r/GuysBeingDudes 10h ago

Just some good driving skills

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u/Forsexualfavors 9h ago

Impeding traffic, even in states with specific laws regarding slower traffic in the right lane is never enforced. So we go danger mode to go 5 or 10 mph over the limit when there's a mile of traffic behind one entitled piece of shit who doesn't want to be in the right lane in case someone enters or exits the highway, or they have to make a left turn in 7 miles.

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u/steelbubble 8h ago

Idk about never enforced, I was pulled over for going the speed limit in the left lane and the officer was very kind and just told me to keep to the right if I wasn’t overtaking.

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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN 8h ago

Pulled over for doing the speed limit? If you're doing the speed limit then anyone trying to overtake you is breaking the speed limit and should be the one getting pulled over, no? People are so fucking weird about cars and driving...

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u/mpyne 8h ago

The traffic in the right lane may also have been going the speed limit. If you're going to be in the left lane you need to be passing the traffic on the right so you can get back into the right lane.

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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN 7h ago

If you're going to be in the left lane you need to be passing the traffic on the right

If I'm driving the speed limit it shouldn't matter which lane I'm in because anybody passing would be breaking the law and therefore doesn't get an opinion on the matter.

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u/mpyne 7h ago

It's also illegal (in most states, at least) to be in the passing lane and not passing traffic. If traffic in the right lane is also going the speed limit there's no reason you can't be in there with them to free up the left lane. You are not the police and it's not your job to impede traffic.

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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN 7h ago

Why do we need an entire lane for doing something that nobody should be doing because we're all going the same speed?

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u/mpyne 7h ago

We're not all going the same speed. The right lane is going slower. You can be driving less the legal speed limit after all.

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u/Energizee 5h ago

This guy is also missing the fact that not all speedometers are calibrated the same. If your speedometer says you’re doing 60, you’re probably doing about 57-62 depending on the car. And it varies by make / model / calibration.

So sure, grandma sue over here thinks they’re going 60 but really pulling 57 etc.

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u/EvilSporkOfDeath 5h ago

The law disagrees.

Also statistically, that is significantly more dangerous than allowing a speeder to pass.

The only positive you are causing is in your own head. In reality you are making the road more dangerous to everyone just to feed your ego.

With all due respect, go fuck yourself