re: Might want to watch this video if you hog the left lane

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Another problem I run into is someone passing a semi, and only going 1-2 mph faster than the truck.

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This pushes a bottleneck behind them and causes traffic to get a lot closer together.

This is why trucks should be limited to the right lane only on 4 lane rural freeways with any kind of traffic or on freeways with any kind of incline. They'll run along side each other and when they start going up hill, they slow down 5-10 mph and create a bottleneck. They have no problems doing this in heavy rain or fog either.

Louisiana is widening I-10 and I-12 in sections to 6 lanes (3 in each direction), so progress is happening. In those cases, trucks should not be allowed in the far left lane.

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Worst most unaware of their surroundings drivers on the road. Bar none.

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I often see people passing a car, and then staying in the left lane because there is a semi truck about half a mile away in the right lane. They would have plenty of time to swing over, let the guy behind them pass, and then get back over to pass the truck without ever needing to change their speed. This gets exacerbated by a line of cars behind them, and they decide they don't want to get over and get stuck behind the truck while the other cars pass.

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I think this goes to member's point in that if you aren't needing to pass, then you should stay in the right lane. If enough road is available, you should gravitate towards the right lane and then merge left if you need to pass.

But in the city, this is rarely the case. Semis are in the right lane, going 10 mph under the speed limit. You kind of have to pick your lane and speed with the flow of traffic.

Rubbing is racing

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but you're passing, in the passing lane.

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Just because you are in the passing lane doesn't mean you don't have a responsibility to follow the "slower traffic keep right" rule or proper lane usage.

The slower traffic could be you. If there's a car rapidly approaching you while you are camping out in the passing lane, then you are the slower traffic. Move right and let the faster traffic pass. When they are clear, continue on your merry way inching by cars going 2-3mph slower than you.

There's no justification for not moving over when there's adequate space to do so. It's safer, courteous, and your responsibility as a driver.

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the lane usage rule most drivers forget is zipper merging.

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Zipper merging has to be one of the leading causes of road rage for idiots that don't understand how to do it. It turns into a game of chicken with people dead set on not giving up "their" spot.

The problem I do have with it is people merging west bound from College Drive and coming to a stop and blocking me from getting off efficiently at Acadian.

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Just because you are in the passing lane doesn't mean you don't have a responsibility to follow the "slower traffic keep right" rule or proper lane usage.

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literally in TN the law is left lane is for passing. I do not recall any signs that say slow traffic keep right.

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Termed the "slow poke law," Howell's bill would make it illegal for anyone to drive in the passing lane of a highway unless that person is actually passing another vehicle. There are plenty of exceptions and caveats: The road would have to be a three-lane highway, and the law would apply only when weather and traffic permitted.

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if you're passing people in the slow lane, you are by law entitled to be in the passing lane, point blank. If you're moving at the same rate of speed as the slow lane, but are in the passing lane, you can be pulled over and ticketed.

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The slower traffic could be you. If there's a car rapidly approaching you while you are camping out in the passing lane, then you are the slower traffic.

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you're not camping out in the passing lane if you are passing people

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There's no justification for not moving over when there's adequate space to do so.

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Can we get a definition of what you consider to be adequate space at interstate speeds?

Usually just getting behind them and flashing lights or honking horns non stop will do the trick.

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you're not camping out in the passing lane if you are passing people

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You are camping out in the left lane if you are hindering traffic and not moving over when there's space to do so. The most egregious offenders actually have people passing them on the right.

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literally in TN the law is left lane is for passing. I do not recall any signs that say slow traffic keep right.

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No state requires you to speed up when faster traffic approaches you from behind. Most states require you to move right when you are done passing.

Starting this year in Tennessee, drivers have to yield to faster traffic in the left lane.

Doing that keeps slower traffic like you safe and allows cops to generate more revenue by clocking speeders. It's a win win for everyone. This is where the problems occur...when drivers moving barely faster than the right lane don't move over because they see another car a quarter to a half mile up the road that they'll pass eventually. Faster traffic behind them compresses (creating a dangerous situation for everyone) and often has to move around on the right to get around the camper (which is also dangerous for everyone).