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

Ehh. I've been in a situation where a truck did 90+ past me JUST to ride on the side of the car in front of me. So instead of going all road rage like this video, I just used the shoulder to go around the car in the slow lane. Not proud of it, but that dude pissed me off. frick Hwy 90

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He's an a-hole. That doesn't mean you aren't.

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there is nothing "assholish" about waiting for a large enough gap in the right lane so that you don't have to slow down to slower traffic

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there is nothing "assholish" about waiting for a large enough gap in the right lane so that you don't have to slow down to slower traffic

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If you're holding up traffic in the left lane because you don't want to possibly deviate from your cruise control, you're an a-hole.

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most of the time they don't even pass when you do get over.

they just hang out in my blindspot.

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then I'll have to get back over in the fast lane to pass someone, and they ride your arse again. It's like they only want to go fast when someone is in front of them. As soon as there is open interstate, they slow down.

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Not sure how you gathered that

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"It's holding up 1 person in ost cases."

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I haven't debated whether it makes me an a-hole or not, and don't really care if it does. You continue to point this out, so I'll acknowledge it so that we can move on. I get it. You think I'm an a-hole. I think the person tailgating someone because they want to do 100 mph is the a-hole. Especially if they think that person should slow down by 10-15 mph just to let them by. Seems kinda selfish.

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You're missing the point. You're both assholes, or rather to the point of the thread, both of these idiots in the video were assholes.

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If you're holding up traffic

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It's like you've never driven in a big city. Most people in a big city don't drive 85-100 mph in the passing lane. It's pretty congested. You're usually dealing with 1 person who is probably late for something.

It doesn't make me an a-hole for not wanting to get over, drop 15 mph, just to have to try and work my way back into the passing lane.

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rather to the point of the thread, both of these idiots in the video were assholes

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I doubt anyone disagrees with this

but this isn't what we are talking about

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I doubt anyone disagrees with this

but this isn't what we are talking about

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none of us, including the poster you're responding to, have been discussing the video for a few pages now

both were definitely assholes. Red car looked like he intentionally slowed way down to piss of the truck. That's a complete dick move.

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It's like you've never driven in a big city. Most people in a big city don't drive 85-100 mph in the passing lane. It's pretty congested. You're usually dealing with 1 person who is probably late for something.

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I live in Northern Virginia and work in DC. 85 is the minimum speed in the passing lane for a large part of every day. Even at that speed, you're likely to hold up traffic.

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get over when they can

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I've said probably 10 times now that I will get over when there is a large enough gap. Just because Argonaut can't go without hitting snooze 10 times and being late to work, it doesn't mean i'm going to go out of my way screw with the slow lane flow of traffic just so you can get to work 5 min late instead of 8 min late.

Again, for the 11th time now, I will get over when I can and when it makes sense with the rest of the flow of traffic.