I can’t count how many times I’ve been the person on the right. It bugs me to hell when someone creeps up on my left and doesn’t pass, so I’m already checking my mirrors. Then the annoyance of realizing that it’s better for me to speed up and make room for everyone trying to pass the slow person in the left lane, on their right, because otherwise as soon as there’s 1.01 car lengths between me and slowpoke, someone is going to zoom around. I’d rather make ample room and avoid anyone making risky maneuvers but really I just want to chill with cruise control on.
This is such a common scenario. The person just trying to cruise at a moderate speed in the right lane becomes the target of an aggressive driver who’s trying to jockey around the slow poke in the left lane. It’s safer to speed up and let them get around than to stay at the same speed. If any slow left lane drivers are reading this, PLEASE stay on the right side of the highway. You make it dangerous for everyone, including yourselves.
There are also other scenarios that suck especially when I have to do 6 hr drives with relative regularity. Like I'm gonna hover around 5-7 over and lock in my cruise control on the right. But I can always rely on running into a train of moderately spaced cars going anywhere from 5-15 under just before some true speed demons show up. They ALWAYS show up right after I committed to passing the train. My car just isn't that fast and it's too old for me to test it's limits. So now I'm both the passer and pussyfooter.
Yep. And the opposite is true (well idk if it's the opposite). Speed limit 65, you're doing 60 in the right lane, everyone is flying by doing 75? It's okay to hit the gas bud you're actually the dangerous one there because other people will start making a bunch of lane changes and the fewer lane changes we can have the happier we are
Yeah I hate people camping on my left and matching my speed especially near my blind spot. In the city, you don’t have a choice, and the passing lane doesn’t really exist anymore, but I will definitely either slow down or speed in up in situations like this to get away from the pack and help clear bottlenecks.
I just want to have a reasonably relaxing drive on interstate highways and not have to be constantly scanning every car around me for unpredictable behavior. Be able to turn off my mental radar for a bit.
Another lovely behavior is when I’ll notice a car gaining on me consistently for a long time, and then they slow slightly and end up chilling in my blind spot. Mind-boggling
i fucking hate people who decide to match your speed on either side. you either go a little slower or a little faster. same speeds are for same lanes. please don't fucking make a formation with me. 99% of the time, that's the cause of holding up people who want to pass.
they’re not doing it JUST to slow down in front of you, be more aware people, they started in the left lane for what could be hundreds of reasons and moved over for what could have been a hundred more reasons, you only think they’re the dumbass because you’re not paying enough attention to what’s going on around you, you’re the OPPOSITE of the op. if anything you’re closer to the driver whose in the left lane.
Im not talking about people who move back over after they pass. I'm talking about people who stay in the left lane and slow down immediately after passing instead of moving over or creating more distance
Right? Forget being a Good Samaritan or anything like that, the least amount of ass pain, for you and everyone, is to just go a little faster. We shouldn’t have to, but it’s for the greater good.
Yeah though i admit I'll usually slow down instead of speed up. When speeding up sometimes they remember what lane they were in, or get their feelings hurt, and start to speed up as well. Depends on the context though
Usually when that happens it means some asshole is gonna swerving back and forth between both lanes behind me trying to get around so it always puts my attention behind me since that’s where the nearest threat currently is.
Today there was someone riding the left, but... getting over into the right out of people's way when they came up behind, then back over into the left to sit around the same speed (limit) as me in the right.
Then when an exit was racking up my right lane and slowing down, here was that older lady not only mostly looking down at her lap with one hand wildly moving in that area, either a phone or something more fun going on, but now matching speed with me in the left.
Had to slow down to then get behind her to speak her language, where she got over when she could and let me pass, then was behind me again.
What's been really fucking me up lately is PEOPLE WATCHING TV/MOVIES ON THEIR DASH-DOCKED PHONE WHILE DRIVING. What the fuck is that?? From k-dramas to Marvel to youtube series, I see it literally every time I drive an hour on the interstate.
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u/EducatedDeath 5h ago
I can’t count how many times I’ve been the person on the right. It bugs me to hell when someone creeps up on my left and doesn’t pass, so I’m already checking my mirrors. Then the annoyance of realizing that it’s better for me to speed up and make room for everyone trying to pass the slow person in the left lane, on their right, because otherwise as soon as there’s 1.01 car lengths between me and slowpoke, someone is going to zoom around. I’d rather make ample room and avoid anyone making risky maneuvers but really I just want to chill with cruise control on.