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- Can we all agree that the left lane is for passing, please?
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You need a more sophisticated kind of driver's license in order to enforce this rule. That's the reason why it actually works here in Germany. Also, this golden rule includes a strict prohibition of overtaking on the right.
It's easy: If he had the possibility to move over, he should not have been there in the first place. Hence, he was not overtaking anyone. On the Autobahn, someone is always faster. There could have been a Veyron approaching at 230mph just behind that Tesla. So also the Tesla HAS to move over after overtaking.
Wow, "constantly pay attention to the cars behind you"? Shouldn't you be paying attention anyway? The law here (Netherlands) is the same; only use the left lane to pass and then as quickly and safely as possible go back to the right lane. As long as you do that, you don't have to pay extra attention to the cars behind you, but if you see someone in your rearview mirror wanting to pass you, just speed up a little and pass more quickly.
The law is not to let faster cars through. The law is to drive on the right whenever possible. Being on any other lane than the right one is considered an overtaking maneuver.
And yea you have to pay Attention to the cars behind you in this overtaking maneuvers thats why it's only allowed to overtake on the left, so you can focus on that side.
You should always pay constant attention to the other traffic participants while driving.
If people are following the law, you'll never have an opportunity to pass on the right.
And quit driving the same speed as the guy next to you
THIS!!! how many times have you caught up to a traffic jam, and when you finally get to the front you find out its all because of some dumbass chilling in the passing lane.
Yes, especially on 2 lane roads.
Facts.
Nothing bothers me more than two cars in two different lanes going the same speed, the driver must be brain dead to not notice it.
***** Agreed..
If you didn’t know: there’s a reason there’s a sign that says “slower traffic keep right”
Unfortunately that's often read as, "slower traffic keep right except for me"
"Left lane for passing only" and when you get the chance go to the right lane what I do is just go really fast on the left lane and not go to the right even though it's not a fast lane
But the people going 70 in a 65 think that doesn’t apply to them. Even if someone wants to go faster tailgating, they think that because they are already over the speed limit they don’t have to.
Most states don't have that
@@non-ya228 it’s likely still in the handbook
how can people not know this? surely it is 'learning to drive 101'
Because: People
In California, it quite literally is. It's part of mandatory driver's training for people under the age of 18. You learn that when passing, you're supposed to use the lane to the left to the car that you're passing, and you're supposed to speed up to do so. Thus, logic would dictate that the furthest left lane should be the fastest and the furthest right lane should be the slowest.
Thomas Riley yeh, same in Australia. Can't believe its not the same all over the world.
this is fine and all on highways but what about normal roads? sometimes I need to go left lane to TURN left, not to pass people.
Nathan Alam People are talking about highways. Obviously, it's different on roads you can make lefts on.
In Germany we call it Rechtsfahrgebot and we are taught this from early on when beginning driving school. It basically consists in driving as far right as possible on roads with multiple lanes. Calling it a fast lane would be incorrect as it doesn’t matter how fast you’re going. You’re only supposed to drive in the left lane when passing another vehicle. It’s not uncommon to be on Autobahn and being overtaken on the left by a car doing 300 km/h and then see it getting back into the right lane. This is because once you’re done overtaking, regardless of your speed, you need to get back into the right lane.
Do you think it is better to implement a national speed limit on the Autobahn, for example, 150kmh?
@@everythingerina9379You are clueless for asking this question
@@BrunoNeureiter Yes it was a joke. I was being satirical.
@@everythingerina9379 yes, I think that would be better
The left lane is for passing??! IN OTHER NEWS, TURNS OUT THE SKY IS BLUE!!!
Reese Hummel Nope as far as I know sky was never been blue in Scotland :)
Phileas Fogg sad
Reese Hummel so in places where the sky is blue, the left lane is the fast lane? I assume that doesn’t include Wales, England, or Scotland.
The sad thing is nobody uses it for that
Wtf
Got my license like a year ago and on the permit test or in my classes this was NEVER talked about once. I always assumed that the left lane was for speed not for passing.
They teach this in every drivers education class. The problem is that you didn’t pay attention and were still allowed to get a license
@@CheddarDrip how do you know people teach this in every class?
@@coolmariobros-ul7yr it’s literally required by federal law. It’s the national driving curriculum, a driving class is required to include all the things you need to drive.
@CheddarDrip I can assure u they don't, because if they did it would be less of a problem
@@CheddarDrip Sorry, but each state sets its own laws and not every state has a law against "camping" in the left hand lane. So, it is entirely possible that someone would not be taught about this depending on their state's laws. For example, Alaska, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio and Puerto Rico all allow people to stay in the left lane without moving over if drivng the speed limit.
Wait, hang on a minute...you can pass on the right in some parts of the US???
German drivers aren't just more likely to use the left for overtaking only because of the lack of a speed limit, but also because passing on the right is AGAINST THE LAW EVERYWHERE IN EUROPE and is enforced. Even when there are no cops, you can expect to be honked at incessantly by justifiably angry drivers until you leave the left lane if you're slow.
In most of the US, passing on the right is legal, just not recommended.
A huge part of the issue here in the US though is that people either don't know of (somehow) or blatantly ignore the laws. Here in Texas for example the highways are clearly and consistently lined with signs pointing out that the left lane is for passing only (as a law, not a recommendation), but it's actually MORE common that the right lane is the passing lane because no one listens. I think it's a result of the fact that semi-trucks face massive penalties for speeding and drive the speed limit as a result plus (again because they're better drivers and will get massive fines / lose commercial license if they don't) the trucks are always in the right lane unless they're passing. Combine that with the fact that 90+% of cars are speeding means that they end up needing to pass the trucks and the lazy, incompetent people remain in the left lane the whole time because turning the wheel slightly would be an ordeal so unconscionable that no human should have to live through it. There's a massive problem in US with driving because it's basically impossible to lose your license unless you're so poor you can't afford fines. There aren't any real consequences for breaking the law (many states are terrifyingly lax on drunk driving for example) so everyone just keeps doing it.
well you know , europe seems to have a bit more knowledge than the us . but it is not as peachy everywhere in eu . we have our faults . also if in your country drivers hog both lanes and it would be illegal to pass on the right i would probably do it myself ....
you're allowed to pass on the right for given reasons and at moderate speed (not faster than 20kmh than the other) (or 13,2a9µ footlong-pound-eagles for americans).
In Nevada, you can even pass on a shoulder as long as you travel less than 200 Feet and you don't pass an intersection or off/on ramp.
Yeeeeeah, if you don't know this, you shouldn't have a license.
Unfortunately so many on the road don't
I mean, if you were riding in a car and paying any attention to the road at all that you would know this.
Getting your drivers licence is far too easy, it needs to be harder. When I did mine we drove around for not even 10 minutes on empty roads and then I got my licence
Took me like five by driving around in suburbia USA.
In the state Im learning to drive in, EVERYONE drives like theyre insane, so I had no clue, and I was taught differently x)
During a round trip from Toronto to southern California a decade ago, we noticed this because we drove through so many jurisdictions, with varying laws. We were hauling my classic car on a trailer behind a full sized pick-up truck (both rented), so we were going fairly slow and careful. The "lane discipline" was definitely better in most of the US versus Canada, except for California. Keep right, except to pass, is common sense too.
Part of the problem in the US is that people are afraid to get out in the left lane and speed up to get past traffic in the right lane. This is caused by police being overly strict on speeding laws. As a result, someone in the right lane is doing 68 (in a 70 mph zone) and to pass them quickly, you need to speed (above 70 mph) in the left lane. We live part of the year in the US and part of the year in Europe. I have never seen a police officer pull someone over in Portugal for speeding....it simply doesn't happen. As a result, traffic flows nicely because people get out in the left lane, speed up to get around the car in the left lane and then get back over. In the US, too many jurisdictions (looking at you Virginia) are using speeding fines to generate revenue and that causes them to pull people over for going 5 mph over the limit.
You don't ever need to speed. If you can't pass in a reasonable time frame while staying the speed limit then just do not pass.
@@petelee2477 , Saying "You don't ever need to speed" looks good on paper; however, isn't reality. Just see my example of 68 verse 70mph above. Bottom line, however you achieve it, don't linger in the left lane.
@@thepigwillfly5869 you need to speed just as much as I need the left lane.
Bottom line is I will stay out the lane when people stop speeding.
You don't need the left lane looks good on paper but not reality lol.
There's a special place in hell reserved for people who drive slow in the left lane
Amen!
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Maybe that's how AC/DC got the idea for their song "Highway To Hell"!!
And to the people weeving through left and right, way too many close calls.
And these idiots keep complaining that the slow drivers in the left lane are the problem when they are already exceeding the speed limit by 10 mph more than they should be. It does not matter how fast the people go in the left lane these morons will still complain that it is slowing them down.
The left lane is for passing and moving over for cars to get onto the highway from a ramp. That is it.
Also people need to stop whining so much about someone trying to pass them at a higher speed. If the posted limit is 65 and you are doing 70, don't be surprised if someone does 75 to pass you. It's your responsibility to drive safe and defensively and the cops' responsibility to pull over people who are speeding.
***** true, but if you are open to move over and let them in, it is both courteous and safe
A problem is that many on-ramps are undersized. It's not always possible for people to get up to highway speeds before merging, especially in slower cars. Ideally, I would agree that people merging on have to yield, but that's just not realistic all the time. Have you ever gone on the on-ramp only to find cars are completely stopped waiting to merge onto the highway? It's extremely unsafe.
+entschuldigung very true. But there are also states that have "zipper laws" to allow these people onto the highway. And there are specific orders on who merges with who. Stopping at the end of an on ramp is just or more dangerous than letting someone on the road by changing lanes.
+entschuldigung You never should rely on anything. But if the left lane is occupied or fast cars are approaching, you have to stay on the right lane and the merging cars have to wait, if necessary.
Thank You for posting this video! Funny how drivers in Europe automatically get this and move to the right without getting offended. A simple flash of your headlights for someone to please more over and let them by is as common as holding the door open for someone. Keep right except to pass people. Its called common sense
Kurt S yea drivers in the states get highly offended when flashing ur headlights
Or left in Britain for the same exact reason. Depends on where you are in Europe.
You call it common sense some call it common courtesy either way it's a nice thing.
Flashing your headlights in the states gets you a brake check.
Kurt S
And in UAE
Next. Ticket drivers who don't use their turn signals
You showed a video of a person recklessly passing in the shoulder and used that as an argument for your premise? Nobody is forcing people to drive over the speed limit and weave and pass back and forth. The speed limit is the law, it is not a suggestion.
It also says slower traffic keep right, on many signs on highways. If you're being passed on your right, it's time to get over.
It feels like a suggestion, though...and to be SAFE on the highway you're forced to break it which is like ???. I mean, I do it and stay in the right lane where I watch cars on the left whizzing by even though I'M being forced to go ten over...how fast are these people going? Like wtf.
I love to pass people like you then slam on the brakes, ive had two people eat the tow hitch of my 2500 without scratching my truck lol and they got tickets for hitting me too
totaled car and a ticket
I drive away with a bent tow hitch I will get to replace on your insurance lol the world is great to people who know the law
Matthew Meek ...or you could end up seriously injuring or killing someone, so I hope you're just being an internet tough guy.
The speed limit is a suggestion, you jackass. Police know this as much as every other competent driver that actually has somewhere to go.
they need to enforce this in California where you are constantly having to keep any eye on all the cars that weave in and out of lanes BECAUSE they are trying to pass all of those slow drivers in the left lane. It's needlessly stressful because slow folks insist on staying in the left lane.
No, it's because most people in California want to go 80+ mph at all times, and that's far above the legal speed limits.
Every country is different.... Do you not understand that concept? In the US, highways typically have a crap ton of exits and entrances... and some highways can get pretty narrow with tight corners. There's absolutely no way it would be safe to do 120MPH on most US highways with the amount of traffic that exists. Traffic also plays a large part in speed limits.
I'm going to take a wild guess in assuming that los angeles highways have far more cars on it than most areas of the world.
People here tailgate constantly... meaning they are right behind other cars going 80+ mph... There is zero time to react if something goes wrong.
Konidias
I drive in an area with less exits and entrances, less traffic, on a three lane highway. Easily and safely can do 100+ if not for other drivers, and pot holes. Probably 120+ if not for the pot holes actually.
I still see slow (speed limit and below) cars in all 3 lanes at any time of the day. I've seen cars in the middle lane getting passed on both sides. There is plenty of room to move over, they just don't.
OP - Is it legal to pass someone on the right/weave lanes over there?
We're "not allowed" to pass on the left (opposite lane system in the UK), a lot of people call it undertaking, but it isn't because that doesn't exist in the Highway Code.
It's simply called passing on the left - which is frowned upon by the constabulary... Though not illegal if done with care and consideration, but you're almost certainly going to get pulled over if you do it. We motorcyclists are often the biggest offenders of this, purely due to the topic of the video!
www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html
I'm surprised this isn't taught in US driving schools? In Europe this is pretty much the norm and if you go slow you will get tailgated until you understand you should move over
zebracherub tail gating sadly wont stop some people
It is taught in US driving school now. I'm pretty sure everyone my age knows this rule. It's mostly older people who weren't taught this that cause problems. Even though there are signs everywhere that say "stay right unless to pass". 😑 It's so annoying.
It has been in NC for decades despite there not being a law or signs for it except on the interstate. In the South however the rule is "Slow traffic keep right, or prepare to be shot at."
It was taught to me, by my driving instructor, (in New York State), in 1979. I believe some people think they are "passing" if there is a vehicle going slower than them anywhere up to a half mile ahead. They just hang in the left lane for miles while they "pass" the slower vehicle(s).
In Europe this is even a rule, not just a "good measure". Not going to the right when you have the opportunity to do so is illegal, and passing someone on the right is illegal.
Or at least in Belgium and France.
People who don't get this and say "well just go the speed limit" are THE WORST. It's like they watched the video and retained 0 information.
I will do that on a one-lane street. On a highway/autobahn/similar, definitely not. That would be too stupid. You don't put people's lives in danger to prove a point.
There's a speed limit for a reason. The left lane is not exempt from the speed limit.
it's less about going the speed limit (bc drivers are not autonomous ai) and more about letting people who want to go slower do so, while others 'go the speed limit', right?
Speeding is not a crime, or shouldn't be anyway.
jeminio29944 Why not?
Washington state drivers really need to pay attention to this, ive seen it so many times as a driver in Portland, they'll merge onto the highway and do two lane changes to get to the left lane to just cruise and not pass people.
Pnw are the worst drivers. 0 discipline or awareness. Drivers Ed doesn't even teach this stuff and yes I'm from Seattle
i’m from italy, i thought for sure you had to know this in order to even get your driving license
nome cognome You do in the USA, too... in theory...
Wow! How can you get a driving licence without knowing this?
OK, every time I take the car out, it becomes obvious to me that worrryingly large numbers of drivers don't know the basic rules, but it still shocks me that it's even possible.
exactly what I was thinking!
I don't even drive and know this ffs
no1 said he has driving license. lol jks
How do people have High School diplomas when they don't know most of the things they "learned" during those years? Same thing. People ignore certain things, sometimes they forget o maybe they just don't care. That's humans for you.
Dayana G.
I understand that people forget things and I don't expect every driver to get 100% if they had to sit a driving theory test without warning. People forget things. That's a given.
What shocks me is that he didn't forget, he had "no idea this is even a problem". So, this is more like graduating from high school while somehow remaining unaware of the existence of something fundamental which a person should be using everyday, like punctuation. A person can read and write without it, but they would be able to do both those things to a much higher standard if they at least had been taught the basic concept.
The people responsible for the 4.5K downvotes ARE THE PROBLEM!!! GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE if you are going slower OR ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE GOING THE SAME SPEED OF the car to your right. It's really not hard people.
Don't Americans have to do a drivers license anymote nowadays?
+Patrick Jensen most states don't require a license for firearms. And I'll be damned if a machine tells me whether or not I can have a gun.
+Patrick Jensen
We take a test. Two, actually. The written test and the driving test.
+Patrick Jensen
jo mama came out of a slot machine.
+EssieD who is teaching people to drive? in germany there are driving teachers and you need 12 hours of practise by law (most people take 25-30 hours). and then you have at least 14 hours of theory. followed by the 2 tests like yours.
when the law says 'drive in the right lane except to pass' we learn that and have to follow that rule to get a license. seems pretty logical to me. why dont americans learn the laws?
just trying to understand :)
+flobb91 it's the same thing here basically, when I took it it was 15 hrs of classtime or "theory" then we needed 10hrs of driving instruction from a teacher then like 10hrs practice time with your parents, now they've made it alot tougher
I do agree with the basic premise of the video, but faster drivers aren't "forced" to do dangerous driving to get pass. They could just slow down. People like those faster drivers shown in the first clip need to take responsibility as well.
Pffft, responsibility is for slowpokes. That's why I speed, as a matter of fact, to outrun the consequences of my actions.
+benjovi55 But the drive wasn't "forced" to do anything, they chose themselves to drive off the road and undercut the slow driver when they could have just waited and not been so reckless. That being said if the slow driver wasn't there in the first place the problem wouldn't have been there to begin with.
slimj091 dont you realize that people will never stop speeding? So why would you hog the left lane, just pissing off the inevitable Idiots, and encourage them to make dumb passing mistakes?
Virat Patel That works to an extent. Not always going to help though if someone swerves into you trying to get around slower drivers in the wrong lane.
brandon sydney
It's simple. I do not have to concede anything to people who cannot follow the law. If I'm in the left lane passing another car while driving the speed limit, and someone behind me thinks I should be going faster. Then they can just wait until I complete my pass and merge back into the right lane.
I'm not under any obligation to break the law because someone behind me has poor time management skills, or is just a speed demon.
Yes-it is the rule that you should stick to the right-the left lane is for faster driving vehicles and for passing. BUT here is the problem. There always is going to be someone else driving faster than you. You might be driving slightly faster than the rest of traffic, so you might think its OK to be in the left lane to pass other cars. So you get over to the left and instantly here comes someone rushing up on your bumper. No matter how fast you are going you are always going to have someone thinking its a car race and try to pass you. If the speed limit is 50 and you are doing 60 you will have a string of jerks who want to do 70. If you speed up to 70 you will have people wanting to do 80 and so on. It never ends. It is like a chain reaction. No matter how fast you speed up it makes everyone else want to go faster than you. If you get over to the left to pass another car it makes everyone else in back of you do the same. If someone is in the right lane going very slow when you pass them the cars in back of you are going to do the same, plus attempt to pass you as well even though you were not the problem. They will not simply pass the first car, they will stay over to the left and floor it attempting to pass every car in sight even though those cars are already speeding.
Yes this happens to me all the time! There are so many people driving 20-30 mph above the limit.
That's fine though. Let's say you want to go 60, and the guy in front of you is doing 50. You switch over to the left lane, and as you finish switching some guy trying to go 70 is on your ass. What you should do, then, is pass the guy in front of you from the left, then switch back over to the right so the 70 guy behind you can pass.
The general rule at work here is this: if you're not passing somebody at the moment, then switch out of the left lane. Conversely, if you're going faster than the guy one lane to the right, you can stick with it.
no stupid like the video showed look at germany, they have no speed limits on there autoban yet they have less crashes so what's your point
You know a car has an option to slow down? It's a human driving, not a machine. As a human, driving in a specific high speed, you see someone signaling to over take you. You're both driving fast. Either you speed up a bit so he goes behind you or you slow down to let him go. It's not like people just switch lanes without even looking at what's going on in the road. Face it, this is a perfect method and you're just trying to find a loophole. Failed.
Sounds like you should stay in the right lane or off the highway.
In Romania we sort of have the same problem, however I found that flashing my brights at people stuck on the left lane tends to work. No idea if it could help you guys in the US, but should be worth a shot
In most places flashing other cars with your high beams is illegal, I'm going to guess it's probably also illegal in Romania, So let me get this straight, you're committing two driving violations because your furious with the driver in front of you who is following all the laws?
In the UK it is law, and we call the lanes the slow lane, middle lane and fast lane.
If somebody is on the middle lane when they could be in the slow lane, they get a ticket 🙌🏻 -
Depending how many lanes there are, the speeds should (and normally do) increase in every lane as you move across. There cannot be any undertaking, this is also against the law, so this literally creates a faster flow - hence the names ‘slow lane’ and ‘fast lane’
it blows my mind that this is a problem in the usa
If you read the comments on this video and see how many self-righteous drivers there are that don't understand the concept of left lane = passing lane, you'll understand why.
Finally someone mentioned this big issue. I was raised in Mexico, a country with wild drivers within the city. However common education prevents unexperienced drivers to use the highway unless you know defensive driving. I have faced this issue within United States only. Where highway driving is so common, therefore drivers don't really need to be educated to drive safely Within. My main rules to drive in the highway are: keep proper distance, drive up to speed limit or slower in the right lanes, and speed up or overpass on the left lanes.
Wow, vox actually got something right for once...
very good advice. i already try to be fair to faster drivers by staying out of the left lane as much as possible, using it only for passing, but it's good to be reminded. Thanks for producing this video.
This makes sense. The part about changing lanes and driver slowly is very much true. It's a lot easier and safer just to exceed the speed limit. Would also make sense to replace speed limit with a recommended speed, so driver actually looks at the road more.
You got it a bit wrong about germany. It is NOT a "shared norm", but many just consider it as such. Actually we HAVE a law for that and it is called "Rechtsfahrgebot". And we have something much more frustrating than people that are driving always left and that are people that are always driving in the middle lane, called the "Mittelspurfahrer"
Malachum93 German is priceless. The words you guys come up with..kind of funny, but also just brilliant.
Malachum93 happens here too. I have to remind myself sometimes :-)
Laura Evenhouse why do so many people find words they don't know the meaning of funny? Like I don't get it! These words actually make perfect sense and are purely descriptive. In the same way a ball for tennis is called a tennis ball and a pad for notes is called a notepad
Laura L. I'm sorry. I know everybody insults people on you tube comments, so I should have chosen my own words more carefully. I really do love German and had a German Oma. Machs gut
Laura Evenhouse don't worry. I didn't take it as an insult ☺️ I was merely pointing out a funny difference
This video should be mandatory viewing material for anyone who has a drivers license
As an Australian I thought I would learn something that would benefit me...
I didn't; forgot Vox is American lol. We travel slow in the left lane and use the right lane for overtaking.
Puul Coosan And it’s basically written everywhere from signs to ads, haha
Except we don't, because drivers in Australia are completely useless
americans are getting in tune with laws europe passed over 70 years ago. lolololololol
I wish we wouldn't had enter WW2 so fascist Germany would have taken over Europe and prevent Euros like you making smug comments like that
They would of taken over your shitty country as well bud.
+Austin Tigner get em'
Australia is like that too, they "undertake" all the time lol pretty dangerous
+hamronD73 Keep dreaming
How did you not know this? This was the first thing I was taught when I got in the freeway, “only go in the left lane of your passing someone then get out just as fast.
*ignores countries that drive on the left*
just watch it through a mirror
Because this channel is American dumbass.
That's not a very nice thing to say about the channel
All of what? 5 countries? Majority rules
Holy ignorance.
you should make a video called "why you shouldent drive", where you can just leave a link to not just bikes
In my drivers ed class (California), it says that deviation from the average speed of traffic does cause more accidents. BUT it also says that if everybody else is exceeding the limit, it is still NO EXCUSE for you to go break the law too.
Yet people still go over the speed limit on the second-most left lane (and even the third sometimes).
California law also states slower traffic keep right.
Well if no one else jumped off the Empire State Building, would you not jump?
+CACressida The sign needs to look more... important, and show up more frequently. Also... is 65mph slow or fast on the 101? No one knows anymore.
Before we even talk about driving slow in the left lane, we need to talk about the speeding. Your 'relatively' slow driver is SOMEONE WHO IS OBEYING THE SPEED LIMIT.
And I'm not talking about people doing 5 over - the speeders are doing 15 and 20 over!
As the video says, people who are going slower than the traffic around them are actually more dangerous than people speeding. If everyone around you is going above the speed limit, match their speed. That's safer and you get to where you're going faster.
It's like you don't get how this works. Stop focusing on the faults of other drivers and focus on your own.
You just need to focus on not causing an accident by being in the wrong lane. Driving is, first and foremost, something you should be doing defensively. Get out of the way of speeding drivers, so they don't take you down with them.
Andrew, I am with you with the speed limit, but on paper (the written law) and in a driver's written test (at least here in California), all drivers learn that it is _never_ safe to drive over the speed limit. I suppose if they admitted it _was_ safe to drive over the speed limit (and it is for many roads, my wife works in highway design) then it would allow drivers to argue about their speeding tickets
I know what you are saying. I'm in the left lane passing a group of cars on the right and I'm going 10mph over the speed limit. A car comes up behind me going 30mph over the speed limit and it's my fault if there's an accident?
I'm already going over the speed limit. A reasonable amount over to pass the cars and get back into the right lane. Some people want to get into the left lane and use it as their personal express lane.
Then what I do in that situation is get in the right lane when I feel safe to do so (ie: not cutting someone off) and if there is a good amount of space in front of me so i can let the others going faster than me pass by. If I need to pass someone else in front of me, then I get back over in the left lane to you know... pass them.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with driving on the left lane while going the speed limit. If you try to pass me by going over the speed limit, YOU are at fault.
I agree. The problem with this dumb fk video is that it compares the US roads to the German Autobahn. US roads have speed limits. This the maximum speed a car can legally go. therefor we shouldn't have to move from the left lane if we are driving the limit. End of discussion. The left lane rule works for Germany because the autobahn has no speed limit.
+PROTOMAN247 But people regularly go slightly over the limit. So just stay right except to pass
Depending on what state/city you're in, you're wrong. Watch the video and cut the "holier than thou, let me teach you how to drive bullshit".
This video focused on allowing speeding drivers to pass. It also forces sharing the road for a variety of safety reasons. Allowing one lane for just faster drivers while still enforcing speed limits can allow for a lane to be open more often than not. This gives drivers a safe place to move to when road conditions suddenly change IE tire blow out/large animal entering roadway. Not all vehicles follow the same speed limit either. Personal vehicles have a speed limit, most states force commercial vehicles over a specific weight to travel a different speed limit, and even hazardous substance transportation may have a different speed limit on the exact same stretch of road. Basically, it enforces driving in the safest lane according to road conditions instead of the most comfortable. So get over yourself. I bet your poop stinks just as bad.
Pete I'm not wrong. There's no need for you to go over the speed limit, pass me, only to go back to the speed limit.
If everyone was driving the speed limit, there would be no need to pass anyone. Bigger vehicles do tend to go slower, and they stay on the right lane, but you don't need to pass me in order to pass them as well. I'm not going to be going slower than them.
The people speeding are the ones at fault, you cant argue this.
I don't understand how this is such a hard concept for morons too understand and accept. When I first started driving my dad told me, stay right, pass slow drivers and trucks on the left then move back to the right. Instead of saying something about how people shouldn't be going faster then the speed limit anyways, there has been many many times where people are going 5 mph slower then then limit on the left. It's easier and safer for everyone if people drive this way rather then too drive in any lane they want. There will be people who speed and people who go to slow, but that's not an excuse to drive brainlessly.
Driving in Belgium i saw a sign saying, when u dont overtake someone in the next 10 seconds, move a lane to the right, so i now always use that rule and estimate if it's gonna be more or less then 10 seconds before im next to the car one lane to my right to decide if i have to move over.
and thats why highways in germany are by far the most convenient way of traveling
The only thing more annoying than a slow driver in the left lane is when that same person speeds up once he realizes you're trying to pass him.
when I'm really pissed off I just pass on the shoulder
Good luck
You're the problem.
I've done it before. People are extremely inconsiderate when driving
I've done it couple of times and I hate doing that because of how dangerous it is. But some people are unbelievable.
My dad always told me to speed up slightly while changing lanes. It was good advice.
In a perfect world, driving exactly the speed limit would be acceptable for left lane drivers. But reality is there are plenty of drivers driving way past the speed limit, so it's best to leave that lane open if you aren't passing other vehicles.
No, in a perfect world where everyone followed the correct lane discipline then there would be no need for a speed limit.
this should be common sense
Dumb idea. Imagine the 405 (or the most congested traffic hell hole you could think of) with one fewer lane because it would be limited to passing drivers.
There are 4 lanes on some parts of the autobahn it works well. Near major cities and where there is congestion there are electronic speed limits but the traffic still flows well since there isn't constant merging back and forth causing drivers to brake and a chain reaction slowing more drivers behind them.
It's not a "dumb idea," it's the law. And it's correct.
Ruben That sounds awesome. I just find it hard to believe that people would leave an entire lane clear for overtaking on a 5 lane highway (4 lane if you exclude the High Occupancy Vehicle lane) that's already EXTREMELY congested at peak hours to begin with. Even were it to become law (because that isn't the law in my state) how could it possibly ease congestion for anyone but those who decide to ride the designated merging/overtaking lane home to work and back?
Earlier this week I saw cars blocking the left and center lanes, which backed up traffic about a quarter mile. I was worried that I was about to witness a massive pile-up.
Speed limit advocates have a good point, but the fact is they can't control what some drivers do when they see an opening. So get the &$%@ out of their way and keep our roads - YOUR roads - safer. Thank you.
-Sincerely, someone who doesn't even NEED to go into the left lane
P.S. You enter the highway on the right. You exit on the right. If you have to, you can stay in the center lane so you don't have to deal with the aforementioned right lane traffic entering the highway. Why do you need to go all the way to the left?
Because they are delusional morons or narcissistic @$$holes.
I would add though that the illegal drivers shouldn’t even be driving. They should lose their licenses if they can’t obey the rules. Legal drivers shouldn’t have to babysit illegal or crazy drivers.
@@bradynorris1653 'Legal drivers' should help make the roads safer by getting out of 'illegal drivers' way, you ain't the police so don't try to keep people from breaking the law, why do you think Germany's Autobahn has such low accident rates, I wouldn't be surprised if thousands of crashes are caused by left-lane campers.
For you and everybody else's safety, you should always give the right-of-way to crazy drivers and truckers if it's safe.
@Computer Tutorials 12
Crazy drivers shouldn’t have been able to have gotten and maintained a drivers license. Shouldn’t be on the roads. Not smart or mature enough to drive on public roads.
@@bradynorris1653 You said "the illegal drivers shouldn’t even be driving" and "shouldn’t have been able to have gotten and maintained a drivers license. Shouldn’t be on the roads. Not smart or mature enough to drive on public roads."
The very same applies to those driving in the left lane preventing the flow of traffic.
I wish there was more enforcement of this law.
Rolling roadblocks are by far the most dangerous thing on the roads. Everyone sets their speed to the car next to them verses driving like you would if you were alone. You number one job as a driver is to get from A to B without getting in anybody's way or forcing them to slow up to accommodate you lack of skills.
Ontario and Alberta drivers need to see this
A conversation I actually Had:
Me: It says Slower Traffic Keep Right
Them: bUt Im NoT sPeEdInG, jUsT dOn’T sPeEd
Me: The sign doesn’t say “Slower Traffic Keep Right IF you’re not speeding” it simply says slower traffic keep right
Them: WeLl ThE sPeEd LiMiT SiGn DoEsN’T sAy Go 70, iT sAyS 65, sO i’M nOt BrEaKiNg ThE lAw, THEY aRe
Me: Why are you so focused on following ONE sign, but not the other?
Them: bEcAuSe If I dOn’T wAnT tO, I dOn’T hAvE tO fOlLoW tHaT oNe BeCaUsE iTs NoT aN aCtUaL lAw
A real life conversation!!!!!!!!! That’s when I realized “Speed Limits” are too antiquated because its too subjective. People need to be told exactly how fast or slow to go at all times. Its time we abandon Speed Limits and switch over to “Target Speeds” on major interstates and freeways where lanes further to the left have higher Target Speeds and lanes to the right have slower Target Speeds, where each lane has Target Speeds that are 10mph different from each other, such as Target Speed Signs that read:
75 | 65 | 55 | 45
And 45 is needed because some vehicles and/or people shouldn’t be driving faster than that anyways
Older people, moms in SUVs and mini vans, Trucks, Pickup Trucks, Old cars.... if you cannot keep up with left lane driving move to the right.
There are two laws relevant to this conversation. Speed-Limit and Keep-Right-Except-To-Pass. Not sure why one law matters more than the other.
Would you expect somebody to keep right except to pass in the line at the grocery store? Of course not. Imagine that everyone on the road is trying to get to their destination, and doing so legally (in both speed and choice of lane) is their goal. Admire the people who obey the law, even if you can't. Be grateful that not everyone is more aggressive than you, otherwise it's a race to the bottom.
Ask yourself if you would behave the way you WANT to behave if there were state troopers observing your driving. If you wouldn't do it in front of a cop, then please don't do it in front (or behind) me.
Also, I hate this sentiment: "As Vox explains, driving slightly slower than surrounding traffic is actually more dangerous than going slightly faster than traffic."
No, I totally disagree. You're just transferring YOUR danger onto someone else. If you become slightly faster then they become slightly slower and the danger is now theirs.
There's a reason for a speed limit. Someone has given it some thought. Please obey both laws. Driving is a privilege, not a right. The price if your car and the number of minutes late you are do not factor into this conversation.
It's very true that the two laws Speed-Limit and Keep-Right-Except-To-Pass are equally important. From the comments below, I think those left lane campers just choose the one they like. They stay in left lane because they want to go faster, but they also say others are going too fast and dangerous if one is trying to pass.
The other interesting phenomenon In the area I live(SoCal) is that, it's not uncommon to see people fight for the tiny space in the already-busy left lane while other lanes are pretty empty. And when you are driving behind one of them, you are ignored, but if you are driving in front of them, you might get yelled.
this confuses me because in australia we drive on the left and we always keep left unless overtaking.
Wish this was a thing in NZ, (lanes reversed of course).
On a 100kph (62mph) motorway, you’ll have an empty “slow lane”, people going 80kph (~50mph) in the middle lane and people going 90kph (56mph) in the “fast lane”.
While most people are trying to travel at 108-110kph (~67-68mph).
The real problem is that most states have "keep right except to pass" signs where it isn't actually a law. We have them all over in Wisconsin but, as your map indicated, it isn't actually a law. It doesn't actually bother me most of the time, only when there is traffic trying to pass you. If you're the only one in a quarter mile; drive in whatever lane you want. But move out of the way when someone approaches for behind you (they gave you a mirror to allow this).
I do believe some drivers use the left lane because it’s the prettiest lane, no other rational reason comes to mind. I go to Germany almost yearly and it’s so refreshing to drive where most everyone respects keeping to the right.
Please post a video on why we should drive the speed limit
Or better yet, why not have HONEST speed limits that actually reflect what they expect drivers to instinctively drive on the road? Instead of having an unspoken rule that people are going to cheat the speed limit by something like 10% or 5 mph, and therefore the speed limits would be set unreasonably low anticipating this practice.
I aspected this sort of comment from an asian...
You don't actually have any evidence that if speed limits are set based on actual conditions and driver norms that people will still exceed that. Yes, if you set the speed limit at 60mph, most people will go 65-70, and then raise it to 70 and they will go 75-80. This is due to fear of enforcement, not human behavior. However, if the 85th percentile speed is 85 and you set the speed limit to 85, most people won't go 90-95.
+Mashkhurbek Malik Mamatkhan Likewise, thanks for telling us what sort of person you are. :)
coming from country that drive slowly on the left lane,when i read the title it actually kinda surprise me before i realized that this took place in U.S
I recently was in California and drove around and noticed how people are doing this a lot. I felt very unsafe on the road because of this since people were passing us both on the left and right. Also americans are way to much in their phones while they drive. In Sweden where I am from this type of suggested driving is standard.
and you know why? our Driving lessons in europe are munch better than in MEERCA and in some states your parentm
This is also covered by most driving schools in Canada. The left lane is actually called the passing lane here. Incidentally driving school is not required (although it is higly recommended) so it's not hard to find people who don't understand this.
People just need to drive the speed limit.
and 1 month later someone still doesn't get it... This is not about speeding, it is not about what other people are doing. It is about a common problem that actually causes more traffic flow problems than speeding. And that is that you, as a driver, have a responsibility to maintain the flow of traffic, and part of that is going the same speed as everyone else in the lane.
On top of that, if no one is speeding then the left lane should be clear most of the time since no one needs to pass unless someone is under the limit. So either way, you should not be there going the limit in 99% of cases
I think people need to be retested every 10yrs for license. Cause apparently people don't understand basic driving laws anymore
Every renewal
I would say even sooner than that. Maybe even a paper test every license plate renewal.
People need to get their license revoked if they get more than one ticket per year.
I drive reallyy fast (reach up to 120 mph), but I'd never bother someone driving slow in the left lane (by tailgating, high-beams etc) or make dangerous moves. I'd rather be patient and waste a few minutes than be rude or annoying. I was taught when I first got my license that "driving is manners" and it stuck with me.
One of my biggest pet peeves. Left lane is called PASSING OR FAST lane. In NC we had Driver's Ed so we learned this. In Georgia they don't, but in Atlanta, most of us drive fast. In NC if you want to pass and someone is in the fast lane going slow, you flash your high beams and people move over. ALSO, If someone wants to switch lanes, you put your signal on, the person flashes their lights to let you know it's OK to move into the lane. NC driving 101. I haaaaate when people ride the fast lane.
In my country, the left lane is for the cars that go like, near speed limit, and the right lane is for slower cars. This is only applied to expressways though which we have very few of.
UK viewers - watch this in the mirror.
lmao
lol
Yeah this is pretty basic stuff, tho the narrator missed one important point. As much as I hate slow drivers and people who don't change lanes, by the same measure undertaking is also extremely dangerous and shudnt be done either.
just what I was about to comment lol
+SamTV2013 Dang
Gets annoying how many people in the US don't know this.
Made more annoying by the fact that on every highway I've ever driven on in the States, there are signs in the median stating 'Slower traffic keep right' and people completely ignore them. Since I got a ticket for passing a semi on the right that refused to leave the left lane and Florida adopted the slow lane law, I record drivers in the left lane on the dashcam and forward them to the FHP. Don't know if they care but they've never said to stop sending them.
This video makes me think most of those people may be 'on the left'
+Lee Clemens It's so obvious because the freeway exits are on the right (in the U.S.) so if you are going long distances, and drive fast, of course you go to the left...
in the UK the right lane (left lane in US) is only used for overtaking. Works really well don't know why the US doesn't do this
Unfortunately, "obvious" does not apply to those many who are not very observant or intelligent. I've seen a few signs scattered around that actually say "left lane for passing only" or "slow drivers move to right lane".
I wish those signs were more common.
They should play this on a loop on the TV in the DMV.
Yeah maybe at least one or two TVs showing this and other helpful driving tips
add to the list: retirement communities, highschools, colleges.
amen.
In other words when some aggressive driver nearly clips you trying to pass, ask yourself what you could do to make that situation safer next time.
I agree
The DMV from experience doesn't know how the DMV works or any driving laws.
Now if only everyone used their turn signals when they're required to.
Turn signals aren't as big of a deal as slow people in the left lane.
Generally speaking that is. If you're at a red light and the guy turns right without his turn signal, it's no big deal.
In Atlanta they see it as a signal, not to let you in. In NC, a person puts their signal light on and we flash our lights to acknowledge you and let you in.
And not just as they are making the move either!
@@lucidity1230 if they use turn signals you'll know where they are going and can adjust accordingly. It's pretty useful. Even it could make these speed differences irrelevant.
@@lucidity1230 okay, but there’s more to driving than being sat at a red light
I thought this was common sense, guess not.
obeying the law is common sense. Speeding is not.
+lkuhhdsfgasdgvdadfg Nothing about this video is about speeding. Speeding is irrelevant to this discussio. A red herring, distracting from the actual topic.
Quintinohthree No its not. if you've been paying attention to the people posting hear and the tone of the video, you'll find there are two groups the ones calling for the obeying of speed limits and the ones to impatient to do so.
lkuhhdsfgasdgvdadfg Wow, false dichotomy much? I'm neither of those so you're wrong.
Quintinohthree then your only 1 of 2 that I've seen. And I've read a lot of comments. Obviously you haven't.
Yea... this is like one of the first things they teach you when you get your licence in Sweden. Our left lane is always empty. Is this really not something they teach you in the US?
As you mentioned Autobahn, yea you have to know this for driving there. Autobahn is scaaary to pass someone on. Cars can come out of nowhere.
It is. But people in the US are narcissistic douchebags who think the world revolves around them.
They teach it in drivers ed, and then they teach us that our feelings are super important and as Americans we are entitled to our own opinions of what is right so the driving stuff goes right out the window. Read the comments every other person is justifying why it's ok for them specifically to use the left lane as a rolling "parking spot". It is infuriating!
Having the left lane completely empty just seems like it is a total waste of throughput
They also teach us not to use our phones or other distracting things in the US. Look at how many people listen to that....
imagine you driving that slow on the left lane on the German autobahn and another guy behind you is coming at you doing 200km/h...
advisory limit is 130kph (about 80mph). also? not every country is Germany. we literally fought a war over that.
Autobahn has different laws.
@@cardigansrule Quite a few wars.
+cardigansrule lol you are so obviously a woman
@@nutsackmania No s/he isn't. But you're obviously a sexist.
I thought this was common sense
same. even as a passenger it's a common known fact. atleast I thought it was common.
The world would be a much better place if people lacking it didn't exist. Harsh... But true...
yh do we really need to tell this to people?!
In Germany this is common sense I'm kina shocked that this is a problem somewhere else...
+Meytren well.. Sometimes you still have audis who won't go on the right lane.
I'm from Southern California, so obviously I know everything about driving. It blows my mind how quickly people will cut over to sit in the left lane too. People will legitimately cut 6 lanes from the on ramp, at once, and just squat in the left for miles.
They do this even when the other lanes are empty.
@@konagolden3397 yup, meanwhile I set cruise control at 65 in the right lane and pass everyone
those people are the worst drives, too scared to deal with merging traffic so they feel safer in the left lane. It's just a lack of skill behind the wheel.
And also those drivers that think that as long as the left lane is open then they are not just as guilty for being in a middle lane.
Keep except to pass. Not righter than others.
@@DGLdirect That doesn’t make sense though. If that’s the case, then shouldn’t they stay in the rightmost lane?
There is a german saying: Unwissenheit schützt vor Strafe nicht. Which means, a lack of knowledge isn't a valid excuse, it is actually your job to know the rules.
That's ridiculous. If someone doesn't know the rules, especially after passing the drivers test and being given the license, that's the fault of the DMV. If I don't know the rules how am I going to follow them?
see the comment under yours.. this is the difference between our countries... You make Porsches and Mercedes we make steel framed trucks... I should move.
so if i refuse to read the law i can do what i want? Owning a license makes you obligated to know the law. Not knowing the punishment for murder also would not make you innocent.
That's not what I said.
In order to (I hope) earn a valid drivers license, you have to pass the drivers test. Both the written part AND the physical driving part. What I'm saying, is that if someone manages to somehow obtain a license, AND pass both tests WITHOUT knowing the driving laws, that's the fault of the DMV for passing someone who clearly has no idea what they're doing.
Taking a test without knowledge of the subject matter isn't a crime. Tests are issued to find out what an individual knows about the subject in question, and if someone manages to pass a test on a subject they know nothing about, that's a problem with the test.
On the analogy of murder; that's irrelevant. People don't take tests to determine if they are allowed a license to kill. The crime of Murder is infinitely different than the crime of driving slowly on the left lane.
+Matthew Collins A written test won't cover every single line of the driving handbook. It's your job as a driver to know the rules and laws of the road.
This means two things:
1. American driving lessons are absolutely terrible.
2. You're not the type of person who's ever looked in his rear-view mirror...?
1. They are.
2. Americans don't ever look in their rear-view mirror.
I can't say if that's different than other countries but from my experience it is definitely true in the US, shitty drivers all-around.
As a European who went to Canada for the first time last year: I was shocked. Your roads are designed to make driving easier to begin with, and yet people still can't drive. I don't even want to imagine what it's like in the US
Canadian drivers are fine, thanks. Do I need to post some Russian dash-cam footage?
As an American I can confirm that there a lot of drivers here who shouldn't have a license and/or wasn't taught well enough by the parents and dmv
1. Yes, American driving lessons are absolutely terrible, and many states don't require driving lessons.
2. A lot of Americans driving in the left lane will look in their mirror to see someone obviously wanting to pass them but not care.
In germany it's forbidden to be in the left lane if you're not overtaking somebody.
Georg And still there are thousands of idiots that chill in the left lane.
Or in the middle lane.... With 80km/h or slower...
The US should adopt the German autobahn system, it is genius. It doesn't matter if you are going 200 mph or whatever, you have to be in the right lane in Germany unless you are passing.
Here in Germany (which is clearly European) are more 3 lane highways as 2 lane highways, maybe it's in other countries different but I spoke from Germany, because the first comment is from a German.
I mean here in Denmark most of our highways are 2 lanes in each direction but there are still a lot which has 3 in each direction, especially near the cities or on the cross country highway E20
I do a lot of long distance driving overnight. It’s blows my mind how often people will be cruising along in the left lane, with no one else even around. Now, one could ask, what’s it hurting if no one is around? Nothing. But then I’ll come up behind them, be forced to slow down, follow them for a little while, and they refuse to move over and let me pass. Now I got to pass on the right, and low and behold, suddenly they are speeding up. Next I’ll be doing 90 to try and pass someone that was doing 70, while rapidly approaching a semi. Alright, I’ll slow down and get behind them, I don’t want to sharply cut over inches away from hitting the semi. What a surprise, we are now going 70 again.
It’s so annoying and it happens all the time!
If you’re not a rush, then why delay someone who is? Just let the person pass if you don’t want to drive slower
I've had this problem as well. If they do this then I will drive behind them with my high beams on until they move over.
@seanmurphy637 Unfortunately, it's a good way to get shot these days.
@@seanmurphy637 With your high-beams on them, they cannot see what's behind them and then it's not safe to change lanes.
@@seanmurphy637That's a good way to get someone killed or agitated.
Every state needs to have more strict laws on this.
Damn right. I recently drove from Texas to Michigan and I can't tell you how annoying it is to have to tail a slow driver in the left lane
+Edifon oj i know right. it really kills the roadtrip vibe. im just gonna take a firm stance. flash my lights and honk my horn and when i overtake, i'll move to the right. model citizen
I live in PA which has stricter laws, they've yet to really enforce it in my area. Still come across it daily (even sometimes passing officers while it's occuring).
I agree. People need to be fined for blocking the flow of traffic.
+Pete exactly, I had to honk a few times. One lady yelled at me and I was like are you stupid? You are going 60 in a 75 on the right lane and you are yelling at me for honking at you. These laws need to be made firmer
This is the kind of content that I subscribe for, serious, informative, and no sarcasm.
And is it not common sense that the leftmost lane is the fast lane, and if you want to drive slow you should be in the right most lane?
+Lizard Baron Not in some countries, such as the UK. Right = fast.
+Lizard Baron But it is common sense..
its becuase we drive on the other side of the road, the general principal/ idea is the same tho
Common knowledge, not common sense. There's a difference.
Antoter episode of: “i didn’t know this was a problem cuz I’m from the eu”
Wait other countries are different? no way!
EU is a Problem though
@@bishop51807 yepp
@@gorgeous8821 bad sarcasm?....
No. More like I didn't know or don't care this is a problem because this ia America and it's a free country.
It really takes a 3 minute video to explain this? I thought it was common sense and courtesy.
Have you ever driven on the highway in a crowded city? It's common sense but people are still dumb asses.
In many jurisdictions, it's not just common sense, it's the law. Not that the arrogant, self-absorbed idiots who think the speed limit is the only measure of "safe driving" will ever obey that particular law.
yeah where i live nobody goes at the speed limit when passing
the problem with common sense is, some drivers don't have it yet. and never will until they get in an accident. i'm talking about speed freaks of course.
Yes, common sense but not everyone knows how to use their common sense, hence so many people get frustrated with these type of drivers get into the fast lane then drive super slow.
I thought this was obvious?...
I thought the Earth being spherical would be obvious, but the prevalence of flat earthers on TH-cam proves there's plenty of dumbasses out there.
Mimmi Carlborg - we already do it in Denmark.
Not in USA
Drive one road trip, not even 1 hour long, you will quickly realize how uncommon this knowledge is.
And if you want to further the research to see who does the driving in the passing lane - You will notice: MANY - females, Mexicans and Stuparu Outback Hippies ( of which 99% of drivers here in Boulder are ) and then Mexicans followed by Women. My Daughter told me not long ago that " Mom said thet the left lane was the fast lane."
Those same slow left lane drivers are the same ones that complain about tailgaters.
not really i had someone tailgating me while i was driving in the mid lane generalizing is for dummies.
Maybe it was because you were driving 1 mph faster than the car to your left and the driver behind you was waiting for an opening to pass both.
@@zexe6328 You said "i had someone tailgating me while i was driving in the mid lane"
Why were you in the mid lane?
you should have been in the right lane.
Slow drivers, have a couple of friends that fit the bill, they get mad defensive because they start to realize they are wrong in many of the confrontations they get in on the road. There are some bad tailgaters but usually the real bad ones are the ones trying to cheat squeezing into one lane.
That being said, slow drivers always have these stories of tailgaters, but rarely do you hear "And I moved out of the way so they can get to wherever the need to be!"
Slow drivers could be driving slow for many reasons so its not their demographic as much as it is just bad, non-empathetic drivers, drivers that don't really know how to give "courtesy" to the cars around them. They tend to have slower reactions but in general won't let you merge, or seeing your blinker will speed up and impede your movement. The funny thing is they do it involuntarily! They don't even notice they are being dicks.
Every driver I met that was bad driver always felt they didn't need to be courteous but were pissed when people took their spots over them anyway. I find that to be hilarious.I feel the best drivers always do the most to make sure all the cars around them move smoothly. Its not really explanable but the best description of this is that they are aware of other drivers and will give right of way to other drivers if it makes everyone safe.
@@ilovepickmeups221 You said "The funny thing is they do it involuntarily!"
I would disagree with this.
At least 90% of the time it is intentional.
Hey, left lane divers, stop getting defensive and realise it's inefficient to stay in the left lane. Left lane is a passing lane, we should all know this. What's so wrong with staying in the right lane? I follow the speed limit and guess what? I stay in the right lane unless I'm passing someone or getting over to allow someone up merge.
I'm from Oklahoma... I didn't know about such laws.
your Road Code lessons must've been bad then...
PCFreak Yeah, I guess so. :/ I'm gonna ask if people have even knew about this (in Oklahoma).
+Michelleosprey Yeah that's strange. You think someone would have told you about that. I'm a new driver and it's pretty emphasised in my part of Ohio so maybe that's why.
Here, we have lots of one-laned roads. Left lane tends to be the faster lane.
You left out those who hog the left lane to intentionally slow everyone down because they're passive aggressive, wanna be cops, who wish everyone would conform to their driving habits.
+みさきめい driving on the nations highways and byways is not a competition. Nor is it a time to be teaching other drivers a lesson. Do your job and ignore the attempts by the nitwits to draw you into their pathological problems. Furthermore, some folks may just not be paying attention. It's unfortunate, but that's the human race for you.
You left out those who wanna be cops and enforce lane laws.
cough soccermom minivans
Yeah but that's only one night a year.
I bet the data will show this is the most dangerous type of driver on the road.
They need signs on the left side of the left lane reminding people it's a passing lane only.
I've seen some of those but not in the city I see that more on long road trips
It depends on the state.
@@jprobe It depends on the state and what type of roads you're on. I've driven in over half of the states and I can't remember a state that didn't have at least some sign advising drivers to stay to the right on interstates and other 4+ lane roads.
I've seen them all over in New Jersey but I don't think my state knows how to read
3.8k snails disliked this video.
It's kinda sad. In this case dislikes would be better. This just show how stupid people are in traffic. And yes, you should have known this after getting your license.
You're probly the snail.
Jonas Engen Try this: all lanes have the same speed limit and it’s illegal to speed always same as tailgating. The issue is not as simple as most speeders claim! Many exits are on the left and this issue is not just on Interstates. Just clocked a speeder 55 mph on 40 mph US highway with traffic light 1/2 a mile away!! What a waste of fuel and also speeding!!!!
more like 3.9k Americans
@@Rhaman68 You said "all lanes have the same speed limit and it’s illegal to speed always same as tailgating. The issue is not as simple as most speeders claim! Many exits are on the left"
I totally agree that all lanes have the same speed limit.
I totally agree that speeding and tailgating are illegal.
I totally agree that the issue is not simple, for there are delusional nitwits out there that think that driving in the passing lane without passing or turning left is justified because the only people that it would be affecting are speeders.
That is where it becomes complicated and not simple.
Speeding might be dangerous, but so is congestion on the highway.
Driving in the passing lane pacing the vehicles in the other lanes causes this congestion.
These delusional left lane nitwits have no idea what kind of danger they are creating on the highways, and yet they feel justified.
That is exactly why more and more states are making it illegal to drive in the passing lane.
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A good video, right?
I'm only 17 and I don't drive, yet I know this? Isn't this supposed to be the basics of driving lmao
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+A happy Bambi It's common knowledge in every country that has highway systems
+A happy Bambi yes he loves UK , every other countries, screw them.
This is common knowledge in the UK....
Common knowledge is probably a brand of fast-food shop in America.
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I know lol, they need to have some lessons and make all kindz of driving gainz, ALL KINDZZ
+Tn7mu3 LOL
And in Germany, fast driver quickly learn slow left line drivers to change line by flashing with light and honking ;)
I see that commentators here are shocked that this isn't common knowledge among American drivers. Let me tell you how bad it is, especially in Virginia: Here, to get a drivers license, all you need to know is how to start the car, and where the gas and brake pedals are. The US needs to pass laws supporting much higher quality driver education, mandatory training. In Japan, the process is rigorous, and the expectations for motorists is that they are "Professional drivers". That is what we need, Professional drivers, because US citizens spend way too much time on the roads to justify the reckless, stupid driving that is the rule, not the exception.
Seriously? :o Getting the license was like that here about 50 years ago (Belgium) :/ This video is very surprising indeed.
Yeah, im amazed by the driving education in the US! It seems like they focus more on how to hold the steering wheel than how to actually drive...
as a Marylander I encounter a lot of Virginia drivers on the road. just about every fellow MD driver I know have a silent code that when you cross paths with one of these evasive creatures you immediately get away however possible. I have never seen a group of people so inept at driving, and once you see the tag it all becomes clear. I always wondered what it was about Virgina drivers, maybe something in the water there, but your comment has given me some clarity... they just were never taught how to drive.
That's funny because I was just saying the same thing about Maryland drivers.
The point is any of these "people from VA", "people from NJ" is all bullshit.
That's not how it is here in Texas lmao, we have to know a LOT more than that, even parallel parking.
To the 4,300 who disliked this, GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE!!!
This was common knowledge when I started driving, decades ago, but now so many drivers are completely ignorant or feel entitled to do what ever they want.
It is the morons who speed who think they are entitled to do what ever they want. I think they should spend a week in jail for speeding lose their licence for 5 years and 1000 dollar fine. That is what you dumbass morons should be entitled to.
owen prince get out the the left lane grandma, me going 10 mph faster for 30 secs to pass is safer than you going 10 mph slower for 50 miles
Have you ever thought that maybe this didn't seem like a problem before because there were fewer cars on the road?
owen prince whats so hard about staying the hell out of the left lane?
I have a learners permit and this was written into the training Idk how this guy made it without knowing this
Very informative! Next, do a video about how people should always remember to breathe.
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+Duarte Papel absolutely. anybody who doesn't know this already probably shouldn't be driving.
lol it seems obvious to the people who know the rules but dont forget there are idiots out there which is why this a problem in the first place.
lol why let idiots drive?
ikr, every twelve in my country knows this. you can think, or even of you are stupid, they teach it in driving lessons, it's one of the basic things.
There are left lane campers that will actually speed up just to stop you from going around them, thus creating road rage
In this scenario all parties would be speeding and the one trying to pass is tailgating.
@@sirarnie9837 the bottom line... If you are driving slower move over to the right lane!
@@markfloors6988 I agree. I am just pointing out that in this scenario everyone is driving dangerously. A good driver would avoid this and just go the speed limit.
@@sirarnie9837 I can't argue with what you said, and I'm the type of person that do not tailgate, I just wait for my moment to whip around them and keep it moving!
Good, go the limit maybe?