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Why do so many people fail to understand the left-lane rules?

Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:12 am
Posted by Landmass
Premium Member
Member since Jun 2013
21258 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:12 am
1. The left lane is for passing only. (Do not continuously drive in the left lane)
2. For safety reasons, the speed in the left lane must be at least 4mph faster than the speed of the right lane. (Regardless of the posted speed limit)
3. Move right as soon as you can. (Do not impede traffic)

Yet, every time I get on a highway, there's a collection of oblivious dipshits that think the lane is for cruising.

Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
79236 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:13 am to
3 lane highways are a game changer for this.
Posted by HeadCall
Member since Feb 2025
2358 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:13 am to
What if I’m always passing and more than 4mph than the nerds in the right lane?
Posted by Trauma14
Member since Aug 2010
6327 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:13 am to
My father-in-law and black women with pink license plates think it's for cruising.
Posted by tigerdup07
Member since Dec 2007
22154 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:15 am to
if you want to improve traffic, stop putting your brakes on to let people enter the damn freeway. keep it moving. it's their fricking job to get on. not yours to move out of the fricking way or brake to let them in.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
164562 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:16 am to
This is the type of stuff that i assume befuddles my chauffeur. Seeing as how i rarely converse with laypeople i cannot confirm nor deny.
Posted by Landmass
Premium Member
Member since Jun 2013
21258 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:16 am to
quote:

What if I’m always passing and more than 4mph than the nerds in the right lane?


You still have to get over when there is space to do so.
Posted by TT9
Global warming
Member since Sep 2008
86814 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:17 am to
Don't get me started.
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
13171 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:17 am to
When the state of Alabama can maintain an interstate to where the right lane isn't filled with potholes, grooves, and patchwork, I'll drive in the right lane. Until then, I stay left unless someone is coming up behind me and then I will move over to let them pass.
Posted by Landmass
Premium Member
Member since Jun 2013
21258 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:17 am to
quote:


3 lane highways are a game changer for this.


You can pretty much guarantee that there will be 3 cars side by side in each lane. Example: I-22 outside of Birmingham.
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14853 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:18 am to
It isn't that they fail to understand the rules. They don't even know the rules and on top of that are oblivious of everything around them. Zero situational awareness.
Posted by HenryParsons
Member since Aug 2018
1775 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:19 am to
quote:

people fail to understand the left-lane rules


BMW drivers
Busted Nissan Altima drivers
Posted by Landmass
Premium Member
Member since Jun 2013
21258 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:20 am to
quote:

BMW drivers
Busted Nissan Altima drivers


You're going to have to throw in a lot of BAW trucks as well.
Posted by JumpingJack
Member since Nov 2024
13 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:28 am to
quote:

black women
it ain't just the women. I think it's some kind of black code to use the left lane as the slow lane. Bc it's usually always dem.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
80402 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:29 am to
Minorities don’t gaf about the rules of the road
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
69275 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:30 am to
quote:

3 lane highways are a game changer for this.


Idiots still screw it up.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
452011 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:31 am to
1. They don't understand it's a rule

2. Due to the nature of the left lane, it's less congested. They think it's a better decision to ride in the left lane b/c of #1.
Posted by MrWhipple
West of the Mississippi
Member since Jun 2016
1012 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:31 am to
Printing the left lane signs in Spanish would help.
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
10237 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:33 am to
How about the drivers in the northern Great Plains who habitually hold speed and move onto the pullover area which is well paved to let speeding cars pass . This happens on two lane roads
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
14048 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 10:35 am to
Better question is why do you whiners need to start 3-5 threads complaining about the same thing every week.

Get used to the fact that if I need to pass someone I will use the left lane and I do not drive 15-20 mph over the limit. So when you fly up behind me and start flashing your lights and blowing your horn while having a conniption fit in driver seat of whatever your wife or GF allows you to drive just know I don't care if you're inconvenienced by my follow the laws. Get over it or pass me in the median. I'll move back into the right lane when I'm finished passing the traffic. And acting like a jackass will usually cause me to drive a little more cautions and slowly.
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