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re: Driving 75 mph in the left lane minding your own business

Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:04 pm to
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:04 pm to
my point was I was pissed off because it was a fricking park ranger making people believe he's a cop hauling arse and closing in on drivers like that
Posted by jpggpj
Chair
Member since Oct 2005
3987 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:05 pm to
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nope if you're passing people, you are in the correct lane. Not my fault someone else wants to pass at a faster speed.


Traveling and passing two different things. You cannot constantly be passing traffic in the right lane.
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70903 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:05 pm to
pretty slick of him if you ask me
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70903 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:07 pm to
I don't think you follow

I'm saying i'm not going to get out of the left lane if I'm going ~80 mph and passing people while in the passing lane just because someone wants to go 90 mph

that would require me to slow down to ~70 mph just because you want to go ~90 mph. Not gonna do that.
This post was edited on 5/4/17 at 12:10 pm
Posted by jpggpj
Chair
Member since Oct 2005
3987 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:10 pm to
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I don't think you follow


quote:

I'm saying i'm not going to get out of the left lane if I'm going ~80 mph and passing people in the passing lane just because someone wants to go 90 mph


quote:

I'm the person you hate who keeps his cruise control on 80 and doesn't acknowledge that you are illegally riding my bumper


You are correct, I'm not following at all.
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
66925 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:10 pm to
Slower traffic keep right
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70903 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:12 pm to
I'm in the passing/ left lane.

I'm going 80-85 mph.

you are also in the passing/left lane and would like to do 90-95 mph.

therefore, you quickly approach me; we are both in the passing/left lane.

I've no intention on slowing down and switching to the right lane to allow you to continue on your path in the left lane.

If I am in the left/passing lane, and passing people in the right lane, I am in the appropriate lane, regardless of how fast you would like to go in the left/passing lane.
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70903 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:14 pm to
80-85 mph is not considered slower traffic. I am in Tennessee, and the actual law as of 2016 is if you are in the left lane, you must actually be passing folks in the right lanes. If I'm doing that, I'm legally and morally in the clear. 29 other states have this exact law as well. Not sure about LA.
hitting your brakes to switch lanes in traffic is unsafe.
This post was edited on 5/4/17 at 12:17 pm
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
24577 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:17 pm to
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Have you ever just been driving in the left lane minding your own business, passing the slow drivers in the right lane when you all of a sudden glance in your rear view mirror and you notice a car closing in fast on you, as the car gets closer you notice the car has sirens/lights on top of its roof(not turned on) so you suddenly put your blinker on and frantically move over into the right lane to let the (what you think is a cop) pass you, but as the car passes you notice it's nothing but a park ranger.


Do you realize that is one sentence?
Posted by Dam Guide
Member since Sep 2005
15503 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:19 pm to
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80-85 mph is not considered slower traffic. I am in Tennessee, and the actual law as of 2016 is if you are in the left lane, you must actually be passing folks in the right lanes. If I'm doing that, I'm legally and morally in the clear. 29 other states have this exact law as well. Not sure about LA. hitting your brakes to switch lanes in traffic is unsafe.


Even leaving out the high speeds, this should be more than fine as long as when you get a gap, you allow traffic to flow.
This post was edited on 5/4/17 at 12:21 pm
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37248 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:20 pm to
quote:

Driving 75 mph in the left lane


Get your slow arse out of the left lane.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59624 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:21 pm to
quote:

'm saying i'm not going to get out of the left lane if I'm going ~80 mph and passing people while in the passing lane just because someone wants to go 90 mph

that would require me to slow down to ~70 mph just because you want to go ~90 mph. Not gonna do that.




yep they should have left earlier if they don't want to go 80

frick em
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
68300 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:21 pm to
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I've never even seen a park ranger car in Louisiana.




Get out of the swamp and up to national forest territory and you will
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70903 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:21 pm to
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, this should be more than fine as long as when you get a gap, you allow traffic to flow.


no doubt. I don't do it to be a dick. I just live in a congested city and don't intend on weaving in and out of traffic to allow someone to go faster than me when I am in the appropriate lane.

If there is a gap, I will get over. But usually these folks see the gap and go around before I get the chance. I shouldn't have to, but I will, considering you can't pass a gap.
This post was edited on 5/4/17 at 12:23 pm
Posted by LSUROXS
Texas
Member since Sep 2006
7151 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:22 pm to
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Have you ever just been driving in the left lane minding your own business,


I usually drive in the right hand lane and pass using the left lane. You're the A-hole that screws up the process! I'm glad you got punked!
Posted by djrunner
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
5318 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:22 pm to
Get out of the left lane dude. Your fricking up the flow of traffic.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:23 pm to
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Do you realize that is one sentence?



yes, I did it on purpose....the whole thread is going completly over everyone's head
Posted by stelly1025
Lafayette
Member since May 2012
8509 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:23 pm to
The left lane is not meant to be stayed in. You pass and get over to the right. It doesn't matter if you are going the speed limit or a little over gtfo of the way when you are not passing someone.
Posted by Simon Gruber
Member since Mar 2017
834 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:25 pm to
Leslie Knope had a meeting to get to!

Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70903 posts
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:25 pm to
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yep they should have left earlier if they don't want to go 80

frick em


correct

someone going that fast is a hazard and I am doing my diligence by forcing that ole baw to slow down and just be late to the chopper. That oil rig ain't goin' anywhere.
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