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In reply to the discussion: Left Lane Squatters - Read the DAMN Sign... [View all]NutmegYankee
(16,478 posts)120. That mentality is the problem in a nutshell.
If the drivers behind want to go 70, let them pass. It's not your responsibility to enforce the speed limit.
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I don't do it until the vehicle has passed up several opportunities to yield by pulling over.
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#22
Holy shit--Storrow in a Town Car at rush hour? You're now qualified to drive a tank!
MADem
Jan 2014
#107
It's long been my understanding that the left turn signal is used on the Autobahn.
Mister Ed
Jan 2014
#84
I do think, if someone squatted in the left lane in some of those countries, that someone not
MADem
Jan 2014
#288
It's just politeness--if you aren't going fast, don't disaccomode those who are! nt
MADem
Jan 2014
#287
Yep. And if you have ever been in traffic court that is EXACTLY what the judge tells you.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2014
#338
Only time in my life I ever flashed and tailgated, my wife was about to give birth in the car.
Mister Ed
Jan 2014
#103
Sorry about that. I thought your wife was pounding on the window out of anger.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2014
#108
Nothing in the left lane laws says it is OK to stay there just because you are doing the speed limit
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#202
What? The right to pass at the speed limit and in a safe amount of time and distance?
Drahthaardogs
Jan 2014
#221
+1. To the extent that people who want to drive at the limit are almost forced to speed to
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#322
Let them stop me and then they can stop the driver for false accusations
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#162
I hate being passed on a two lane highway and then the guy gets behind a truck and is too
brewens
Jan 2014
#127
wow, harsh state. On the 95 highway in Maryland you have to go at least 15 over the limit.
Vattel
Jan 2014
#110
In our household, the phenomenon you're describing is known as the "Wall of Stupidity."
stranger81
Jan 2014
#61
I do a lot of trips to see family between chicago and peoria. Twice a month at least
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2014
#149
What does "fine" have to do with it? If you want to enforce the law on the road then join the
TheKentuckian
Jan 2014
#233
"Compliance with one law doesn't give you some magical right to disregard another."
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#324
The people who are bugged so much by "left lane squatters" are speeders. I've been tailgated
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#350
Of all the things in the world to get pissed off about, you choose this.
Vashta Nerada
Jan 2014
#352
Great, now if you'd accept that you have no authority to enforce the speed limit and are required
TheKentuckian
Jan 2014
#382
Go ahead and cuss more. I won't alert it. I imagine you and road rage are good friends. n-t
Logical
Jan 2014
#55
I salute truck drivers for putting up with some of the bullshit from drivers
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#206
SHOW me where a law, ANY law, says "drive in the left lane" if you're going the speed limit.
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2014
#70
There are those intentionally trying to keep people slowed down out there. They feel it's their
brewens
Jan 2014
#75
As I have said before, it's Lane Discipline, and most American drivers are just clueless
A HERETIC I AM
Jan 2014
#92
Yup. Any shoulder at all and there is room to be three wide. That makes it safe to pass even if
brewens
Jan 2014
#100
The poster is right. If you are not exceeding the speed limit there is no problem
bowens43
Jan 2014
#183
I already drive 9 mph above the limit. I'm not wading into merging traffic so that some fuckface...
JVS
Jan 2014
#347
And there is a reason freeways have more than one lane in each direction.
A HERETIC I AM
Jan 2014
#349
If I'm going the speed limit & some creep thinks that's not fast enough, they can make the
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#325
It's called "Nestoring", after the asshole made famous by doing it on purpose.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2014
#152
You get people on cruise control that take five miles to pass because they are set at just a
brewens
Jan 2014
#65
I've been on I5 in Oregon heading down to California where trucks are doing that. You get a five
brewens
Jan 2014
#106
You don't have to go very far to see tire debris and skid marks where a trailor fishtails a little.
brewens
Jan 2014
#131
And by they time pass the car they intended to pass, they have come up on another
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#170
The people who drive slow on a 2 lane road only to speed up when you get to a passing lane
neverforget
Jan 2014
#76
They are scared of anywhere the road bends, and MUST SLOW DOWN - and they love SUVs
Mopar151
Jan 2014
#111
If cars and trucks are passing you on the right, you're too far to the left.
SeattleVet
Jan 2014
#93
There's always someone in the left lane on La Cienega doing ten miles under the
abelenkpe
Jan 2014
#137
Yes. This was my point up-thread about how I'm not moving out of the way ....
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2014
#339
Others are going the same speed you are only because they can't get by
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#274
Right on! Also on my bad list are people who get into the carpool lane and then drive 55. Argh!
DesertDiamond
Jan 2014
#145
We call that "Nestoring" in the DC area. After some guy named Nestor who did 55 in the left lane.
yellowcanine
Jan 2014
#148
Usually the attraction of the left lane is that there isn't other traffic merging into it.
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#154
I have sat at the speed limit behinds some asshole in the left lane doing 5 under
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#164
My dad taught me to drive my car as well as anticipate what the other drivers were doing
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#264
Lots of "I'll be damned" and wannabe traffic enforcerers floating around...
Lost_Count
Jan 2014
#211
We need to find the cop that wrote that ticket and nominate him for a medal.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jan 2014
#261
You will find the squatters in the left lane 100 miles from any left exit
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#268
If they're going the speed limit, there's nothing you should be pissed about.
Vashta Nerada
Jan 2014
#243
Of course. But that in no way alters the fact that so is failing to yield.
Lizzie Poppet
Jan 2014
#253
I'll bet somewhere between post #1 and #242 that argument's been dealt with already.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jan 2014
#262
I know pitbulls, breastfeeding, and the olive garden are far more popular, but
fishwax
Jan 2014
#245
I was behind one the other day that had a "Get off my tail" sign on the bumper...
truebrit71
Jan 2014
#248
That is fine if there isn't any traffic or people don't have to pass on the right
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#267
So many post here justifying breaking one law to stop other from breaking one
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#280
It's equally as bad as people who don't yield on yield on left hand turn signals.
Initech
Jan 2014
#303
I drove approx 1,000 miles in Great Britain and never once had a problem with squatters.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#307
That's a good point. Another possible reason is that IMO European drivers are more daring.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#311
What I find irritating is when someone is poking along in the left lane, spots me approaching,
Snarkoleptic
Jan 2014
#328
Once and awhile one of those Subaru escapes and can be seen roaming the left lane of an. Iowa or
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#335
It seems awfully narcissistic to claim that the Vermont locals are driving more slowly
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#356
Pretty simple, anyone going less than 80 in the left lane should face summary execution.
tritsofme
Jan 2014
#367
I never get in the left lane unless I absolutely MUST pass someone, which is rare...
CTyankee
Jan 2014
#385