For those saying “Get out of the middle lane!” What if I don’t know the area and I’m trying to minimize the amount of suddenly needed lane changes I need to do to get into the correct one?
What if I’m driving a clunker and my transmission doesn’t handle constant speed changes well making staying on the on-ramp lane a little risky?
What if I’m already fucking going 9mph over the speed limit? Look motherfucker I’m risking being late to work too, but I’m not going 10+ I can’t afford a fucking ticket either and I’m not slowing down or dangerously constantly changing lanes because your rich ass can afford repeated speed tickets.
What if I’m driving a clunker and my transmission doesn’t handle constant speed changes well making staying on the on-ramp lane a little risky?
Guess that depends on where you live. In my country that would make you an incompetent driver as it means you don’t look ahead and anticipate traffic enough if you constantly need to reduce speed. But on-ramps are at least around 200 meters long here, so you can spot traffic wanting to merge in time and for most cars that’s enough to get up to speed and merge smoothly.
The only reason not to be in the inside lane, is because you are overtaking. If you are not over taking, you are disrupting the flow of traffic. Doesnt matter what speed you are doing, doesnt matter what piece of shit car you are driving. You are in the wrong.
To be clear, I do not advocate tailgaiting or passing on the right, I pretty much always leave early, always use GPS even for local trips (I’m in the middle of a bunch of suburbs and highways and there’s always a slowdown/accident) and I don’t generally go more than 10 over.
If you’re slower than the flow, you should be in the right unless you know you’re going to need to be on the left. You should not be going slower than the people on your right, legal, not legal, doesn’t really matter.
Those people blowing by on the right are riskier than riding in the middle. Sooner or later, they’ll overtake on the right, find there’s a car in the blind zone ahead, and swerve back into the person running in the middle.
Unknown sudden lange changes? use GPS
Clunker? don’t drive a car that’s unsafe
Already speeding? doesn’t much matter, if everyone else on the road is going faster, you’re putting yourself in danger.
Driving slower in the middle should only be done as an exception, for your own safety.
Not even the f’ing middle lane. If I’m in the left lane, and y’know, actually PASSING vehicles that are in the right then that’s where I should be. In many cases it’s an uphill and I’m passing a bunch of rigs.
In most cases I’m admittedly going a bit over the limit (just to pass quickly and minimize the time I’m sitting within a blind spot, especially with the rigs), yet there’s always and idiot that’s behind me trying to do 20%+ over the limit riding my ass.
People like the are in a hurry to they’re own funeral
Those people are wrong. On a 3+ lane highway, the right lane is for entering or exiting, the left lane is for passing, and the middle lane(s) is for cruising. Unless you’re like, only doing 55 or something, in which case just get off the interstate and take surface streets.
You know, I was tempted to note (US) after the lanes. I see now that people get angry if you don’t. The logic still applies though. The first lane is for entering/exiting. The middle are for cruising, driving a steady pace near the speed limit. The inside is for passing.
If there is an open lane to the inside, the person trying to pass someone already doing a reasonable pace should be the one making the change. If there’s not, then yeah, the slower vehicle needs to go ahead and move over.
Because our dumb as fuck cops dont ticket them for it. I would LOVE to see people start to be ticketed, and even given points, for middle lane hogging.
For those saying “Get out of the middle lane!” What if I don’t know the area and I’m trying to minimize the amount of suddenly needed lane changes I need to do to get into the correct one?
What if I’m driving a clunker and my transmission doesn’t handle constant speed changes well making staying on the on-ramp lane a little risky?
What if I’m already fucking going 9mph over the speed limit? Look motherfucker I’m risking being late to work too, but I’m not going 10+ I can’t afford a fucking ticket either and I’m not slowing down or dangerously constantly changing lanes because your rich ass can afford repeated speed tickets.
Guess that depends on where you live. In my country that would make you an incompetent driver as it means you don’t look ahead and anticipate traffic enough if you constantly need to reduce speed. But on-ramps are at least around 200 meters long here, so you can spot traffic wanting to merge in time and for most cars that’s enough to get up to speed and merge smoothly.
The only reason not to be in the inside lane, is because you are overtaking. If you are not over taking, you are disrupting the flow of traffic. Doesnt matter what speed you are doing, doesnt matter what piece of shit car you are driving. You are in the wrong.
To be clear, I do not advocate tailgaiting or passing on the right, I pretty much always leave early, always use GPS even for local trips (I’m in the middle of a bunch of suburbs and highways and there’s always a slowdown/accident) and I don’t generally go more than 10 over.
If you’re slower than the flow, you should be in the right unless you know you’re going to need to be on the left. You should not be going slower than the people on your right, legal, not legal, doesn’t really matter.
Those people blowing by on the right are riskier than riding in the middle. Sooner or later, they’ll overtake on the right, find there’s a car in the blind zone ahead, and swerve back into the person running in the middle.
Unknown sudden lange changes? use GPS
Clunker? don’t drive a car that’s unsafe
Already speeding? doesn’t much matter, if everyone else on the road is going faster, you’re putting yourself in danger.
Driving slower in the middle should only be done as an exception, for your own safety.
Not even the f’ing middle lane. If I’m in the left lane, and y’know, actually PASSING vehicles that are in the right then that’s where I should be. In many cases it’s an uphill and I’m passing a bunch of rigs.
In most cases I’m admittedly going a bit over the limit (just to pass quickly and minimize the time I’m sitting within a blind spot, especially with the rigs), yet there’s always and idiot that’s behind me trying to do 20%+ over the limit riding my ass.
People like the are in a hurry to they’re own funeral
Those people are wrong. On a 3+ lane highway, the right lane is for entering or exiting, the left lane is for passing, and the middle lane(s) is for cruising. Unless you’re like, only doing 55 or something, in which case just get off the interstate and take surface streets.
US defaultism much?
You know, I was tempted to note (US) after the lanes. I see now that people get angry if you don’t. The logic still applies though. The first lane is for entering/exiting. The middle are for cruising, driving a steady pace near the speed limit. The inside is for passing.
If there is an open lane to the inside, the person trying to pass someone already doing a reasonable pace should be the one making the change. If there’s not, then yeah, the slower vehicle needs to go ahead and move over.
You’ll get ticketed for that in the UK. Keep left (right) unless overtaking.
And compared to continental Europe, UK motorways are a horror show of asshats cruising in the middle lane with not a care in the world…
Because our dumb as fuck cops dont ticket them for it. I would LOVE to see people start to be ticketed, and even given points, for middle lane hogging.