Twin Cities traffic congestion getting worse

[mr roboto]

Originally Posted by Thedosius

I think it's not an either/or, it's a both.

If you aren't passing someone in the left lane and someone is clearly trying to get by you and moving to a slower lane is feasible, you're an ass.

If some ass is driving in the left lane and they're blocking you from getting by so you decide to tailgate them, you're an ass. In fact, you're a stupid ass with f'ed up priorities because whatever seconds or minutes you might save by going 5-10 mph faster for a small stretch of the freeway is not worth endangering your life and the lives of the strangers around you. It shows the kind of self-absorption and disregard for consequences that qualify you to run for President of the United States, and that's simply not the kind of person who should be behind the wheel of a car.

I would agree here. I don't tailgate. If I'm in left lane and someone is blocking it AND could easily speed up for 2 seconds and move over I wait for a minute at a safe distance back then will flash my lights once to notify them of my desire to pass.

I've driven between Chicago and the TCs about 150 times in the last 12 years. I go 10 over (which is now 80, used to be 75). I would say I encounter 15-20 left lane campers each trip (except when traffic is heavy which is when you get the 2-mile long left lane lines that are impossible to get past).

I lived in Chicago for a decade. There I got used to a 20mph difference between the far left and far right lanes. On 94 north of the city from Evanston to the WI border the left most lane averages 80, right lane 60. Traffic flows and everyone knows which lane to get in depending on what speed they prefer. When I moved back here I noticed that the drivers are much better overall, but there's this weird MN collectivism whereby every lane seems to be within 1-2 mph of one another (except for merging and exiting). It's a distinct cultural feature that many transplants have noticed.

[mr roboto]

Originally Posted by Glenfield

That's cute but it's called the left hand lane not the passing lane, and it's there for driving in not for racing home to suburbia at 20 over the speed limit. I'm not advocating driving slower than the speed limit in the left lane, but if someone is pretty much going with the flow of traffic there's no need to immediately defer to some jerk who wants to play Indy 500 on 35W.

To be fair you clearly brought 'feelings' into this with this post.

[Glenfield]

Originally Posted by mr roboto

To be fair you clearly brought 'feelings' into this with this post.

No I didn't. Again, read the posts and stop reading into them.

[mr roboto]

Lol ok I'm spitting the bait. GL.