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I drive the speed limit in the left lane (or any lane) and I'm only in my 30s. I've been doing that since my early 20s, both for safety and gas mileage. I pick
by xapata 10y ago
I drive the speed limit in the left lane (or any lane) and I'm only in my 30s. I've been doing that since my early 20s, both for safety and gas mileage. I pick the right-most lane that allows me to maintain a constant speed.
- dbg31415 10y agoYou make the roads less safe by driving in such a way as to slow down traffic or make people pass you. You should always drive with the flow of traffic. If you're causing other people to use their brakes you're doing it wrong. Always remember that the safest people are the ones who are on the road the least amount of time.
- matchbok 10y agoIf you are using your brakes on a highway because of a driver in the right lane, you are doing it wrong. Please learn how to drive.
- dbg31415 10y agoJust to be clear, there are minimums too for driving on the highway. It's up to the officer to determine (based on weather conditions, road conditions, vehicle conditions...) if someone is driving too slow. Just because you're in the right lane doesn't mean you can drive as slow as you want. Everyone should be going with the flow of traffic... the left-hand lane should be reserved for people who are "active drivers" using it to pass others.
- xapata 10y agoYou have an interesting notion of causality.
- grzm 10y agoI pick the right-most lane that allows me to maintain a constant speed. Please pick the right-most lane that does not back up traffic behind you. If traffic is backing up, it increases the likelihood of accidents. Vehicles that are close together for long periods of time are more likely to hit each other. Of course people should maintain proper following distance, but we need to take into account how people do drive, not how they should drive. The left-most lane should be kept free-flowing unless traffic is very heavy across all lanes.
- xapata 10y agoBy "allows me to maintain a constant speed" I mean that I'm passing cars in the lanes to my right. Thus, I am the free-flowing traffic.
- grzm 10y agoIf faster-moving vehicles are able to get around you on the left and vehicles are not stacking up behind you, okay. If you're impeding traffic because you want to go a constant speed, pull over into a right lane and let the faster-moving traffic pass.
- TomMarius 10y agoYou are not the free-flowing traffic if you slow down other vehicles.
- xapata 10y agoSo if someone wants to drive 95 mph, everyone else in the left lane must merge right to get out of that speeder's way? At what speed does that policy no longer apply? Speeding is like smoking and littering. Sure, many people ignore the signs telling them not to and police tend to ignore violations, but that doesn't mean I must respect the violator. As Paul Graham said, the normal action is perversely abnormal.
- grzm 10y agoThink of this pragmatically. If someone wants to be driving in a manner you think is reckless, do you want to be near them? Do you want to be blocking them? I'd think I'd want to spend as little time in close proximity to them as possible. I'd definitely move right to let them pass.
- xapata 10y agoI think you've misinterpreted my comments. I don't drive on the left out of spite. I drive in the right-most lane that flows at the speed limit. I'll admit that sometimes I'll go 60 if the limit is 55. This means that the lane to my right is generally crowded. Hitting the brakes in order to shift is probably worse than continuing at a constant pace. I'll let the tailgater take the risk of changing lanes.