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[kelmac07]

Good on you Jeff!! I do the same thing with a$$holes who want to play NASCAR on the roads.

[shark]

Sorry! I had to get an install done. My pet peeve are the right lane passers on the freeway, flying along until they get to merging traffic, then they force their way over to the middle lane. Or the ones who insist on staying in the left lane right alongside me, with no traffic in front of either of us. Just recently I had someone doing just that. I speed up, so do they, I slow down, so do they until finally they get away from me and take off like a maniac down the road, only to get pulled over by the police about 2 miles down the road. Ahhh haaaaaa!!!!

[Gophernut]

Originally Posted by shark

Sorry! I had to get an install done. My pet peeve are the right lane passers on the freeway, flying along until they get to merging traffic, then they force their way over to the middle lane. Or the ones who insist on staying in the left lane right alongside me, with no traffic in front of either of us. Just recently I had someone doing just that. I speed up, so do they, I slow down, so do they until finally they get away from me and take off like a maniac down the road, only to get pulled over by the police about 2 miles down the road. Ahhh haaaaaa!!!!

Gotta love karma!

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by shark

My pet peeve are the right lane passers on the freeway

And mine are the people who putt along 10-20 MPH under the speed limit in the left lane. If you're going to drive slow, stay in the right lane.

[Zeuceone]

Originally Posted by Stephen

And mine are the people who putt along 10-20 MPH under the speed limit in the left lane. If you're going to drive slow, stay in the right lane.

Slow traffic move over. It'll take a few seconds to move over and you can both be on your merry way.

[shark]

Originally Posted by Stephen

And mine are the people who putt along 10-20 MPH under the speed limit in the left lane. If you're going to drive slow, stay in the right lane.

I've been noticing that with higher gas prices now, there have been a a lot of times where people seem to be running some sort of rolling road block on the freeways. 70 MPH limit, and all three lanes are occupied by people doing only 50 to 55, with a huge gap of about a quarter mile in front of them. And they like to try to keep people from passing, too. If a gap forms, they speed up to close it off. Then you have a traffic jam forming behind this, with people jockeying around trying to get around it, or trying to get to the right to exit.

[357]

Originally Posted by shark

I've been noticing that with higher gas prices now, there have been a a lot of times where people seem to be running some sort of rolling road block on the freeways. 70 MPH limit, and all three lanes are occupied by people doing only 50 to 55, with a huge gap of about a quarter mile in front of them. And they like to try to keep people from passing, too. If a gap forms, they speed up to close it off. Then you have a traffic jam forming behind this, with people jockeying around trying to get around it, or trying to get to the right to exit.

These people I call "Traffic Anchors". I can't stand them. I only call them that to give them the benefit of the doubt. What doubt? Well I have to assume they are oblivious to the fact they are dragging down the flow of traffic. I'm pretty sure this is a citable offense known as impeding traffic. If I did not assume they were oblivious, I would have to think worse; that they were the interstate "nanny" protecting me from going as fast as I want. Newsflash for that guy, going 5 mph over, or impeding is just as illegal as going 10 mph over. One might carry a higher fine, but both are still technically illegal. So, get over yourself.

Originally Posted by replicant_argent

And if you are going to drive fast, stay in the right lane. Unless you are passing.

That is what the left lane is for.

QFT. This is a fact. Too bad LEO do not enforce this more rigidly. Then people wouldn't have to pass on the right. My pet peeve is that everyone wants to drive 5 mph under the limit in the passing lane, the 10-15 mph under are in the middle, and NOBODY is in the right lane. As far as I know it is not illegal to pass on the right in Michigan, so this situation prompts me to do just that.

Originally Posted by OLS

It's really hard to imagine one of those guys being in a hurry, when your appointments are "between 8 and 12 and
between 12 and 4" and you get there are 5:30pm and waste someone else's entire day.

8-12? DTV told me to be home between January and March.

[loki]

Originally Posted by Stephen

And mine are the people who putt along 10-20 MPH under the speed limit in the left lane. If you're going to drive slow, stay in the right lane.

i only pass on the right if i have to...if you cant figure out what my flashing lights and honking horn means then you shouldn't be driving

[Zeuceone]

Originally Posted by loki

i only pass on the right if i have to...if you cant figure out what my flashing lights and honking horn means then you shouldn't be driving

So you are not drafting me??

[loki]

Originally Posted by Zeuceone

So you are not drafting me??

depends on what you're driving

[themoneycollector]

Originally Posted by loki

i only pass on the right if i have to...if you cant figure out what my flashing lights and honking horn means then you shouldn't be driving

This is one of the ones I hate.

When people are flashing their lights and honking as they are riding in the passing lane thinking everyone has to get out of their way because they are honking and flashing their lights. It's a passing lane, not a go-fast lane.

[loki]

Originally Posted by themoneycollector

This is one of the ones I hate.

When people are flashing their lights and honking as they are riding in the passing lane thinking everyone has to get out of their way because they are honking and flashing their lights. It's a passing lane, not a go-fast lane.

when you've planted your ass there for the better part of a mile with plenty of room to get over you get what you get. if it was legal i'd run them off the road. the speed limit on most of the interstate that I drive in VA is 70, the cops give you 80 I set my cruise on 75...if I have to scrub off 10 miles an hour because you've decided to have a camp fire in the left hand lane you're going to get honked at/flashed. you want to put along, stay in the right lane or middle lane if there is one.

i don't get riled up about people being in the left lane and not getting over right away. people get distracted, you forget where you are, it happens. but when you clearly have someone behind you who is trying to get past....MOVE THE **** OVER! if you're not passing someone get out of the lane

[shark]

Originally Posted by loki

when you've planted your ass there for the better part of a mile with plenty of room to get over you get what you get. if it was legal i'd run them off the road. the speed limit on most of the interstate that I drive in VA is 70, the cops give you 80 I set my cruise on 75...if I have to scrub off 10 miles an hour because you've decided to have a camp fire in the left hand lane you're going to get honked at/flashed. you want to put along, stay in the right lane or middle lane if there is one.

i don't get riled up about people being in the left lane and not getting over right away. people get distracted, you forget where you are, it happens. but when you clearly have someone behind you who is trying to get past....MOVE THE **** OVER! if you're not passing someone get out of the lane

Exactly, especially if the left lane lurker is pacing slower moving traffic, causing a traffic jam, like I mentioned. I see it all the time, especially on I-94 through Detroit.

[OLS]

Originally Posted by themoneycollector

When people are flashing their lights and honking as they are riding in the passing lane thinking everyone has to get out of their way because they are honking and flashing their lights. It's a passing lane, not a go-fast lane.

I disagree. I hate a D()ck as much as the next person, but if you are blocking the fast lane,
you should get the hell out of it, whether the person is going too fast for your taste or not.
When people adopt the position you have advocated, THIS is when you get these punk dumases
weaving in and out of 3-5 lanes of traffic at 90 talking on the cell phone, barely clearing car's bumpers.
The fact that they are jack-asses does not mean you should be one, too, and block them.
EVERYBODY can't be an a55hole. Leave that to the pros.

[themoneycollector]

Originally Posted by OLS

I disagree. I hate a D()ck as much as the next person, but if you are blocking the fast lane,
you should get the hell out of it, whether the person is going too fast for your taste or not.
When people adopt the position you have advocated, THIS is when you get these punk dumases
weaving in and out of 3-5 lanes of traffic at 90 talking on the cell phone, barely clearing car's bumpers.
The fact that they are jack-asses does not mean you should be one, too, and block them.
EVERYBODY can't be an a55hole. Leave that to the pros.

Oh no, I move out of their way. Hell I let those guys pass just because I'd rather have them way in front of me than anywhere near me.

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by Stephen

And mine are the people who putt along 10-20 MPH under the speed limit in the left lane with their right turn signal on.

Fixed that for you.
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[replicant_argent]

Originally Posted by Stephen

And mine are the people who putt along 10-20 MPH under the speed limit in the left lane. If you're going to drive slow, stay in the right lane.

And if you are going to drive fast, stay in the right lane. Unless you are passing.

That is what the left lane is for.

[TBone]

Originally Posted by replicant_argent

And if you are going to drive fast, stay in the right lane. Unless you are passing.

That is what the left lane is for.

[Genetic Defect]

I thought it was normal to drive like one in NY

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by replicant_argent

And if you are going to drive fast, stay in the right lane. Unless you are passing.

That is what the left lane is for.

Exactly. Some people are just in love with that left lane for some reason. I drive in it as little as possible, you know, to let people with lead feet pass, and to let officers of the law easily catch up to said people with lead feet.