re: People who get pissed off when someone flashes them to pass..

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but I would shoot up to 90 at some points and a car would get behind me, tailgating almost.
Then I would get over. Then they would get back behind me because they wanted me to run the pack. I prefer not to run a car pack and stay in the middle.

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i feel you.

TAKE RISKS ON YOUR OWN KIMOSABEE

eta i take it up to like 110 in these situations to shake them.

LOL at the comments saying that someone flashing their lights blinds you. Unless someone is flashing lights trying to give you an epileptic seizure, you aren't blinded

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Almost as stupid as flashing brights at someone at night for no emergency-related reason.

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another person who failed drivers ed.

Do you also use your emergency lights in the rain

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At the very least, repeat the "slow traffic keep right" question 10 times in the exam.

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If the car is going above the speed limit say 75 in a 70 then that car isn't slow traffic it is in fact speeding.

lol, wow....where to begin.

He thought the lane was his and you knew it was yours.

I would advise against flashing your lights at people unless you understand that you may receive more of the same or worse.

I drive fast also and have NEVER flashed my lights at anyone to pass. I just go around and continue with my business.

if it's done correctly, that's how it works...
blinkers also!
you probably scared them which may have pissed them off...
thing is that at night on some roads watch out for the fools...
you were a gentleman...someone other than you was having a bad night...good Not to be apart of it.

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napoleon, you are going to hell for speeding and this poor ol' camper is just trying to save your immortal soul by annoiting you with holy wiper water and you got all bent out of shape.

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I got pretty much what I expected from this thread. Confirmation of why our drivers are so horrible.

I think most never even heard of "flash to pass"
what emergency would require me to flash my high beams??

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Apparently it is the view of some posters that if they speed and blink their lights continuously THEY have the right to constantly drive in the passing lane.

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I don't know who that is. I keep right.
I just pass a lot too.

§71. Driving on right side of road; exceptions
A. Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows:
(1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement, including passing lanes;
(2) When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair;
(3) Upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic.
B.(1)(a) Upon all multilane highways, no vehicle shall be driven in the left-hand lane except when directed otherwise, preparing for a left turn at an intersection or private road or driveway, overtaking or passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, or when right-hand lanes are congested; however, no vehicle being driven in the left lane except when directed otherwise or preparing for a left turn at an intersection, private road, or driveway shall impede any other vehicle that is traveling in the same lane and behind that vehicle.
(b) Upon all multilane highways, no vehicle traveling in the left-hand lane shall be driven at a speed slower than any vehicle traveling to its right on the same roadway.
(c) Upon all multilane highways any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the circumstances then existing, shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic except when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway, or passing or overtaking a vehicle proceeding in the same direction, if passing on the left side of it. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize driving any vehicle in the left lane so as to prohibit, impede, or block passage of an overtaking vehicle in such lane and in such event the vehicle in the left lane prohibiting, impeding, or blocking passage of an overtaking vehicle shall expeditiously merge into the right lane of traffic.
(d) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply during a declared state of emergency when contraflow has been activated.
(2) In addition to the requirement of Paragraph 1 hereof, any vehicle proceeding on a multilane highway at a speed slower than ten miles per hour less than the posted maximum speed limit shall be driven in the right hand lane then available for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing a vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. Persons in violation of this Paragraph shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both.
C. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, is directed to include a summary of this Section in any instructional publication for drivers.
D. The Department of Transportation and Development is directed to place signs on multilane highways, in an effort to make motorists aware of the provisions provided for in this Section.
E. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and the Department of Transportation and Development are directed to cooperatively develop and engage a public awareness campaign to notify motorists of the provisions of this Section.

Cliffnotes: If you're in the left lane and a car wants to go faster than you, get the frick out of the way.

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It was a dark stretch of highway. there were two lanes. There was no car in the right at all.

It's his duty to get over, not mine to pass on the right.

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So, did you change lanes from the right lane to the left lane, just to try to get him to go to the right lane so that you could pass him, or were you being a dick and driving in the "passing lane", too?