• Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    17 hours ago

    Why does the guys in the middle lane have to be driving slow? The speed limit is usually 65 on highways by me, and if the fella is doing 75, can he not stay in the middle lane? If he is not getting off for a time, 75 in the middle lane seems reasonable? He could be doing 80 and this scenario can still happen.

    You’ll have the guy in the truck come up behind you doing 90. Is the car really slow, at ten over the speed limit? Or is the car only slow once someone fast doing 90 shows up? Why must the barely rule abiding citizen, yeild to the blatant speeder?

    • roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      15 hours ago

      The determining factor isn’t speed, it’s the availability of the right lane. If there aren’t any vehicles to your right, that’s where you belong.

      I don’t care if I’m doing 90, if there is no one slower than me that I’ll catch up to in the next 20-30 seconds, I move right.

    • ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca
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      16 hours ago

      The speed limit is usually 65 on highways by me, and if the fella is doing 75, can he not stay in the middle lane?

      Traffic flows more smoothly when drivers keep to the right when possible, even if you’re speeding a little bit.

      • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 hours ago

        I swear my drivers ed book said the right most lane is for entering/exiting the highway, middle lane is for cruising, and left lane for passing.

        Y’all I cursed myself anyway, just drove the highway today, I don’t have to take it often these days, and no less then three times was a fella in the left lane doing 60mph. I get the gripe, I don’t understand the need to go 90. But that’s me and kind of irrelevant unless theres a left exit to take.

        I think there are as many drivers who should get some patience for others, as there are folks who need to move tf over. Both are dangerous to other drivers.

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        12 hours ago

        If that were true there should be only two lanes per direction, and no use to the third lane.

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        16 hours ago

        What BS. So everyone in right lane who goes slower then YOU. is the answer.