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yeah, exactly what i was saying

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It is my take that if you are going the speed limit in the left lane you are not breaking the law and therefore going as fast as you should be. Therefore I am not getting over for someone who is on my ass I am going to slow down to piss you off.

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This is what I figured you people are thinking. Well, HI, I like to do more than just the speed limit. By staying in the left lane you are breaking the law, because if I want to break the law you should just get the [censored] over and let me.

I really have no tolerance for people like you. Someday I will mount a machine gun on the roof of my car and you will die by my hand. Yes.

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It is my take that if you are going the speed limit in the left lane you are not breaking the law and therefore going as fast as you should be. Therefore I am not getting over for someone who is on my ass I am going to slow down to piss you off.

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This is what I figured you people are thinking. Well, HI, I like to do more than just the speed limit. By staying in the left lane you are breaking the law, because if I want to break the law you should just get the [censored] over and let me.

I really have no tolerance for people like you. Someday I will mount a machine gun on the roof of my car and you will die by my hand. Yes.

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lol.

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It is my take that if you are going the speed limit in the left lane you are not breaking the law and therefore going as fast as you should be.

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This video is so apt right now.

(Bunch of college kids drive the speed limit on the highway, hilarity ensues.)

Oh, and you're a douche!

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I think you need to be more realistic. The far left lane is not only for passing. I doubt more than the crazyest few use it 100% for this purpose.

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Boom Boom,

the thing is, if you're in the left hand lane, and someone comes up behind you traveling at a rate of speed greater than your own, you should get the hell out of that lane.

This is common sense, but common sense often ISN'T these days.

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Boom Boom,

the thing is, if you're in the left hand lane, and someone comes up behind you traveling at a rate of speed greater than your own, you should get the hell out of that lane.

This is common sense, but common sense often ISN'T these days.

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I agree with this 100%.

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I think you need to be more realistic. The far left lane is not only for passing. I doubt more than the crazyest few use it 100% for this purpose.

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It is just for passing. In Germany (so I'm told), everyone follows that convention. In the US, seemingly no one does. But proper driving is that the left lane is for passing only.

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3. when theres a long line for an exit and you have to get off, get in line like everybody else. dont ride in the middle lane until the last second and try to cut in. you are the reason the traffic grinds to a halt at most of the friggin exits, youre the jerkoff who is stopped in a through lane waiting for a spot to sneak in to the exit lane. you should be shot.

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If execution was ever legalized this would be the offense that it was designed for.

Another sore spot for me: If you have a merge sign in your lane you are required to find a safe spot to merge. The other lane is not required to make room for you as you cut in at the last second.

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i dont care about this and dont get angry unless im driving up the 5 to the bay area from LA or to vegas from LA and people refuse to move over for me. its annoying to me because i move over for people driving fast behind me.

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If I'm doing >20 over the speed limit in the left lane, moving significantly faster than traffic to my right, I'm NOT squeezing over into a lane full of drivers at 55 so the jackass behind me doing 90 can go around. Sorry.

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George Carlin:

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

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marchron,

you are in the wrong here.

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Notice that the only disagreements with the SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT, PASS ON THE LEFT rule of the roads are:

MA - The State filled with absolute worse drivers.
FL - The old retired people State.
GA - The dumb redneck State
TX - The even dumber redneck State

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Just jealous because you can't keep up.

And I'm not saying to pass on the right, or not to stay on the right if you are driving 55 mph. My point is that, here in Mass (esp the eastern part) the roads are too crowded to stay out of the left lane when attempting to travel normally most of the time. So you may end up travelling in the leftest lane for miles at a time, usually passing cars the entire way.

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3. when theres a long line for an exit and you have to get off, get in line like everybody else. dont ride in the middle lane until the last second and try to cut in. you are the reason the traffic grinds to a halt at most of the friggin exits, youre the jerkoff who is stopped in a through lane waiting for a spot to sneak in to the exit lane. you should be shot.

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If execution was ever legalized this would be the offense that it was designed for.

Another sore spot for me: If you have a merge sign in your lane you are required to find a safe spot to merge. The other lane is not required to make room for you as you cut in at the last second.

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With regards to this, I have a 3 car rule. After I turn on my turn signal to get into the exit lane, if one of the first 3 cars doens't let me in, I'm going to the front.

Btw, once I'm in the exit lane, I will let any car with it's turn signal on merge in front of me. If everyone was actually intelligent and polite enough to do this, then great drivers like me wouldn't be forced to go all the way to the front and cut in.

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it is now illegal to do this in Illinois from what I understand. a friend was recently ticketed for riding too slow in the left lane, thus holding up the flow of traffic. this was on a highway, not an interstate.

i'm in complete agreement with the OP except that if I'm passin' everybody I'm just gonna stay in the left lane until somebody is on my ass. once i see them approaching in the rear view i'm very good about moving.

i wish more thought this way.

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GA - The dumb redneck State

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nh sir

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TX - The even dumber redneck State

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vnh sir

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Boom Boom,

the thing is, if you're in the left hand lane, and someone comes up behind you traveling at a rate of speed greater than your own, you should get the hell out of that lane.

This is common sense, but common sense often ISN'T these days.

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This is so odd to read, as doing this is mostly impossible in rush hour Seattle traffic.

My point of view is this.

A- I live in a city where the left lane is not for passing, but it's the fast lane

B- I drive as fast as I can and still be safe. I consider myself to be the arbiter of safe speed.

C- If you're going faster than me, you're clearly going TOO FAST and should slow down.

D- If I can, I'll move over.

E- If I can't move over, and you're riding my bumper, I'll be slowing down to a speed that will annoy the living [censored] out of you. Enjoy!

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People from Illinois suck at driving. So much so that we have an acronym for them here in Wisconsin. F***ing Illinois Bastards. Drive correctly, damnit!

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B- I drive as fast as I can and still be safe. I consider myself to be the arbiter of safe speed.

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What is up with all you guys thinking you know what speed is safe?

In my truck, 90 isn't safe. In a Ferrari, it's barely going.

You are not the arbiter of safe speed for anyone but yourself.

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Shajen,

I am Dids.

Hope this helps.

(it's less about which car you're driving than the pace of the traffic around you)

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I think you need to be more realistic. The far left lane is not only for passing. I doubt more than the crazyest few use it 100% for this purpose.

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It is just for passing. In Germany (so I'm told), everyone follows that convention. In the US, seemingly no one does. But proper driving is that the left lane is for passing only.

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Then no one inthe US drives "properly?" At that point, it's time to re-define proper, and I stand by my original statement.

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Shajen,

I am Dids.

Hope this helps.

(it's less about which car you're driving than the pace of the traffic around you)

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I agree that the traffic around you has everything to do with being a safe and responsible driver.

However, too many people (on interstates, open highways) hog the left hand lane. Doing this is retarted.

(and yeah, I know you're dids. Typically I agree with what you say)

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If I was a cop no matter what my specific area of responsibility I'd spend like 1 day a week just [censored] around with people who cut onto onramps. I imagine that would be fun for like a year or so, or until I got fired.

Get in line at the appropriate time(it's not like the onramp is going to catch you by surprise), cutting into a lane when there is a large speed difference is very dangerous and tremendously annoying to both the people on the ramp and the poor guy behind you.

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my take on this is that if you are in the left lane, you should be riding the bumper of the car in front of you until he changes lanes.

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I usually drive faster than most of the drivers on the road, but when someone does this to me, I slow the [censored] down just to piss them off. Keep your distance and I have no problems getting over to let you pass. Ride my ass and I'm not going anywhere. Unless of course you try to pass me to the right, then I downshift and hit the gas.

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You, sir, deserve to be shot. I agree with tailgating being terrible (probably the cause of most accidents), but if someone gets the chance to tailgate you that means that you already failed to shift over a lane, making you the jackass. Accelerating to not let them pass you on the right is the reason you need to be shot.

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F- that - I'm with PokerAce on this one.
It depends on how open the road is I guess. If there is all open road then yes - you are a deuchebag if you speed up when somebody tries to pass on the right.
But when some spaztic assclown has to pass 1 car just so he can cut in front of the very car he's passing and then jam on the brakes and go nowhere in a traffic jam - you bet your ass I'm going to speed up and not let them cut me off.

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i dont care about this and dont get angry unless im driving up the 5 to the bay area from LA or to vegas from LA and people refuse to move over for me. its annoying to me because i move over for people driving fast behind me.

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Yeah, this applies more to the 5 in the middle of nowhere than on the 405 through LA.

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theres 3 types of people on my ideal road.

People in the right lane
Me, driving MINION in the left lane from twisted metal.
And the people 200yd's ahead i blew up with rockets and napalm.

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People from Illinois suck at driving. So much so that we have an acronym for them here in Wisconsin. F***ing Illinois Bastards. Drive correctly, damnit!

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HAHAHAHA
Wisconsin is the worst place to drive. It seems the only time anyone it that state uses the left lane properly is when they have a liscense plate from a different state. My 6 hour drive to Spooner WI this summer was turned into an 8 hour trip because because the moran cheesehead is in the left lane going exactly the same speed as the semi in the right.

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My 6 hour drive to Spooner WI this summer was turned into an 8 hour trip because because the moran cheesehead is in the left lane going exactly the same speed as the semi in the right.

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...and then you went on tilt because you realized you spent 8 hours driving, only to end up in [censored] Spooner? Silly FIB.<font color=" white">Just a guess</font>

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my take on this is that if you are in the left lane, you should be riding the bumper of the car in front of you until he changes lanes.

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I usually drive faster than most of the drivers on the road, but when someone does this to me, I slow the [censored] down just to piss them off. Keep your distance and I have no problems getting over to let you pass. Ride my ass and I'm not going anywhere. Unless of course you try to pass me to the right, then I downshift and hit the gas.

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Why does everyone take everything so personally and have to be a dick about everything?

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my take on this is that if you are in the left lane, you should be riding the bumper of the car in front of you until he changes lanes.

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4. if theres a cop on the side of the road and has somebody pulled over, you dont need to slow down. hes not going to jump in his car and chase you down. hes busy, keep driving.


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just so you know and you do not get a ticket, you are from texas right? here's the law in texas (not as certain for the other states, though i believe its the same):

if a cop has pulled over a driver on a HIGHWAY you have two choices if you are in the immediate lane next to where he is giving the citation (the right lane), 1) slow down to 35 MPH b/c that is now the speed limit in that lane no matter what the speed limit of the highway is, 2) change lanes into the middle or left lane.

if you pass a cop in the right lane when he is pulled over arresting or issuing any type of citation he can give you a ticket for going 70 in a 35 even if the highway speed limit is 70MPH.

as for residential or city streets the speed limit goes down as well, i am just not as familiar with the actual law.

***i guess i will add mine since i am already posting: the drivers that bother me are the ones that do not enter the highways fast enough. they get onto the entrance ramps and simply go the same speed they were going so when they get onto the highways they cause traffic jams and then become hazardous. for those who don't know this, THE SPEED LIMIT ON AN ENTRANCE RAMP IS THAT OF THE HIGHWAY YOU ARE ENTERING, if the speed limit of the highway is 70 you can actually go 70 MPH on the entrance ramp, its hard to do, but its not illegal. this is because it helps aid in the flow traffic.

~td

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People from Illinois suck at driving. So much so that we have an acronym for them here in Wisconsin. F***ing Illinois Bastards. Drive correctly, damnit!

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wow, i always thought you called us FIBS because you couldn't think of a better repsonse to "cheese heads". that or because we consistently own you in every way.

snap.

you do have great disc golf courses though. keep up the good work.

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i'm in complete agreement with the OP except that if I'm passin' everybody I'm just gonna stay in the left lane until somebody is on my ass. once i see them approaching in the rear view i'm very good about moving.


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Nah, when somebody is on your ass in the left lane, that means you have a wingman now, and can comfortably go like 120 with him. Using a wingman basically reduces the chance of a speeding ticket down to nothing, and it makes those long rides less boring if you can continually race someone down the highway.

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i was on a four lane about three weeks ago and there was one car in the right lane and then a line of about 30 cars in the left lane going .5mph faster than the single car in the right lane which was going 5mph below the speed limit

i passed them all, the guy in front flashed his headlights at me, but i didn't feel like spending 20 extra minutes driving to entertain someone else's idea of respectable, i didn't mean anything personally by my passing them, but i'm losing 20 minutes for their collective gain of 5 seconds

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i forgot one
21. you do not need to back into parking spaces. you definitely do not back into parking sopaces at 7-eleven. this is simply retarted. theres people driving in and out and they dont need to wait for you to back into a spot, especially since it takes you forever to figure out how to do it.

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If you are turning left, get over to the left part of your lane. DO NOT move to the right before you turn left. (vice versa for right turns).

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i'm in complete agreement with the OP except that if I'm passin' everybody I'm just gonna stay in the left lane until somebody is on my ass. once i see them approaching in the rear view i'm very good about moving.


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Nah, when somebody is on your ass in the left lane, that means you have a wingman now, and can comfortably go like 120 with him. Using a wingman basically reduces the chance of a speeding ticket down to nothing, and it makes those long rides less boring if you can continually race someone down the highway.

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This is only true for the guy behind. The guy in front is the one who will get pulled over. Also the guy in back isn't completely safe. I was following a guy once, then a third person came in and I dropped to 3rd in line. We passed a cop going about 90, he pulls over the first guy, me and the second guy pass just as the cop is getting out of his car. He points at the second guy and motions him to the side of the road. The cop was still halfway in his car so you'd have to assume he was ready to ignore car 1 and bust car 2 for more than speeding if he didn't pull over. Car 2 is smart and pulls over. Pretty nice move by the cop I thought. I wasn't pulled over.

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Boom Boom,

the thing is, if you're in the left hand lane, and someone comes up behind you traveling at a rate of speed greater than your own, you should get the hell out of that lane.

This is common sense, but common sense often ISN'T these days.

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This is so odd to read, as doing this is mostly impossible in rush hour Seattle traffic.

My point of view is this.

A- I live in a city where the left lane is not for passing, but it's the fast lane

B- I drive as fast as I can and still be safe. I consider myself to be the arbiter of safe speed.

C- If you're going faster than me, you're clearly going TOO FAST and should slow down.

D- If I can, I'll move over.

E- If I can't move over, and you're riding my bumper, I'll be slowing down to a speed that will annoy the living [censored] out of you. Enjoy!

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I lived in Seattle last summer and it is most likely the worst place in the world to drive. No one knows how to drive, no one pulls over to the right, and everyone goes 10 mph under the speed limit. As for (B) and (C)...why are you the arbiter, what makes you special?