re: Is the left lane driving issue getting worse?

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Most people have zero situational awareness.

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Yep. Driving should be an "active" activity - not passive. Yet most drivers are passive and not deliberate.

I think one thing that has gotten worse is left turners at a traffic signal. I was taught (and it seems to me like most drivers used to do this) to pull out into the intersection so you are completely poised to turn left when you get an opening from the oncoming traffic.

Now, it seems like I routinely get stranded in the left turn lane because the dope in front of me doesn't even inch out...sometimes completely missing the chance to turn left.

I respect the latter way more than the former. The former can frick right off.