Left lane etiquette

[radicalleft]

18 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Stay right unless passing slower
	17 (94%)
	Eh, fuck it! I'm going the speed limit
	1 (6%)
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[RockRaven]

1. Depends upon where the driving is taking place...

[Mister Ed]

5. Yes. There's an on-ramp every mile on my commute to work.

I often move to the left to make room for the stream of merging traffic.

[MerryHolidays]

2. Also, some insane drivers treat the HOV/carpool lane on the left as the fast lane

It isn't! It's exactly for what the name says: HOVs/carpools.

[hlthe2b]

3. Of course it is stay right except to pass. But that applies to normal traffic, not congested highway

traffic, usually as a result of a wreck up ahead or construction.

I don't know what to think about aggressive drivers (usually in honking big pick-up trucks or SUVs--Coloradoans on I-25 know of which I speak) that try to bully you to the point of forcing you off the road, even though there are zero breaks in the traffic and both lanes are stop-and-go. Sometimes Karma gets them and I've seen them overturn in the median when their attempt to intimidate drivers in front of them while leaving nowhere for themselves to go, backfires.

[Goonch]

4. ;-{)

[radicalleft]

10. That's funny

[Hoyt]

6. If I'm doing speed limit and someone in a Hummer or similar gets on my bumper, I ain't moving over.

If someone approaches and maintains a respectable/safe distance, I'll likely move over for them to pass.

[Kittycatkat]

9. Should always move over. Causes backups, road rage, accidents etc.

[radicalleft]

11. Agreed 100%

n/t

[rownesheck]

14. I'm with you!

I don't cave to bullies and criminals. Yes, I consider speeding a crime.

[TheRealNorth]

7. Its actually State Law in Minnesota

Slower traffic needs to move to the right lane when safe to do so.

[DBoon]

8. I stay in the #2 lane

Don't want to take a bullet

[crud]

12. To all those who have driven I-5 between Northern and southern CA.

These rules don't work. You know what I mean.

[FakeNoose]

13. There's only one situation when I stay in the left lane

... when I know a left exit is coming up, and maybe the guy behind me doesn't know. I don't care, I remain in the left lane to the exit. Doesn't happen often, but we have a few in the Pittsburgh area. Normally I'm happy to stay right and yield to the faster drivers.