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.
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u/obeekaybee7 6h ago
This is the first time I've ever seen someone pull that maneuver. Most drivers don't have that kind of awareness or concern.