that they simply want to drive faster than others it is the manner in which they generally do it.

Often, moving over doesn't work, especially when the person behind you could care less that there are people in front of you too. So as you try to move over, the impatient idiots are changing lanes back and forth and decide to weave into a righthand lane just as you're about to move over to let them pass. Happens all the time and one reason why lots of people just think, too bad, wait in line like everyone else.

I doubt most people who aren't in a rush to move over for the speeder think they are being the police or enforcing anything. I bet that most of the time it is why do I have to move because you want to speed. Since when is your desire to speed more important any someone else's desire to simply drive at the speed limit or flow of traffic?

You see it all the time. The speeder runs up on you and after they pass they sit there behind the next car and next and next. Sooner or later these idiots run into someone. Just how do we see so many accidents on freeways where everyone is going in the same direction with no cross traffic? Speeders who can't stop, can't react fast enough for conditions.

Take bad weather. Same people speeding. Do they just smash their own cars? No, they run into people, hurt and kill others.

No problems with moving over for the faster drivers but if there are cars in front of me too, get in line buddy, tough luck. Blare your horn and flash your lights but if you are the only car behind me, get used to sitting there because there are a hundred cars ahead of me too and everyone is trying to get somewhere, not just you.

Flashing lights? Easy, you pass with flashing lights and that means emergency. 911 call and guess how far you get before the escort? Start reading the traffic rules and regulations and you'll see that in most states, flashing lights is illegal except for emergencies and some other specific needs, not because you want to speed.

If you're in the fast lane and there is a line of cars behind you, sure, move over but if there is only one, get over it you just aren't more important than anyone else. It works both ways. When you think you have some right to speed you are wrong. You don't have the right.

There are those who speed and don't run up on cars in front of them at high rates of speed demanding attention. They start to moderate their speed and give the driver ahead time to react without causing problems.

When you're on a freeway or similar road, you don't need to have your eyes glued to the rear view mirror. The people who do that are the speeders watching for the police.

Speeders think they are just more important than everyone else and that they have some right to impose themselves on others. Nope and too bad.
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Old 04-26-2013, 03:12 PM
 
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The problem with speeders aren't that they simply want to drive faster than others it is the manner in which they generally do it.

Often, moving over doesn't work, especially when the person behind you could care less that there are people in front of you too. So as you try to move over, the impatient idiots are changing lanes back and forth and decide to weave into a righthand lane just as you're about to move over to let them pass. Happens all the time and one reason why lots of people just think, too bad, wait in line like everyone else.

I doubt most people who aren't in a rush to move over for the speeder think they are being the police or enforcing anything. I bet that most of the time it is why do I have to move because you want to speed. Since when is your desire to speed more important any someone else's desire to simply drive at the speed limit or flow of traffic?

You see it all the time. The speeder runs up on you and after they pass they sit there behind the next car and next and next. Sooner or later these idiots run into someone. Just how do we see so many accidents on freeways where everyone is going in the same direction with no cross traffic? Speeders who can't stop, can't react fast enough for conditions.

Take bad weather. Same people speeding. Do they just smash their own cars? No, they run into people, hurt and kill others.

No problems with moving over for the faster drivers but if there are cars in front of me too, get in line buddy, tough luck. Blare your horn and flash your lights but if you are the only car behind me, get used to sitting there because there are a hundred cars ahead of me too and everyone is trying to get somewhere, not just you.

Flashing lights? Easy, you pass with flashing lights and that means emergency. 911 call and guess how far you get before the escort? Start reading the traffic rules and regulations and you'll see that in most states, flashing lights is illegal except for emergencies and some other specific needs, not because you want to speed.

If you're in the fast lane and there is a line of cars behind you, sure, move over but if there is only one, get over it you just aren't more important than anyone else. It works both ways. When you think you have some right to speed you are wrong. You don't have the right.

There are those who speed and don't run up on cars in front of them at high rates of speed demanding attention. They start to moderate their speed and give the driver ahead time to react without causing problems.

When you're on a freeway or similar road, you don't need to have your eyes glued to the rear view mirror. The people who do that are the speeders watching for the police.

Speeders think they are just more important than everyone else and that they have some right to impose themselves on others. Nope and too bad.
This happens all the time. I try to get over and the speeder gets over at the same time then swerves back over and almost crashes.
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Old 04-27-2013, 04:03 PM
 
Location: Waterworld
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The problem with speeders aren't that they simply want to drive faster than others it is the manner in which they generally do it.

Often, moving over doesn't work, especially when the person behind you could care less that there are people in front of you too. So as you try to move over, the impatient idiots are changing lanes back and forth and decide to weave into a righthand lane just as you're about to move over to let them pass. Happens all the time and one reason why lots of people just think, too bad, wait in line like everyone else.

I doubt most people who aren't in a rush to move over for the speeder think they are being the police or enforcing anything. I bet that most of the time it is why do I have to move because you want to speed. Since when is your desire to speed more important any someone else's desire to simply drive at the speed limit or flow of traffic?

You see it all the time. The speeder runs up on you and after they pass they sit there behind the next car and next and next. Sooner or later these idiots run into someone. Just how do we see so many accidents on freeways where everyone is going in the same direction with no cross traffic? Speeders who can't stop, can't react fast enough for conditions.

Take bad weather. Same people speeding. Do they just smash their own cars? No, they run into people, hurt and kill others.

No problems with moving over for the faster drivers but if there are cars in front of me too, get in line buddy, tough luck. Blare your horn and flash your lights but if you are the only car behind me, get used to sitting there because there are a hundred cars ahead of me too and everyone is trying to get somewhere, not just you.

Flashing lights? Easy, you pass with flashing lights and that means emergency. 911 call and guess how far you get before the escort? Start reading the traffic rules and regulations and you'll see that in most states, flashing lights is illegal except for emergencies and some other specific needs, not because you want to speed.

If you're in the fast lane and there is a line of cars behind you, sure, move over but if there is only one, get over it you just aren't more important than anyone else. It works both ways. When you think you have some right to speed you are wrong. You don't have the right.

There are those who speed and don't run up on cars in front of them at high rates of speed demanding attention. They start to moderate their speed and give the driver ahead time to react without causing problems.

When you're on a freeway or similar road, you don't need to have your eyes glued to the rear view mirror. The people who do that are the speeders watching for the police.

Speeders think they are just more important than everyone else and that they have some right to impose themselves on others. Nope and too bad.
While I do advocate for moving back into the right lane, I do find people that are that impatient in heavy traffic incredibly annoying. So I agree with your post.
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