I was taking my driver's test and got instructed by my examiner to move into the left lane. I did so, and passed one car and immediately got over to the right lane on my own. Immediately my examiner said "Excuse me, I did not ask you to move back to the right lane!" I called her out saying that I was just obeying the law and it was mandatory for me to move back to the right. She was super chill once I said that though.
how about warning for first violation, and warning for second violation, $100 fine for 3rd violation, 30 hours community service plus $100 fine for 4th violation. most people drive on the left lane because they don't know better, so educate them. then you fine them. and take times away from them cuz those who drive fast on left lane probably value their time more than their money. if you make $1000 per day, i can see why you would speed everywhere
I saw someone get pulled over for camping out in the left lane and when an unmarked cop just flashed his high beams at the guy to get him to move over, the driver brake checked the cop..... Ooopsie!!
I sit behind them and freak the fuck out, they love it. Its pathetic. THEY CAUSE ACCIDENTS! I am a very aware and "athletic" driver who gives everyone space but people don't return the safety of space in return. They cause people to dart in and around traffic because they are driving 50 fucking mph in the middle of the highway its extremely dangerous.
Notice how the reporter said tailgating is the number 1 cause of road rage. If someone is being a left lane hog, then the car behind will likely tailgate until the lane hog moves over or the tailgater has enough and passes on the right. So lane hogging causes road rage, which causes tailgating, which causes more road rage.
Craig McPherson I tailgated a dipshit hipster millennial for hogging the left lane and he gave me a brake check. I still fantasize of stuffing my fist in his face
Aside from extreme lane hogging situations, it's way worse for people to tailgate and get raged that it is to lane hog. If you can't hold back 20 seconds without getting raged then you have problems and the wrong head space for driving with.
Biplav Shrestha if you're blocking somebody in an emergency and that emergency causes them to go into a rage they can kill you legally.Heat of passion is a mental state provoked by fear, rage, anger or terror that, combined with adequate provocation, is a defense to the crimes of first and second degree murder. Provocation, in order to be adequate, must be such as might naturally cause a reasonable person in the passion of the moment to lose self-control and act on impulse and without reflection.
eric wsmith you can't say nobody does!!! that's what this whole conversation is about is us watching videos of people getting tickets for what you're insisting nobody gets. very strange opinion you have that what you see happening isn't happen.
thelittlepilgrim _ Yes, at one time long ago people would just pass in the left lane. They would happily move to the right after passing. Now this country is full of self entitled idiots who do what they want. This is causing states to make the left lane laws. When in the past this was just common curtesy. No law state I have to move over to let someone on the freeway but people do out of common curtesy.
1:20- “as soon as you pass, move over”? Not until you give passed car room, usually 3 car lengths at the minimum, at highway speeds. 2 tractor trailer lengths minimum. For any reason you have to stop suddenly, that truck will crush you if you cut him off.
People in Ohio are the worst out of every state that I have been to, so it makes sense that they cannot comprehend simple driving laws and etiquette. It has been many years, so I do not remember the driving experience. I do however remember every personal interaction I had with others there. That is why I have not and will not ever go back. There are other routes to take to get to the northeast.
@@1speed2racer7 ahhh that makes sense, I was about to ask what in the hell you were doing in Ohio. But then you said you were driving THROUGH that dump
On the Autobahn not getting over for faster approaching cars is bigger violation then speeding and also not passing on the left is a bigger violation then speeding. We have it backwards here in USA.
The Autobahn is built to handle high speeds. It's extremely smooth, wider lanes, better safety design, and we're talking about local vehicles of high quality. Not some shit Dodge or Ford. Also you don't see trailers, SUVs, and pickups there speeding along. With all of that in mind, it's rare anyone does go insane for speeding. Because it's all around a stupid thing to do. Just American tourists mostly who do it.
Yup. Stationed over there for 4 years. first thing one learns is how to do 4 way stops and second is stay right on the highways. You pass and get over, no excuses. You do not even stay over in the left if you want to pass a row of cars. Pass one and get over, then pass again. One does not stay in the left at all, unless they are opened up flying, which you can do because the left is open and people cannot go into the left if they see someone approaching at high speed. Germans follow the laws and they will call the police on your plate and the police will respond.
That's not true. The law applies whether it's enforced or not. People just have the ideology that it's legal unless you get caught. But that thinking is incorrect.
1Klooch and here you see that law being enforced on this video that we're watching that we're discussing I'm not sure how so many people can be so unbelievably stupid and blind to watch the police and forcing it on a video and if you look at TH-cam there are hundreds and hundreds of videos of people posting Slowpoke laws being enforced and the viewers are watching this saying just like you know I don't believe what I see. I don't believe they will ever do what they're telling me that they've already started doing
Dear God. The law in much of the country is clearly stated in the video and some of you are still arguing it? The speed limit has nothing to do with it. Left lane is for passing ONLY! Common sense applies on multi lane highways= go with the flow of traffic for the lane you are in, each lane to the left hopefully moving slightly faster than the lane to the right, again leaving the far left lane for PASSING ONLY! Anticipate your exit from freeways so that you have merged to the right at the prevailing speed to be ready to exit without causing traffic disruption. Follow the above simple plan and watch how smoothly traffic will flow. Remember, it's not up to you, the ordinary citizen, to actively try to force others to obey traffic laws. Call the police if you witness a problem and steer clear of foolish drivers. DO NOT knowingly block other drivers from changing lanes or speeding, etc. Nothing good will come of it.
Here are the actual state by state laws: www.google.com/amp/jalopnik.com/5501615/left-lane-passing-laws-a-state-by-state-map/amp?client=safari. But I'd like to add that you can't say it's common sense to apply the law in a place where it doesn't exist. As you said, people can't make up their own laws. People can't expect "keep right except to pass" rule to be in effect if the state doesn't have that rule. In those cases, each lane is both a passing and a traveling lane.
thelittlepilgrim The way I read that, in all but a handful of states, the rule is "get the hell over". I lived in KS for a few years and they started ticketing people for blocking traffic in the left lane. I think it's common sense to get over. The few states that have nothing on the books, really should. Traffic "flows" and road systems are designed with this in mind. I'm often surprised people have no concept of blocking traffic, or will even consider themselves the passing lane police, figuring they should stop everyone from speeding.
they do not care, they are too puffed with self righteous indignation to give a damn about impeding. nevermind that it creates more dangers than one who is speeding, in their little hypocritical minds, they are in the right.
People seem to be mixing up speed limit and passing lane. They're completely irrelevant to eachother and you cannot compare them at all. If you're not PASSING, you move to the right. It doesn't matter if you're doing the speed limit or 50 above the speed limit. When you're approaching someone going slower, you move to the left, pass them, then pull back to the right. The law says move over, not be the speeding vigilante and slow down the flow of traffic because you're "already doing 15 above, why should I pull over?" Here on Long Island, NY, the speed limit is 55 MPH on I-495. But during the morning rush hour, the flow of traffic can be upwards of 80 MPH depending on traffic. Again, if you're not PASSING, you stay out of the PASSING lane.
On the way back I encountered some dude on Wantagh going southbound who for some reason switched to the left lane when two guys were about to pass him (when he had nothing but open lane in the right). The 1st guy behind him ended up tailgating because of how slow he was (especially for Wantagh which is consistently empty--seriously it's the one highway on Long Island I've gone up to 80 on, and I only just got my license in August) and the 2nd guy had to pass him to the right.
There is no law or statute or rule that says I must move over to accomodate a speeding car unless it is an emergency vehicle with lights and siren. When I see an official highway sign that says "left lane is for cars that are speeding only" I may consider moving over. Until then I will continue to drive in the left hand lane at the exact speed limit.
@@obxjeepguy Is that some kind of a veiled threat, jeepguy? The only problem on the highway is hot headed, impatient speed hogs like you . Why do you think you are entitled to speed all the time. Just who the hell do you think you are, speedhog.
@@williardbillmore5713 You ever saw a sign that says "Slower traffic keep right" or "Left lane for passing only". Yes several states have laws that state what you do are illegal. You are an ignorant prick.
See, you can't do this in Germany because if someone comes behind you doing 250 km/h and you don't move out of their way, you die. It's that simple. That's why people respect the law.
Tuddec This is exactly what I tell people that don't understand this rule. Just go drive in Germany for a day and you'll never get in the left lane again haha
German drivers are more likely to know the rules of the road as the testing for receiving a license is much more stringent than it is in most of the world. In North America all you need to get a license is a pulse.
You can't undertake in most counties, except the US. I learned to drive in Germany and feel far more comfortable at 160 kph on the Autobahn than I do at much slower speeds on the American Interstate.
I COMPLETELY AGREE. There would be many fewer "speeding accidents" that are just people who want to reasonably go faster because limits are to low trying to pass unsafely because people don't follow keep right laws. That being said, I think another part of the "speeding" causes accidents "rhetoric " is the fact that speeders are part of two groups: 1. those who go faster "responsibly," following all other laws and 2. Those who just don't care about safety/the law. I think the second group brings up the number of "speeding" crashes.
@@jimbritttn Hey Jim. In Poland, a nation which used to be communist controlled, the standard rural divided speed limit is 87mph (140km/hr) with it being common that drivers go a little faster before getting tickets. And it's not just Poland. There are surprising number of European countries with 80mph speed limits. France is one of them. We free Americans, who live in the land of the big, on the other hand, have 70mph. And rely on the mercy of peace workers to go any faster. It's not okay to be able to be stopped for something normal like that. I know you probably don't mean exactly what you wrote since that would be "cruel and unusual."
As someone who did get pulled over for being in the left lane except when passing, and was ticketed ($105) for it a while back, I didn't understand it at first, but after looking into it more, it kind of makes sense, and it was a lesson learned. Hogging the left lane is obstructive, dangerous, and causes problems for everybody on the road.
@jimbritttn it doesn’t matter if you’re going the speed limit. If you’re in the left lane and not actively passing someone or turning, you’re breaking the law. Nobody expects you to break the speed limit. They expect you to move to the right
I agree that it should be enforced, but there are other things that bring legitimacy too. For example, although it's not illegal to curse out an old lady... no one is going to do it because they see it as bad (and stupid.)
Stephen yeah...totally not endangering other drivers behind the tailgater. Seriously, why can't you pull right? It's the passing lane, so let people pass you there!
Yeah, you and only you own the highway. Drivers like you are what cause other drivers to lose control and crash, often causing many fatalities. I can't believe I actually fell for your troll tactic, but oh well, I'll fight you now :)
I was traveling I75 north near Ocala, FL and there was a left lane hog with a driver right on his tail. Finally the driver had enough and went to pass the left lane hog, but was too close and clipped the bumper. The front car spun out of control and rolled 7 or 8 times. We went to go check on her. It was an old lady. Her engine caught fire and we had to drag her out and away from the car. Even though the passing driver hit her, it still goes to show what lady lane hoggery can do.
Listen to the news story listen to the police, stop arguing pointless details like speeding and speed limits which has nothing to do with the topic whatsoever. Keep right except to pass. slower traffic keep right. Notice the consistent word here is KEEP. This is the very ignorance everyone is ignoring the word keep and stupidly arguing empty unrelated excuses to ignore the most important word here keep. why do so many people think that this news story is so wrong?
richgs76 If you’re in the left lane and passing cars, then you aren’t doing anything wrong. You are not obligated to speed up or move over as long as you are still passing!
If you're not paying attention (doing something other than driving), or are unaware of where you are and what's around you, you have no business driving a vehicle of any kind on America's highways. If you know what you're doing and don't care; i.e., are too selfish and inconsiderate to do the right thing and stay out of the passing lane, you have no business driving a vehicle of any kind on America's highways. I will never understand why people drive in the passing lane for no reason. ...and before any of you left-lane lovers use this argument, let me address it right now: THE SPEED AT WHICH YOU'RE TRAVELING OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT IS IRRELEVANT. THE SPEED AT WHICH OTHER DRIVERS ARE TRAVELING IS IRRELEVANT. It has nothing to do with speed, it has to do with COURTESY and CONSIDERATION.
thelittlepilgrim You are talking in terms of state & local laws. I'm talking in terms of common sense and nationally-accepted rules of common courtesy and consideration.
What you're talking about doesn't apply. You're looking at it like walking down a sidewalk or hallway. On the roads in a vehicle, laws apply. . Moreover, how courteous and considerate is it to speed (break the law) and force law abiders to change what they're doing? Common courtesy would be for everyone to follow the law and then after that, not inconvenience other drivers.
thelittlepilgrim Common courtesy also applies when we are driving vehicles. Most of the problems that occur on America's highways could be prevented if people acknowledged that there are people on the road other than them and drove accordingly. If someone is driving faster than you are, it does not affect you. Let them go by. You are not responsible for enforcing speed limits; most of which were arbitrarily selected by state and local governments so they'd have another source of income. However, if someone is driving in the passing lane without passing anyone; especially if they are riding next to a vehicle or vehicles in the right lane, they are impeding the flow of traffic. This causes traffic to back up in long lines of vehicles which are usually travelling bumper-to-bumper or very near it. This is far more dangerous than someone driving 5 or 10 mph over the speed limit. Simple common courtesy and consideration is not too much to ask for from people who should not have to be told to practice it.
But common courtesy would include not breaking the law, and if one is to break the law, not affect others. Speeding does affect others if it causes them to have to change lanes. The courteous thing to do would be for the speeder to do the lane changing. And you talk about other drivers knowing they're not the only ones: That would include lawbreakers knowing THEY'RE not the only ones, and to leave law abiding drivers alone. Yours or anyone's personal opinion of what the speed limit should be doesn't trump what it actually is. My main point is that the burden is on the lawbreaker, and law abiders shouldn't be hassled.
"As long as I am doing the speed limit, I can stay in the left lane as long as I want to!!!". What's even more annoying are those left lane bandits who stay in the left lane until the last possible moment and then scurry across five lanes to make the exit.....
I had to go around some lady who was camping out in the left lane a few days ago. she was keeping pace with the car next to her and so was absolutely not passing. about 5 miles and I had to go around. she then sped up after I passed and put her brights on and followed me for another five miles. She seemed to be happy to drive faster, as long as she was getting revenge... I didn't cut her off or anything. She just was angry that she was no longer able to set the speed in that lane and felt it was unfair that I took matters into my own hands.
Yeah, it's the tiny ego patrol usually does the left lane rolling. Little people are sad they are losers, they've gotta try and enforce their authority wherever they can. One day they'll do that shit to someone with less to lose, and then they'll be pitted into a median wall at high speeds. Videos of this all over youtube.
Thats when you get next to a sow ass car and block her from passing you. They’ll get the message, if they wanna keep playing games then it looks like the perfect time for an animal to cross the road causing you to emergency stop.
Some people still believe you can, legally, camp in the left lane as long as you want, as long as your speedometer shows that you’re driving the speed limit. Those people are wrong.
What gets me is when there are three lanes, EVERYONE avoids using the right lane, and hog the middle and left lanes. I kind of like it though, because it's almost like having my own personal lane, other than an occasional truck to pass once in a while.
In major cities I always ride in the second to the right lane that way I don't have to keep slowing down for people that merge on the highway but won't speed up to the flow of traffic
Yep, that's one of the biggest things I learned from sitting in MA rush-hour traffic. The left lane will be fully stopped while the middle and right-hand lanes keep moving, because no one wants to get stuck behind drivers getting off the interstate at off-ramps so they think "If I move to the left, I won't get stuck." Problem is, EVERYONE has that same thought and turns the passing lane into a parking lot. Once I learned where the heaviest congestion was, I made my move to the right-hand lane and got through it in good time while the other lanes were near-stopped.
Even more annoying is the people who going speeding in the left lane decide they have to dive out of it as soon as they can, cutting you off. I've given plenty of long honks and flashing lights for that crap. Quit being so scared of being in the lane for more than 5 seconds. But bogus news stories like this make people think they're going to get a fine. Even if you get pulled over, no court is going to uphold the ticket. It's stupid to have a law of the left lane being passing only.
I stay in the middle when going through major cities. I counted 11 on ramps within 5 min in OK City. Plus people go 30 plus over the limit. Cops patrol this area heavily. Don't want to risk a ticket and getting lost
At first I was like "WTF?! I always drive in the left lane, what's wrong with that?!" Then I realised here in the UK we drive on the other side of the road...
0:47 "...or some just don't care" Pretty much sums up a lot of them. That'd change if it were enforced more and they started getting cited for it. People really start caring when their pocketbook takes a hit.
My sister was notorious for this. It used to aggravate the shit out of me when riding shotgun. Twenty cars would be backed up behind her and I'd tell her to move over. She'd say, "I like this side. I don't like the right lane." Her bad driving killed her and she took her two dogs to the grave with her when she ran a stop in Oregon, was T-boned by a van and died instantly. Some drivers should take road tests annually.
I am sorry for your loss of your sister, but driving in the left lane and running a stop sign are two different issues. We all have lapses of judgment, running lights, speeding. You name it. I ran a stop sign and was ticketed, a tree branch had covered the sign. The judge said "the court finds you guilty as charged, fine is..." I even showed him pics of the tree branch covering the sign.
Before I retired from semi-truck driving? _'Hammer lane'_ drivers thinking they're doing good by driving EXACTLY the speed limit was the BANE of my days!
Something really has to be done in driver education if situation is like this in america. I'm from Finland myself and I havent ever had that problem, we have left lane for passing ONLY. You dont see lane huggers there.
Epicci the problem with the driver education in America is every time they start spreading the word of what we're supposed to do. rather than us following what we're being told, we just get violent about noticing the other people that aren't following what we wrer just told. every time they try to educate us it turns into road rage because of us blaming the other guy that's not obeying the one law that we cared about during the education process. This is what happens in America rather than us following instructions individually. You can tell that from the conversations on line hear that people are making every excuse they can to not have to obey any rules or etiquette themselves. people keep saying "but I'm not speeding" ... but I'm not speeding. " but I'm not speeding "... if you're not speeding then no other rules apply to them.... welcome to America where driver training is a little pamphlet that you get before you apply for your learner's license
I've talked to people who think they don't have to move over if they're going the speed limit. I've also noticed when people are getting pulled over, sometimes they pull off to the left of the road we were taught you always pull off to the right hand side
this is the one thing that aggravates me most about drivers. Camping out in the passing lane. No wonder there’s so many road rage incidents. Watch police chases and watch all the fools blocking police cars trying to get in front of them in the passing lane and they are totally oblivious as to what’s going on around them. How the hell did these fools get their drivers licenses?
deftone4u wont make any slightest difference, 4wheelers will do what ever they want to get to their job/grocery store/home fast as they can, speed limit has no affect on them.
Yall talkin about dumbasses sraying lefr lane yet yall dont know how to do the speed limit. Was in a construction for over 5mi and speed was 60 well you know what everyone else was doing...70 o but see a cop yall make the damn traffic come to a stop...sont get me started when shit is hapoenng on the opposite side of the interstate...yall shoupdnt be allowed on the roads i. The first damn place. I hate all of you
They TALK about this law,but don't ENFORCE IT!! I've seen Pa. State Police drive in the left lane for miles with absolutely no one on the right. Guess they're special.
The left lane is for passing, not for speeding. More people get this wrong than people who "hog" the left lane. No matter what lane you're in, if you're doing the speed limit you're not "holding anyone up", given of course that you yield properly to emergency vehicles
NC drivers are the worst at cruising in the left lane 🙄 they do it selfishly and have the mentality of ‘I’m going the speed limit so they can go around me on the right’
I drive in the left lane most of the time but I’m usually going 130km/h, so I’m usually passing people. If I see someone coming up behind me going faster than I am, I’ll move over to the right lane for them
No one follows driving laws or show any consideration for anyone else on the road... might as well clog that left lane too. The new rules are dont follow the rules.
Spliffer45 the left lane is for passing only, if I am going faster than you in the left lane that means I intend to pass you. If you do not move over then I am forced to slow down behind you until you move over.
Dear Gov. Abbott: if you passed a law making it a $500 fine for using the left lane for anything other than passing, or driving slow on a one-lane highway and refusing to pull out to allow faster drivers to pass, you would probably get elected Governor for Life. Hell, I'd pay an extra 10 bucks for my tabs to pay for another 5000 state troopers to enforce it. And add a provision for a lifetime license suspension for anyone who gets 3 or more citations for left lane camping.
Keep Right! Did any of you people commenting actually watch this video? This video that says that it's illegal to block faster speeding traffic. This video that says it's illegal to leave the right lane or enter the passing lane if you're not currently passing? and if you hold up other people you're breaking the law!! these people that are arguing this video that we just watch that says all this stuff is illegal. why are so many people saying that it's not illegal to block faster traffic when it is? and we have this video we just watched it says so. Move over and stay over.
Driving instructors here judge you based on how confident you look and as such everyone becomes confident they know the rules of the road. So when you are confronted with the actual rules one recoils as their head rules is what has worked for them and only that.
People that hold up the left lane are only dangerous because the speed limits aren't enforced. It's an unjust system when the reward for obeying traffic laws means you have to be in constant conflict with merging traffic and speeders get a clear path. As far as I'm concerned, it is impossible to impede traffic at or above the posted speed. So if someone driving at the legal speed is a problem to the flow of traffic, either the speed limit isn't being enforced or the speed limit needs to be raised.
Rules of the Road, it's a common sense part of rules of engagement on the roads. I'll take it a step further when I was teaching my son how to drive I implored him to drive at the prevailing speed of whichever lane he's in. Keeps us all safer.
"I pulled you over for driving in the passing lane" "...but i'm passing" "Who?" "That guy WAAAY up there... I was slowly gaining on him at a moderate rate when you stopped me"
The sad thing is that my police officer friend said that kind of statement will actually get you out of the ticket. Not that you would ever get pulled over for it in the first place.
Number 1 cause of road rage! Not #3. You're 100 times more likely to get a speeding ticket and 1000 times more likely to die in a cross-over accident in the left lane!
I think this is actually true for the middle lane two. If it's a three lane road the middle lane is also a passing lane!!! So much space is not used on the right lane because people think the middle lane is the "cruising lane." I use the right lane to cruise and I actually almost always am able to easily move faster than the middle lane.... that is until I get to the guy doing 65 in a 70 (when the speed limit really should be 80 lol.) I get it, there are situations, and the right lane is definitely the place to drive more slowly. But because the people use the middle lane even though there is clearly space in the right lane I'm blocked by passing by these people making it harder to follow what I understand to be the full keep right law.
My favorite people are the ones who enter a highway and then go immediately over 3 lanes into the passing lane and stay there. They’re always a barrel of laughs.
SPaoline4302 My point EXACTLY, if everyone in the other two lanes is doing the speed limit, then if you're being passed in the left lane, that person is speeding.
J Otto, there are hundreds of laws on the books in all states. You want all the laws to be enforced? Whose taxes do you want to raise to hire the cops to enforce all of the laws? That many cops would change the landscape of America real quick, it would be a police state.
I think the point was... If an officer is watching traffic with the radar or laser, then they should pull someone over for driving in the left lane and not just wait for a speeder.
I'm an older driver, and tend to drive the speed limit. It is NOT my job, nor anyone else's, to get in the left lane and make you drive the speed limit. If I think you are driving recklessly, I'll call 911 on you, but I'm going to stay out of your way, and in the right lane where I belong All cops care about are writing speeding tickets for profit. If they wanted to make a difference, they would write for following too closely, not signaling lane changes, and driving with parking lights on. Those are reckless driving, careless driving, and stupidity, in that order.
Historically, no one in the valley understands traffic laws and as such we had to surge up the police force to tackle this issue. However, at least initally those cops didnt even understand traffic laws as well. So we had cops breaking traffic laws in police cruizers setting a bad example. Driveing instructors here especially the under 18 ones were dog shit idiots that who would give counter intuitive rules and would loosely judge you solely based on how confident you seemed while driveing, rewarding fake it till you make it behavior. Thats why all those people interviewed are acting like they know the rules despite being dead ass wrong.
We do have similar drivers in Sweden but not nearly as bad as in the states, every driver here knows that the left lane is specifically meant for people who are in a hurry and that makes the right lane the "standard" lane, you'll fail the driving test if you stay on the left lane longer than you need to.
In Canada the law is the same, use the left lane only for passing, and pull over to the right and stop for emergency vehicles. Some road hogs just don't get it.
I don't think delusional drivers read signs. My state put the information on one of the digital kiosks on a highway that is notorious for left-lane drivers. It did not help at all. Morons still drove in the left lane. Even while passing the sign. I saw it every day.
There are four things that need to happen to alleviate this problem. 1. Driver training for ALL drivers, not just teens 17 and under. 2. Completely revamp what is being taught and make it similar to what is taught in Germany and raise the costs paid to the schools accordingly. 3. Make the exams for obtaining a license more intensive. 4. Increase fines for DUI/DWI to include jail time for repeat offenders, as well as for reckless driving, failing to yield for an emergency vehicle, impeding traffic (which would include left lane hogs) and distracted driving.
+Tom My - NO, LEARN TO DRIVE! If that was the case than the Autobahn would have the MOST accidents of anywhere as it is a highway system with NO SPEED LIMIT. Drive on the right, pass on the left and no speed limit is necessary. It is ignorant, clueless drivers who don't look in their rearview mirror on the highway that are causing the accidents AND the traffic jams. MOVE OVER!
+Tom My - see my last comment, then read this copy/paste of someone else commenting on the same video "See, you can't do this in Germany because if someone comes behind you doing 250 km/h and you don't move out of their way, you die. It's that simple. That's why people respect the law."
Statistically, slower drivers cause more accidents. Its harder to see traffic overtaking you. So DON"T DRIVE SLOW, especially in the passing lane! YOU ARE NOT BEING SAFE YOU LEFT LANE BANDIT!
"Road Rage--1. Texters, 2. Tailgaters, 3. Slow Left Lane Drivers" Wait, there wouldn't be Tailgaters if Texters weren't driving Slowly in the Left Lane!!
This makes no sense. You are effectively reducing all multi lane roads to a one lane road. It would be more reasonable to say "You must keep to the right if you are not going the speed limit." If the traffic is going the speed limit, there can be no legal passing. What's funny is all these people would probably approve of the zipper merge, which encourages full use of all lanes until they end.
Mark Jones Federal Law requires that your speedometer show accurately to 110 miles an hour because federal law states that passing requires breaking the speed limit temporarily to be safe. the danger only exist when you get so freaky about the exactness of never ever ever breaking the posted limit even while passing be realistic be safe. you passing on a dashed yellow line in a 55 Zone that he expect you to go 80 if you're passing they just expect you not to be going 60 once you get way heading back in your lane
Mark Jones please specify your state. if you're referring to where I said federal law that has to do with how highways are designed and funded but enforcement is on the state level so uniform vehicle code of the road would be dependent on State to find the specific code material and where it applies to you. my reference to speedometers up 210 does not suggest that police officers are going to allow you to go hundred miles an hour. I'm just saying that they do not "expect" you to stop at 71 when the speed limit is 70 just because that's the maximum allowance.
Short answer: California. Long answer: I really had no idea it was legal in some states to exceed the limit for passing, but now you've forced me to educate myself. A quick look at google tells me it is indeed so. So, apologies, and thanks for the learning experience! (As painful as they may be ☺️)
"it's very nerve wrecking, especially when you have to get to work" ..so than leave your house 10-15 minutes earlier.. if you have to constantly speed to get to work on time than you should drive to work a little bit earlier
Why should she have to leave home earlier to accommodate someone driving slow on the fast lane? Whatever excuse you could think of, the lanehogger shouldn’t be in the left lane. She shouldn’t have to leave home earlier because of their lack of courtesy on the public road.
Ken Rodbender you better think long and hard about engaging in road rage to drive home a point. Dash cams are becoming more common as the days go by. If you go out there and set off a major collision and it is on a video, how much sympathy do you think a judge or jury is going to have for you??? You are running up the odds and they are not in your favor.
AE Pamphlet 190-34, 20.b.(4) passing on the right is prohibited except in the following situations:. So next time someone passes on my right before I can safely merge back over. Will they please receive a 1,00 $ ticket?
and even after watching this video. people still think they have every right to HAUL ASS on the left lane from the time they got on the freeway, till the very last moment just right before an exit.
So get in the right lane you idiot. Let those who haul ass get a speeding ticket. What is it to you? Don’t be the stupid guy cruising in the left lane when there’s traffic going faster than you.
In North Carolina if you are in the left lane you cannot be under the posted speed limit or you WILL get a ticket but if youre at or slightly above the speed limit youre fine
What if everybody in the right lane is driving considerably under the speed limit, and staying in the left lane till you get room in the right one (with no one slower in front of you there) is safer than do the pass and return between both lanes??
it is not a culture of complacency. it is a culture of ignorance. left lane snoozers cause faster divers to start weaving through traffic in the right lanes which is dangerous.
It's even worse in California. We have carpool lanes, which means that the leftmost lane becomes only accessible to people with 2 or more passengers (3 or more in some counties/cities) or drivers of hybrid/electric vehicles during PEAK RUSH HOURS in the morning and afternoon - basically making a 3 lane section of freeway into a 2 lane section. This, combined with people who go 10mph under the speed limit for absolutely no reason in the lane next to the carpool lane completely fucks over most drivers and extends commute time - all in order to "incentivize" ride-sharing and the purchase and use of electric/hybrid vehicles, neither of which are an option for a large portion of the population.
If everybody moves to the right lane, the left lane is under-utilised. Same for the right lane (because it’s a “merge” lane). Which means everybody piles into the middle 1 or 2 lanes. This increases the density and makes it riskier for everybody. Utilise ALL the lanes but travel at the speed appropriate for that lane.
I drive on i35 in the right lane and have it to myself. The middle and left lane are always full. Look at the traffic in the video and there is only one car to the right.
😏 I know right, I almost always stay in the right lane and drive at about the speed limit and let all the hotheads pass me and I've noticed they usually all end up as a tight cluster of cars all tailgating each other in all 3 lanes while I hang back with my section of the highway to myself.
The lady said some people are from other parts of the country but driving the rightmost lane except while passing is a law in every state in the country it is a federal mandate that every state must have a law that says keep right except to pass. It's always illegal in the United States to drive out of the rightmost lane unless you're passing.
I really wish that rule was enforced. It's pretty bad where I live. However, some of the highways have left lane exits which would encourage slower drivers to drive in the left lane. Most of this is in the downtown area though.
Yesterday I was high and low beamed by a truck behind me on a 100k highway when I was driving on the left lane. I took a look at my GPS, I was actually driving 102 or 103 at that time. I was planing to pass a semi truck about 100 meter in front of me. But cars and truck behind me, are driving even faster then me. I got less and less clearance on my right, and less and less distance behind me. So what is the safest way do you guys think? (1) speed up to 110 or 115 to pass the semi, then change right? (2) keep same 102 speed, andchange to the right lane right away. So the truck behind will not be anoied, but put the fast approaching car (110 speed) 50 meters behind me in danger danger (3) keep the same 102 speed and pass the semi smoothly and then change to right lane. I did (3) and it took me about 30 seconds to pass the semi. I think I did the safest way. Because in (1) case, I may get a ticket if I drive 5 km over speed limit, however most time police give you ticket over 10. Also in case (2) i put the fast driving car at right lane in danger. And if i could not judge the speed right, i may have a at fault collision for not change lane safely. Now you see me as a bad "slow left lane driver", but I was actually driving it safely at a very reasonable manner. But the problem is the 2 faster driver. The truck behind me tailgating and the car driving at 110 at right lane. 2 speed vs 1 safe driver.
These rules are usually inaccurate. Would be pointless to have 2 or 3 lanes just so people could pass one another. The purpose of having that many lanes is to transport more vehicles through an area. So in that case it is inevitable to have vehicles occupying all lanes. Otherwise you get congestion. I do find it funny when everyone wants this law enforced. But speeding seems to be okay. You can't just pick and choose the laws you want to obey. It's all about everyone's safety. Not some people's convenience. Just saying.
I think it’s just that people don’t care anymore. You can be on a road with one lane for each direction, be doing 10 over the speed limit, and someone will still tailgate you. You have to hit the shoulder of the road and wave them past you for them to “get it.”
Its up and down with this issue. If right lanes are congested and passing lane is clear. the drivers that wants to go faster will stay in the passing lane and not want to keep having to pass and keep getting over. that is the issue. Unless right lanes are less congested to allow for safer passing all the time . that is a different story. Move over slow pokes. Right lane should be for speed limit.Middle lanes 5-10. left lane whatever speed is safe for the situation.
In Europe it’s mandatory to always drive on the right. In every European country, except GB.. Left is for passing only, that’s one of the first things you learn with driving lessons. And it will be tested on the exam.
"Slow Driver" in left lane? Are they going the speed limit or under the speed limit. I don't stay in the left lane except to pass but if you are at he speed limit....
Now sometimes I’ll ride in the left lane when the right lane is worn out and the state refuses to fix it but when a car gets behind me I do pull over so they can go around me
You have it àll wrong! Speed limit 55 means 55. We should not move over to the right lane so that someone can break the law by driving 70 when̈ the speed is 55.
As a Canadian who frequently drives in the USA, I find it hard to understand this bad habit of driving on the left lane when not passing. I heard the Officer in the clip saying that you will get a citation if you do so... Surprise, surprise! I NEVER saw any driver cited in the many years I drove on US roads. BTW, passing on the right is not only caused by the left lane occupied by a slow driver, it's also another bad driving habit of US drivers. As an RV driver, I frequently get passed on the right by super fast drivers who CHOOSE to pas on the right, even though left lane is free. And I don't get passed because I don't belong in my lane, I get passed because getting back to the right lane is dangerous because of those fast right lane drivers coming and blocking my attempted movement. I drove in Europe and of course in Canada and I seldom encounter that kind of behaviour outside of the US.
Just a FYI folks, the reporter said the PT Cruiser in front was going the allowed speed limit so other had to pass to the right. Thing is, you’re not ALLOWED to go faster than this PT if it’s going the speed limit. Remember that before dashing on the highway. It’s a PASSING lane, not a FAST lane. Yes, the PT should move but you shouldn’t be speeding.
I was taking my driver's test and got instructed by my examiner to move into the left lane. I did so, and passed one car and immediately got over to the right lane on my own. Immediately my examiner said "Excuse me, I did not ask you to move back to the right lane!" I called her out saying that I was just obeying the law and it was mandatory for me to move back to the right. She was super chill once I said that though.
she needs to lose her teaching license
Female examiner? I guess you were the instructor...
So many people really aren't qualified for their jobs.
@@johnleeson6946 "Female driving instructor" is an oxymoron.
typical female!
Then pull them all over and fine them $500. The world would be a much better place if the law enforcement would actually enforce this type of laws.
What about the people who use the excuse "fast lane" to go 100 mph
they are risking getting a ticket as well lol youre not the person whos supposed to enforce the law the cops are
Erwin Schrödinger lol exactly
how about warning for first violation, and warning for second violation, $100 fine for 3rd violation, 30 hours community service plus $100 fine for 4th violation.
most people drive on the left lane because they don't know better, so educate them.
then you fine them.
and take times away from them cuz those who drive fast on left lane probably value their time more than their money. if you make $1000 per day, i can see why you would speed everywhere
catsspat. Be even more better if they enforced the damn speed limit...none of you fucking idiots even know what that is.
I saw someone get pulled over for camping out in the left lane and when an unmarked cop just flashed his high beams at the guy to get him to move over, the driver brake checked the cop..... Ooopsie!!
danahan01 wish I could’ve seen that
That would be the best entertainment ever
That camper deserved it.
Instant karma
all these comments are saying acting pure facts
Personally I like the old saying; "If you are passed on the right, move to the right". I believe it is self explanatory.
you should not wait to be passes on the right to move over !
just move over unless you are currently passing someone that is on your right !
Personally I like the old saying; "Your comment was stupid, you fucking idiot". I believe it is self explanatory.
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Absolutely....great saying to live by.......because in the real world, lots of peole go over the limit.
Narcissist drive slow in the left lane on purpose, they thrive on your anxiety.
I sit behind them and freak the fuck out, they love it. Its pathetic. THEY CAUSE ACCIDENTS! I am a very aware and "athletic" driver who gives everyone space but people don't return the safety of space in return. They cause people to dart in and around traffic because they are driving 50 fucking mph in the middle of the highway its extremely dangerous.
Either they mess with your anxiety on purpose or they’re just lost and don’t know where they are going.
JR Selsing I’m trying to change my ways. But I usually do whatever possible to forcibly move them to the left lane / scare the fuck out of them.
Lol well said.
I just ride behind them with my high beams on
Notice how the reporter said tailgating is the number 1 cause of road rage. If someone is being a left lane hog, then the car behind will likely tailgate until the lane hog moves over or the tailgater has enough and passes on the right. So lane hogging causes road rage, which causes tailgating, which causes more road rage.
Craig McPherson I tailgated a dipshit hipster millennial for hogging the left lane and he gave me a brake check.
I still fantasize of stuffing my fist in his face
Aside from extreme lane hogging situations, it's way worse for people to tailgate and get raged that it is to lane hog. If you can't hold back 20 seconds without getting raged then you have problems and the wrong head space for driving with.
Tailgating is illegal as well.
Biplav Shrestha if you're blocking somebody in an emergency and that emergency causes them to go into a rage they can kill you legally.Heat of passion is a mental state provoked by fear, rage, anger or terror that, combined with adequate provocation, is a defense to the crimes of first and second degree murder. Provocation, in order to be adequate, must be such as might naturally cause a reasonable person in the passion of the moment to lose self-control and act on impulse and without reflection.
As you can tell from the replies "road rage" has very little to do with what happens on the road.
This video needs to be shown in every single drivers education class
Most wouldn't understand. " If I'm driving the speed limit bla bla bla "
NOBODY.... I MEAN NOBODY gets a ticket for driving in the left lane and not passing, THATS why people do in the US.
sad but true.......... slower traffic move to the right lane please!
You will in Georgia
It's not a worldwide law. Depends on jurisdiction
eric wsmith you can't say nobody does!!! that's what this whole conversation is about is us watching videos of people getting tickets for what you're insisting nobody gets.
very strange opinion you have that what you see happening isn't happen.
Tennessee does now. A visitor even made a TH-cam video about getting a ticket there.
It has nothing to do with being new to the area or people not paying attention, they just don't care or doing it just to piss people off
yes...see posters "prism", "Kegga Puusi" and "Reverend Francis" for the "im just doing it to piss you off" faction
It's not a worldwide law. www.google.com/amp/jalopnik.com/5501615/left-lane-passing-laws-a-state-by-state-map/amp?client=safari
thelittlepilgrim _ Yes, at one time long ago people would just pass in the left lane. They would happily move to the right after passing. Now this country is full of self entitled idiots who do what they want. This is causing states to make the left lane laws. When in the past this was just common curtesy. No law state I have to move over to let someone on the freeway but people do out of common curtesy.
Platinumrings exactly people do this because they think, I’m doing the speed limit so the people behind me are trying to break the law by passing me.
1:20- “as soon as you pass, move over”? Not until you give passed car room, usually 3 car lengths at the minimum, at highway speeds. 2 tractor trailer lengths minimum. For any reason you have to stop suddenly, that truck will crush you if you cut him off.
I live in Ohio and half of drivers here have never heard of the "passing lane", they just think its just another lane. People are idiots
People in Ohio are the worst out of every state that I have been to, so it makes sense that they cannot comprehend simple driving laws and etiquette. It has been many years, so I do not remember the driving experience. I do however remember every personal interaction I had with others there. That is why I have not and will not ever go back. There are other routes to take to get to the northeast.
@@1speed2racer7 ahhh that makes sense, I was about to ask what in the hell you were doing in Ohio. But then you said you were driving THROUGH that dump
OBEY THE SPEED LIMIT
@jimbritttn it’s not your job to enforce speed limits. Move over, let the speeders pass and let the police write them tickets
@@jimbritttnfuck ing stupid move or you gonna cause accidents and there are emergency vehicles
On the Autobahn not getting over for faster approaching cars is bigger violation then speeding and also not passing on the left is a bigger violation then speeding. We have it backwards here in USA.
The autobahn has speed differentials though.
absorbz Finally, someone who has the b*lls to say it
Not to mention that you are very likely to die if you hog the left lane on the autobahn when a Porche SUV rear ends you at 250km/h :)
The Autobahn is built to handle high speeds. It's extremely smooth, wider lanes, better safety design, and we're talking about local vehicles of high quality. Not some shit Dodge or Ford. Also you don't see trailers, SUVs, and pickups there speeding along. With all of that in mind, it's rare anyone does go insane for speeding. Because it's all around a stupid thing to do. Just American tourists mostly who do it.
Yup. Stationed over there for 4 years. first thing one learns is how to do 4 way stops and second is stay right on the highways. You pass and get over, no excuses. You do not even stay over in the left if you want to pass a row of cars. Pass one and get over, then pass again. One does not stay in the left at all, unless they are opened up flying, which you can do because the left is open and people cannot go into the left if they see someone approaching at high speed. Germans follow the laws and they will call the police on your plate and the police will respond.
Yeah, now lets' see the cops act on this. Where there is no enforcement, there is no law.
Agreed
Yeah we have the same problem here in the UK. They spend millions building a fourth lane and the inside lane is empty...
That's not true. The law applies whether it's enforced or not. People just have the ideology that it's legal unless you get caught. But that thinking is incorrect.
$500 fine? Psshhhhh. They'll enforce that.
1Klooch and here you see that law being enforced on this video that we're watching that we're discussing I'm not sure how so many people can be so unbelievably stupid and blind to watch the police and forcing it on a video and if you look at TH-cam there are hundreds and hundreds of videos of people posting Slowpoke laws being enforced and the viewers are watching this saying just like you know I don't believe what I see. I don't believe they will ever do what they're telling me that they've already started doing
Dear God. The law in much of the country is clearly stated in the video and some of you are still arguing it?
The speed limit has nothing to do with it. Left lane is for passing ONLY!
Common sense applies on multi lane highways= go with the flow of traffic for the lane you are in, each lane to the left hopefully moving slightly faster than the lane to the right, again leaving the far left lane for PASSING ONLY!
Anticipate your exit from freeways so that you have merged to the right at the prevailing speed to be ready to exit without causing traffic disruption.
Follow the above simple plan and watch how smoothly traffic will flow.
Remember, it's not up to you, the ordinary citizen, to actively try to force others to obey traffic laws. Call the police if you witness a problem and steer clear of foolish drivers. DO NOT knowingly block other drivers from changing lanes or speeding, etc. Nothing good will come of it.
da Cat 100% correct
Here are the actual state by state laws: www.google.com/amp/jalopnik.com/5501615/left-lane-passing-laws-a-state-by-state-map/amp?client=safari. But I'd like to add that you can't say it's common sense to apply the law in a place where it doesn't exist. As you said, people can't make up their own laws. People can't expect "keep right except to pass" rule to be in effect if the state doesn't have that rule. In those cases, each lane is both a passing and a traveling lane.
thelittlepilgrim The way I read that, in all but a handful of states, the rule is "get the hell over". I lived in KS for a few years and they started ticketing people for blocking traffic in the left lane. I think it's common sense to get over. The few states that have nothing on the books, really should. Traffic "flows" and road systems are designed with this in mind. I'm often surprised people have no concept of blocking traffic, or will even consider themselves the passing lane police, figuring they should stop everyone from speeding.
they do not care, they are too puffed with self righteous indignation to give a damn about impeding.
nevermind that it creates more dangers than one who is speeding, in their little hypocritical minds, they are in the right.
da Cat
AMEN !!
People seem to be mixing up speed limit and passing lane. They're completely irrelevant to eachother and you cannot compare them at all.
If you're not PASSING, you move to the right. It doesn't matter if you're doing the speed limit or 50 above the speed limit. When you're approaching someone going slower, you move to the left, pass them, then pull back to the right. The law says move over, not be the speeding vigilante and slow down the flow of traffic because you're "already doing 15 above, why should I pull over?"
Here on Long Island, NY, the speed limit is 55 MPH on I-495. But during the morning rush hour, the flow of traffic can be upwards of 80 MPH depending on traffic. Again, if you're not PASSING, you stay out of the PASSING lane.
On the way back I encountered some dude on Wantagh going southbound who for some reason switched to the left lane when two guys were about to pass him (when he had nothing but open lane in the right). The 1st guy behind him ended up tailgating because of how slow he was (especially for Wantagh which is consistently empty--seriously it's the one highway on Long Island I've gone up to 80 on, and I only just got my license in August) and the 2nd guy had to pass him to the right.
There is no law or statute or rule that says I must move over to accomodate a speeding car unless it is an emergency vehicle with lights and siren.
When I see an official highway sign that says "left lane is for cars that are speeding only" I may consider moving over. Until then I will continue to drive in the left hand lane at the exact speed limit.
@@williardbillmore5713 And you, sir are part of the problem. One day, you will do that to the wrong person.
@@obxjeepguy Is that some kind of a veiled threat, jeepguy?
The only problem on the highway is hot headed, impatient speed hogs like you . Why do you think you are entitled to speed all the time. Just who the hell do you think you are, speedhog.
@@williardbillmore5713 You ever saw a sign that says "Slower traffic keep right" or "Left lane for passing only". Yes several states have laws that state what you do are illegal. You are an ignorant prick.
See, you can't do this in Germany because if someone comes behind you doing 250 km/h and you don't move out of their way, you die. It's that simple. That's why people respect the law.
Tuddec This is exactly what I tell people that don't understand this rule. Just go drive in Germany for a day and you'll never get in the left lane again haha
German drivers are more likely to know the rules of the road as the testing for receiving a license is much more stringent than it is in most of the world. In North America all you need to get a license is a pulse.
You can't undertake in most counties, except the US. I learned to drive in Germany and feel far more comfortable at 160 kph on the Autobahn than I do at much slower speeds on the American Interstate.
and wonder why their are so few deathly accident in Germany. And 15 years and getting a driver licences also does't help
In Germany, you're taught to drive. In the U.S., you're taught to pass a basic driving test.
Every State needs to enforce this law.
Every state needs hundreds of speed cameras on the highways and interstates with $1,000 fine per MPH people are speeding.
I COMPLETELY AGREE. There would be many fewer "speeding accidents" that are just people who want to reasonably go faster because limits are to low trying to pass unsafely because people don't follow keep right laws.
That being said, I think another part of the "speeding" causes accidents "rhetoric " is the fact that speeders are part of two groups: 1. those who go faster "responsibly," following all other laws and 2. Those who just don't care about safety/the law.
I think the second group brings up the number of "speeding" crashes.
@@jimbritttn nope. People who camp in the left lane not passing anyone and impeding traffic needs a $400 fine.
@@jimbritttn Hey Jim. In Poland, a nation which used to be communist controlled, the standard rural divided speed limit is 87mph (140km/hr) with it being common that drivers go a little faster before getting tickets. And it's not just Poland. There are surprising number of European countries with 80mph speed limits. France is one of them.
We free Americans, who live in the land of the big, on the other hand, have 70mph. And rely on the mercy of peace workers to go any faster. It's not okay to be able to be stopped for something normal like that.
I know you probably don't mean exactly what you wrote since that would be "cruel and unusual."
@@jimbritttn personally id rather have a small handful of people go 90 than live in a surveillance state
As someone who did get pulled over for being in the left lane except when passing, and was ticketed ($105) for it a while back, I didn't understand it at first, but after looking into it more, it kind of makes sense, and it was a lesson learned. Hogging the left lane is obstructive, dangerous, and causes problems for everybody on the road.
if you were doing the speed limit the ticket is invalid; if you are passing a car doing 69.5 MPH and you are doing 70 you are RIGHT
@@jimbritttnyou sir are not the law, if they're speeding it's on the law officers not you to correct them.
@@carlbuschman and you sir don't have the right to expect me to break the speeding law in the left lane
@jimbritttn it doesn’t matter if you’re going the speed limit. If you’re in the left lane and not actively passing someone or turning, you’re breaking the law. Nobody expects you to break the speed limit. They expect you to move to the right
What's wrong with common sense?
Cops should ENFORCE this law. Money talks (and teaches).
I agree that it should be enforced, but there are other things that bring legitimacy too. For example, although it's not illegal to curse out an old lady... no one is going to do it because they see it as bad (and stupid.)
Don't want to be tailgated? Move to the right!
Stephen yeah...totally not endangering other drivers behind the tailgater. Seriously, why can't you pull right? It's the passing lane, so let people pass you there!
Yeah, you and only you own the highway. Drivers like you are what cause other drivers to lose control and crash, often causing many fatalities.
I can't believe I actually fell for your troll tactic, but oh well, I'll fight you now :)
Stephen Fuck you
Stephen is what a piece of shit looks like. I'd gladly rear end your car just so you can get out of your car and get a good ol fashion ass whipping.
Stephen I’d help him beat the fuck out of you.
I was traveling I75 north near Ocala, FL and there was a left lane hog with a driver right on his tail. Finally the driver had enough and went to pass the left lane hog, but was too close and clipped the bumper. The front car spun out of control and rolled 7 or 8 times. We went to go check on her. It was an old lady. Her engine caught fire and we had to drag her out and away from the car. Even though the passing driver hit her, it still goes to show what lady lane hoggery can do.
Left lane drivers are so annoying on the highway. In Pennsylvania they have laws specifically on driving on the left side of the highway.
Shoulda let her die. No excuse for that bullshit. Keep grandma off the road.
@@Djevan41598 every state does
Listen to the news story listen to the police, stop arguing pointless details like speeding and speed limits which has nothing to do with the topic whatsoever.
Keep right except to pass.
slower traffic keep right.
Notice the consistent word here is KEEP.
This is the very ignorance everyone is ignoring the word keep and stupidly arguing empty unrelated excuses to ignore the most important word here keep. why do so many people think that this news story is so wrong?
all people insisting on blocking the left lane are fucking assholes in my opinion.
richgs76 If you’re in the left lane and passing cars, then you aren’t doing anything wrong. You are not obligated to speed up or move over as long as you are still passing!
People think the left lane is the "good" or the "cool guy" lane, or the right lane is the "loser" lane or something, the way I've seen people drive.
Maybe that's just you projecting.
If you're not paying attention (doing something other than driving), or are unaware of where you are and what's around you, you have no business driving a vehicle of any kind on America's highways. If you know what you're doing and don't care; i.e., are too selfish and inconsiderate to do the right thing and stay out of the passing lane, you have no business driving a vehicle of any kind on America's highways. I will never understand why people drive in the passing lane for no reason. ...and before any of you left-lane lovers use this argument, let me address it right now: THE SPEED AT WHICH YOU'RE TRAVELING OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT IS IRRELEVANT. THE SPEED AT WHICH OTHER DRIVERS ARE TRAVELING IS IRRELEVANT. It has nothing to do with speed, it has to do with COURTESY and CONSIDERATION.
The passing lane only applies in certain jurisdictions.
thelittlepilgrim You are talking in terms of state & local laws. I'm talking in terms of common sense and nationally-accepted rules of common courtesy and consideration.
What you're talking about doesn't apply. You're looking at it like walking down a sidewalk or hallway. On the roads in a vehicle, laws apply. . Moreover, how courteous and considerate is it to speed (break the law) and force law abiders to change what they're doing? Common courtesy would be for everyone to follow the law and then after that, not inconvenience other drivers.
thelittlepilgrim Common courtesy also applies when we are driving vehicles. Most of the problems that occur on America's highways could be prevented if people acknowledged that there are people on the road other than them and drove accordingly. If someone is driving faster than you are, it does not affect you. Let them go by. You are not responsible for enforcing speed limits; most of which were arbitrarily selected by state and local governments so they'd have another source of income.
However, if someone is driving in the passing lane without passing anyone; especially if they are riding next to a vehicle or vehicles in the right lane, they are impeding the flow of traffic. This causes traffic to back up in long lines of vehicles which are usually travelling bumper-to-bumper or very near it. This is far more dangerous than someone driving 5 or 10 mph over the speed limit.
Simple common courtesy and consideration is not too much to ask for from people who should not have to be told to practice it.
But common courtesy would include not breaking the law, and if one is to break the law, not affect others. Speeding does affect others if it causes them to have to change lanes. The courteous thing to do would be for the speeder to do the lane changing. And you talk about other drivers knowing they're not the only ones: That would include lawbreakers knowing THEY'RE not the only ones, and to leave law abiding drivers alone. Yours or anyone's personal opinion of what the speed limit should be doesn't trump what it actually is. My main point is that the burden is on the lawbreaker, and law abiders shouldn't be hassled.
"As long as I am doing the speed limit, I can stay in the left lane as long as I want to!!!". What's even more annoying are those left lane bandits who stay in the left lane until the last possible moment and then scurry across five lanes to make the exit.....
I had to go around some lady who was camping out in the left lane a few days ago. she was keeping pace with the car next to her and so was absolutely not passing. about 5 miles and I had to go around. she then sped up after I passed and put her brights on and followed me for another five miles. She seemed to be happy to drive faster, as long as she was getting revenge... I didn't cut her off or anything. She just was angry that she was no longer able to set the speed in that lane and felt it was unfair that I took matters into my own hands.
Yeah, it's the tiny ego patrol usually does the left lane rolling. Little people are sad they are losers, they've gotta try and enforce their authority wherever they can. One day they'll do that shit to someone with less to lose, and then they'll be pitted into a median wall at high speeds. Videos of this all over youtube.
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Thats when you get next to a sow ass car and block her from passing you. They’ll get the message, if they wanna keep playing games then it looks like the perfect time for an animal to cross the road causing you to emergency stop.
She thinks she's the speed police. Just another jerk.
Some people still believe you can, legally, camp in the left lane as long as you want, as long as your speedometer shows that you’re driving the speed limit.
Those people are wrong.
What gets me is when there are three lanes, EVERYONE avoids using the right lane, and hog the middle and left lanes. I kind of like it though, because it's almost like having my own personal lane, other than an occasional truck to pass once in a while.
In major cities I always ride in the second to the right lane that way I don't have to keep slowing down for people that merge on the highway but won't speed up to the flow of traffic
Yep, that's one of the biggest things I learned from sitting in MA rush-hour traffic. The left lane will be fully stopped while the middle and right-hand lanes keep moving, because no one wants to get stuck behind drivers getting off the interstate at off-ramps so they think "If I move to the left, I won't get stuck." Problem is, EVERYONE has that same thought and turns the passing lane into a parking lot. Once I learned where the heaviest congestion was, I made my move to the right-hand lane and got through it in good time while the other lanes were near-stopped.
Even more annoying is the people who going speeding in the left lane decide they have to dive out of it as soon as they can, cutting you off. I've given plenty of long honks and flashing lights for that crap. Quit being so scared of being in the lane for more than 5 seconds. But bogus news stories like this make people think they're going to get a fine. Even if you get pulled over, no court is going to uphold the ticket. It's stupid to have a law of the left lane being passing only.
I stay in the middle when going through major cities. I counted 11 on ramps within 5 min in OK City. Plus people go 30 plus over the limit. Cops patrol this area heavily. Don't want to risk a ticket and getting lost
At first I was like "WTF?! I always drive in the left lane, what's wrong with that?!" Then I realised here in the UK we drive on the other side of the road...
caballero then don’t drive on the right lane instead you are passing someone over
Seems to me like the camera car was also always in the left lane.
Hugh Jaanus to the right*
+Andy H
well no shit, but they had to get the story to show us.
0:47 "...or some just don't care"
Pretty much sums up a lot of them. That'd change if it were enforced more and they started getting cited for it. People really start caring when their pocketbook takes a hit.
My sister was notorious for this. It used to aggravate the shit out of me when riding shotgun. Twenty cars would be backed up behind her and I'd tell her to move over. She'd say, "I like this side. I don't like the right lane."
Her bad driving killed her and she took her two dogs to the grave with her when she ran a stop in Oregon, was T-boned by a van and died instantly.
Some drivers should take road tests annually.
I am sorry for your loss of your sister, but driving in the left lane and running a stop sign are two different issues. We all have lapses of judgment, running lights, speeding. You name it. I ran a stop sign and was ticketed, a tree branch had covered the sign. The judge said "the court finds you guilty as charged, fine is..." I even showed him pics of the tree branch covering the sign.
Before I retired from semi-truck driving?
_'Hammer lane'_ drivers thinking they're doing good by driving EXACTLY the speed limit was the BANE of my days!
Something really has to be done in driver education if situation is like this in america. I'm from Finland myself and I havent ever had that problem, we have left lane for passing ONLY. You dont see lane huggers there.
Epicci the problem with the driver education in America is every time they start spreading the word of what we're supposed to do.
rather than us following what we're being told, we just get violent about noticing the other people that aren't following what we wrer just told.
every time they try to educate us it turns into road rage because of us blaming the other guy that's not obeying the one law that we cared about during the education process.
This is what happens in America rather than us following instructions individually.
You can tell that from the conversations on line hear that people are making every excuse they can to not have to obey any rules or etiquette themselves.
people keep saying "but I'm not speeding"
... but I'm not speeding.
" but I'm not speeding "... if you're not speeding then no other rules apply to them....
welcome to America where driver training is a little pamphlet that you get before you apply for your learner's license
If you go the speed limit in the right lane, you’ll get along with everybody.
I've talked to people who think they don't have to move over if they're going the speed limit. I've also noticed when people are getting pulled over, sometimes they pull off to the left of the road we were taught you always pull off to the right hand side
this is the one thing that aggravates me most about drivers. Camping out in the passing lane. No wonder there’s so many road rage incidents. Watch police chases and watch all the fools blocking police cars trying to get in front of them in the passing lane and they are totally oblivious as to what’s going on around them. How the hell did these fools get their drivers licenses?
Finally you guys do a story about this!!!
deftone4u wont make any slightest difference, 4wheelers will do what ever they want to get to their job/grocery store/home fast as they can, speed limit has no affect on them.
y'all*
Yall talkin about dumbasses sraying lefr lane yet yall dont know how to do the speed limit. Was in a construction for over 5mi and speed was 60 well you know what everyone else was doing...70 o but see a cop yall make the damn traffic come to a stop...sont get me started when shit is hapoenng on the opposite side of the interstate...yall shoupdnt be allowed on the roads i. The first damn place. I hate all of you
Rage much?
They TALK about this law,but don't ENFORCE IT!! I've seen Pa. State Police drive in the left lane for miles with absolutely no one on the right. Guess they're special.
PLEEEEASE Enforce this LAW !!! it’s more prevalent now then ever before !
The left lane is for passing, not for speeding. More people get this wrong than people who "hog" the left lane. No matter what lane you're in, if you're doing the speed limit you're not "holding anyone up", given of course that you yield properly to emergency vehicles
in Wisconsin we don't have a fast or passing lane. it's a joint "hey guys lets go 90 in this lane today" community
NC drivers are the worst at cruising in the left lane 🙄 they do it selfishly and have the mentality of ‘I’m going the speed limit so they can go around me on the right’
I drive in the left lane most of the time but I’m usually going 130km/h, so I’m usually passing people. If I see someone coming up behind me going faster than I am, I’ll move over to the right lane for them
Ryan Thistle Just keep to the right for your own safety, someone might approach with big speed difference and you might not notice.
No one follows driving laws or show any consideration for anyone else on the road... might as well clog that left lane too. The new rules are dont follow the rules.
Hogging the left lane is for the most part what causes people to tailgate.
Spliffer45 the left lane is for passing only, if I am going faster than you in the left lane that means I intend to pass you. If you do not move over then I am forced to slow down behind you until you move over.
This act is far worse than the lane hogger.
Dear Gov. Abbott: if you passed a law making it a $500 fine for using the left lane for anything other than passing, or driving slow on a one-lane highway and refusing to pull out to allow faster drivers to pass, you would probably get elected Governor for Life. Hell, I'd pay an extra 10 bucks for my tabs to pay for another 5000 state troopers to enforce it.
And add a provision for a lifetime license suspension for anyone who gets 3 or more citations for left lane camping.
I thought the left lane was for retired people that don't really know how to drive. That's where they drive in my town.
One of the main reasons there is road rage
Keep Right!
Did any of you people commenting actually watch this video?
This video that says that it's illegal to block faster speeding traffic.
This video that says it's illegal to leave the right lane or enter the passing lane if you're not currently passing?
and if you hold up other people you're breaking the law!! these people that are arguing this video that we just watch that says all this stuff is illegal.
why are so many people saying that it's not illegal to block faster traffic when it is? and we have this video we just watched it says so.
Move over and stay over.
Driving instructors here judge you based on how confident you look and as such everyone becomes confident they know the rules of the road. So when you are confronted with the actual rules one recoils as their head rules is what has worked for them and only that.
People that hold up the left lane are only dangerous because the speed limits aren't enforced. It's an unjust system when the reward for obeying traffic laws means you have to be in constant conflict with merging traffic and speeders get a clear path. As far as I'm concerned, it is impossible to impede traffic at or above the posted speed. So if someone driving at the legal speed is a problem to the flow of traffic, either the speed limit isn't being enforced or the speed limit needs to be raised.
Rules of the Road, it's a common sense part of rules of engagement on the roads. I'll take it a step further when I was teaching my son how to drive I implored him to drive at the prevailing speed of whichever lane he's in. Keeps us all safer.
"I pulled you over for driving in the passing lane"
"...but i'm passing"
"Who?"
"That guy WAAAY up there... I was slowly gaining on him at a moderate rate when you stopped me"
Michael Cole that's golden right there
Um, no.
The sad thing is that my police officer friend said that kind of statement will actually get you out of the ticket. Not that you would ever get pulled over for it in the first place.
Ok you're free to go watch yourself I'm gonna go get my donut on
If you don’t understand or know the law you shouldn’t have a drivers license .
I have to ask those who love to drive in the left lane " Does a two lane highway drive you nuts?"
Number 1 cause of road rage! Not #3. You're 100 times more likely to get a speeding ticket and 1000 times more likely to die in a cross-over accident in the left lane!
Yessss get the hell out of the left when you’re done passing!!!
I think this is actually true for the middle lane two. If it's a three lane road the middle lane is also a passing lane!!!
So much space is not used on the right lane because people think the middle lane is the "cruising lane." I use the right lane to cruise and I actually almost always am able to easily move faster than the middle lane.... that is until I get to the guy doing 65 in a 70 (when the speed limit really should be 80 lol.) I get it, there are situations, and the right lane is definitely the place to drive more slowly.
But because the people use the middle lane even though there is clearly space in the right lane I'm blocked by passing by these people making it harder to follow what I understand to be the full keep right law.
My favorite people are the ones who enter a highway and then go immediately over 3 lanes into the passing lane and stay there. They’re always a barrel of laughs.
So,.... the left lane is for speeders?
Yes, get out of our way please, thank you.
One thing I have notice is those same people who think the left lane is only for passing never ever get out of the left lane them self.
SPaoline4302
My point EXACTLY, if everyone in the other two lanes is doing the speed limit, then if you're being passed in the left lane, that person is speeding.
@@joeschlotthauer840 who made you a traffic cop?
@@Facepalm710
Funny, who made you the TH-cam police...
Try using your real name....
just how often do you see public service announcement from the broadcast on tv and radio on the traffic law?
The problem is the same in alot of highways the world over. The laws are there but very seldom enforced, so people act like the laws don't exist.
RE EDUCATE ALL DRIVERS IN THE USA. Then ticket. Mercilessly. This has happened because of DECADES of no consequences.
Why don't officers actually enforce these laws? They are made to make driving more efficient and safe
J Otto, there are hundreds of laws on the books in all states. You want all the laws to be enforced? Whose taxes do you want to raise to hire the cops to enforce all of the laws? That many cops would change the landscape of America real quick, it would be a police state.
I think the point was...
If an officer is watching traffic with the radar or laser, then they should pull someone over for driving in the left lane and not just wait for a speeder.
I stay in the right lane BUT alot of freeways force u into off ramps. So middle or right. Unless ur passing
I'm an older driver, and tend to drive the speed limit. It is NOT my job, nor anyone else's, to get in the left lane and make you drive the speed limit. If I think you are driving recklessly, I'll call 911 on you, but I'm going to stay out of your way, and in the right lane where I belong
All cops care about are writing speeding tickets for profit. If they wanted to make a difference, they would write for following too closely, not signaling lane changes, and driving with parking lights on. Those are reckless driving, careless driving, and stupidity, in that order.
Michael Gilbert shut up gilbert
Someone driving with parking lights on makes you call 911? Wreckless? Maybe in the pitch dark. Can't you get a fine for needlessly calling 911?
1:16 is a bad example of cars in the left lane, it's a left lane exit and the cars in the lane are exiting.
Historically, no one in the valley understands traffic laws and as such we had to surge up the police force to tackle this issue. However, at least initally those cops didnt even understand traffic laws as well. So we had cops breaking traffic laws in police cruizers setting a bad example. Driveing instructors here especially the under 18 ones were dog shit idiots that who would give counter intuitive rules and would loosely judge you solely based on how confident you seemed while driveing, rewarding fake it till you make it behavior. Thats why all those people interviewed are acting like they know the rules despite being dead ass wrong.
It's not the passing lane and it's not the fast lane...it's the cell phone lane.
LMAO, unfortunately that is what it has evolved into.
We do have similar drivers in Sweden but not nearly as bad as in the states, every driver here knows that the left lane is specifically meant for people who are in a hurry and that makes the right lane the "standard" lane, you'll fail the driving test if you stay on the left lane longer than you need to.
Germans helped build them rockets. It's time to get some Germans to help teach them how to drive.
In Canada the law is the same, use the left lane only for passing, and pull over to the right and stop for emergency vehicles. Some road hogs just don't get it.
put a sign up on the freeway, with a fine .
Be Good That’s all it takes. I’m sure most Americans wouldn’t mind paying a few cents for those signs to be installed.
I don't think delusional drivers read signs. My state put the information on one of the digital kiosks on a highway that is notorious for left-lane drivers. It did not help at all. Morons still drove in the left lane. Even while passing the sign. I saw it every day.
WOULD they ACTUALLY....READ them???
There are four things that need to happen to alleviate this problem. 1. Driver training for ALL drivers, not just teens 17 and under. 2. Completely revamp what is being taught and make it similar to what is taught in Germany and raise the costs paid to the schools accordingly. 3. Make the exams for obtaining a license more intensive. 4. Increase fines for DUI/DWI to include jail time for repeat offenders, as well as for reckless driving, failing to yield for an emergency vehicle, impeding traffic (which would include left lane hogs) and distracted driving.
90% of the problems are because of people operating outside the posted speed range. Law enforcement needs to put its focus here.
+Tom My - NO, LEARN TO DRIVE! If that was the case than the Autobahn would have the MOST accidents of anywhere as it is a highway system with NO SPEED LIMIT. Drive on the right, pass on the left and no speed limit is necessary. It is ignorant, clueless drivers who don't look in their rearview mirror on the highway that are causing the accidents AND the traffic jams. MOVE OVER!
+Tom My - see my last comment, then read this copy/paste of someone else commenting on the same video "See, you can't do this in Germany because if someone comes behind you doing 250 km/h and you don't move out of their way, you die. It's that simple. That's why people respect the law."
tom my
NO 90 % is fricking PEOPLE AND PHONES!!
Some people should not be allowed to operate a vehicle.
Statistically, slower drivers cause more accidents. Its harder to see traffic overtaking you. So DON"T DRIVE SLOW, especially in the passing lane! YOU ARE NOT BEING SAFE YOU LEFT LANE BANDIT!
"Road Rage--1. Texters, 2. Tailgaters, 3. Slow Left Lane Drivers"
Wait, there wouldn't be Tailgaters if Texters weren't driving Slowly in the Left Lane!!
This makes no sense. You are effectively reducing all multi lane roads to a one lane road. It would be more reasonable to say "You must keep to the right if you are not going the speed limit." If the traffic is going the speed limit, there can be no legal passing. What's funny is all these people would probably approve of the zipper merge, which encourages full use of all lanes until they end.
Mark Jones Federal Law requires that your speedometer show accurately to 110 miles an hour because federal law states that passing requires breaking the speed limit temporarily to be safe. the danger only exist when you get so freaky about the exactness of never ever ever breaking the posted limit even while passing be realistic be safe. you passing on a dashed yellow line in a 55 Zone that he expect you to go 80 if you're passing they just expect you not to be going 60 once you get way heading back in your lane
Please cite a vehicle code allowing speeding for the purpose of passing.
Mark Jones please specify your state.
if you're referring to where I said federal law that has to do with how highways are designed and funded but enforcement is on the state level so uniform vehicle code of the road would be dependent on State to find the specific code material and where it applies to you.
my reference to speedometers up 210 does not suggest that police officers are going to allow you to go hundred miles an hour. I'm just saying that they do not "expect" you to stop at 71 when the speed limit is 70 just because that's the maximum allowance.
Short answer: California. Long answer: I really had no idea it was legal in some states to exceed the limit for passing, but now you've forced me to educate myself. A quick look at google tells me it is indeed so. So, apologies, and thanks for the learning experience! (As painful as they may be ☺️)
Mark Jones wrong. If youre not willing to go 5 over you are restricitng the capabilities of the road
Typical left side drivers can't do anything Right!!
"it's very nerve wrecking, especially when you have to get to work" ..so than leave your house 10-15 minutes earlier.. if you have to constantly speed to get to work on time than you should drive to work a little bit earlier
One day a person like you would blocked the emergency vehicles on the way to your love ones, then you would become an opponent of left lane hogs!
Why should she have to leave home earlier to accommodate someone driving slow on the fast lane? Whatever excuse you could think of, the lanehogger shouldn’t be in the left lane. She shouldn’t have to leave home earlier because of their lack of courtesy on the public road.
Ooooh shit, you’re the fucking WORST kind of lane hog. I’ll run you off the fucking road homie! You a fucking left lane hall monitor type girlscout
Ken Rodbender you better think long and hard about engaging in road rage to drive home a point. Dash cams are becoming more common as the days go by. If you go out there and set off a major collision and it is on a video, how much sympathy do you think a judge or jury is going to have for you??? You are running up the odds and they are not in your favor.
If dash cam is involved, then the left lane driver will be held accountable for obstructing the flow of traffic.
AE Pamphlet 190-34, 20.b.(4) passing on the right is prohibited except in the following situations:. So next time someone passes on my right before I can safely merge back over. Will they please receive a 1,00 $ ticket?
and even after watching this video. people still think they have every right to HAUL ASS on the left lane from the time they got on the freeway, till the very last moment just right before an exit.
omega42587
I live in California
So ya damn right i do
So get in the right lane you idiot. Let those who haul ass get a speeding ticket. What is it to you? Don’t be the stupid guy cruising in the left lane when there’s traffic going faster than you.
In North Carolina if you are in the left lane you cannot be under the posted speed limit or you WILL get a ticket but if youre at or slightly above the speed limit youre fine
What if everybody in the right lane is driving considerably under the speed limit, and staying in the left lane till you get room in the right one (with no one slower in front of you there) is safer than do the pass and return between both lanes??
it is not a culture of complacency. it is a culture of ignorance. left lane snoozers cause faster divers to start weaving through traffic in the right lanes which is dangerous.
It's even worse in California. We have carpool lanes, which means that the leftmost lane becomes only accessible to people with 2 or more passengers (3 or more in some counties/cities) or drivers of hybrid/electric vehicles during PEAK RUSH HOURS in the morning and afternoon - basically making a 3 lane section of freeway into a 2 lane section. This, combined with people who go 10mph under the speed limit for absolutely no reason in the lane next to the carpool lane completely fucks over most drivers and extends commute time - all in order to "incentivize" ride-sharing and the purchase and use of electric/hybrid vehicles, neither of which are an option for a large portion of the population.
If everybody moves to the right lane, the left lane is under-utilised. Same for the right lane (because it’s a “merge” lane). Which means everybody piles into the middle 1 or 2 lanes. This increases the density and makes it riskier for everybody. Utilise ALL the lanes but travel at the speed appropriate for that lane.
The left lane is a PASSING lane not a im driving the speed limit im going to sit on it lane
I drive on i35 in the right lane and have it to myself. The middle and left lane are always full. Look at the traffic in the video and there is only one car to the right.
😏 I know right, I almost always stay in the right lane and drive at about the speed limit and let all the hotheads pass me and I've noticed they usually all end up as a tight cluster of cars all tailgating each other in all 3 lanes while I hang back with my section of the highway to myself.
Please god run this news story on blast. Play it every day nationally.
The lady said some people are from other parts of the country but driving the rightmost lane except while passing is a law in every state in the country it is a federal mandate that every state must have a law that says keep right except to pass.
It's always illegal in the United States to drive out of the rightmost lane unless you're passing.
I really wish that rule was enforced. It's pretty bad where I live. However, some of the highways have left lane exits which would encourage slower drivers to drive in the left lane. Most of this is in the downtown area though.
speeding is also illegal, so just be careful what you wish for
but staying in the left lane is illegal
Yesterday I was high and low beamed by a truck behind me on a 100k highway when I was driving on the left lane. I took a look at my GPS, I was actually driving 102 or 103 at that time. I was planing to pass a semi truck about 100 meter in front of me. But cars and truck behind me, are driving even faster then me. I got less and less clearance on my right, and less and less distance behind me. So what is the safest way do you guys think?
(1) speed up to 110 or 115 to pass the semi, then change right?
(2) keep same 102 speed, andchange to the right lane right away. So the truck behind will not be anoied, but put the fast approaching car (110 speed) 50 meters behind me in danger danger
(3) keep the same 102 speed and pass the semi smoothly and then change to right lane.
I did (3) and it took me about 30 seconds to pass the semi. I think I did the safest way.
Because in (1) case, I may get a ticket if I drive 5 km over speed limit, however most time police give you ticket over 10.
Also in case (2) i put the fast driving car at right lane in danger. And if i could not judge the speed right, i may have a at fault collision for not change lane safely.
Now you see me as a bad "slow left lane driver", but I was actually driving it safely at a very reasonable manner. But the problem is the 2 faster driver. The truck behind me tailgating and the car driving at 110 at right lane. 2 speed vs 1 safe driver.
These rules are usually inaccurate. Would be pointless to have 2 or 3 lanes just so people could pass one another. The purpose of having that many lanes is to transport more vehicles through an area. So in that case it is inevitable to have vehicles occupying all lanes. Otherwise you get congestion. I do find it funny when everyone wants this law enforced. But speeding seems to be okay. You can't just pick and choose the laws you want to obey. It's all about everyone's safety. Not some people's convenience. Just saying.
Come on Calvin. are you really that fucking stupid. Being a douchebag (or in your case an enema nozzle) in the passing lane is dangerous and illegal.
I think it’s just that people don’t care anymore. You can be on a road with one lane for each direction, be doing 10 over the speed limit, and someone will still tailgate you. You have to hit the shoulder of the road and wave them past you for them to “get it.”
I do 120 in the fast lane so no one can pass me. Am I doing it right?
I can't even get away going the speed limit because everyone is going 90 even trucks, like these truck companies shouldn't allow that
If you pass someone on the right side you lose your driver's license in Sweden.
Its up and down with this issue. If right lanes are congested and passing lane is clear. the drivers that wants to go faster will stay in the passing lane and not want to keep having to pass and keep getting over. that is the issue. Unless right lanes are less congested to allow for safer passing all the time . that is a different story. Move over slow pokes. Right lane should be for speed limit.Middle lanes 5-10. left lane whatever speed is safe for the situation.
In Europe it’s mandatory to always drive on the right. In every European country, except GB.. Left is for passing only, that’s one of the first things you learn with driving lessons. And it will be tested on the exam.
"Slow Driver" in left lane? Are they going the speed limit or under the speed limit. I don't stay in the left lane except to pass but if you are at he speed limit....
Now sometimes I’ll ride in the left lane when the right lane is worn out and the state refuses to fix it but when a car gets behind me I do pull over so they can go around me
You have it àll wrong! Speed limit 55 means 55. We should not move over to the right lane so that someone can break the law by driving 70 when̈ the speed is 55.
He said it.. the left lane is the PASSING LANE. Get over yourself, and move over - or pay your ticket. It’s the law.
As a Canadian who frequently drives in the USA, I find it hard to understand this bad habit of driving on the left lane when not passing. I heard the Officer in the clip saying that you will get a citation if you do so... Surprise, surprise! I NEVER saw any driver cited in the many years I drove on US roads. BTW, passing on the right is not only caused by the left lane occupied by a slow driver, it's also another bad driving habit of US drivers. As an RV driver, I frequently get passed on the right by super fast drivers who CHOOSE to pas on the right, even though left lane is free. And I don't get passed because I don't belong in my lane, I get passed because getting back to the right lane is dangerous because of those fast right lane drivers coming and blocking my attempted movement. I drove in Europe and of course in Canada and I seldom encounter that kind of behaviour outside of the US.
Just a FYI folks, the reporter said the PT Cruiser in front was going the allowed speed limit so other had to pass to the right. Thing is, you’re not ALLOWED to go faster than this PT if it’s going the speed limit. Remember that before dashing on the highway. It’s a PASSING lane, not a FAST lane. Yes, the PT should move but you shouldn’t be speeding.