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My friends who are left lane hoggers say this all the time. My response is "show me your badge." Because unless you have one, you're not authorized to enforce s

My friends who are left lane hoggers say this all the time. My response is "show me your badge." Because unless you have one, you're not authorized to enforce speed limits. If you want to call 911 and report the speeder in the left lane, fine. But if you want to drive in the left lane just because you like it over there, you're forcing people to pass you on the right (which is dangerous) and you're disrupting the normal flow of traffic (also dangerous). If you think it should be your job to hog the left lane to slow down speeders, join your local police department. Otherwise move to the right unless you're passing.

ars 5y ago
So then where is your badge? Are you not doing the exact same thing, by making it your job to tell people to move out of the left lane? > pass you on the right (which is dangerous) What's dangerous about it? And don't say "the left lane is for slow cars", because speeders are WAY more dangerous, yet you are not criticizing them. > you're disrupting the normal flow of traffic (also dangerous) I don't see any disruption to the normal flow. Set your cruise control to the speed limit, and just drive smoothly. There is zero reason to constantly weave in and out of traffic as speeding "pass on the left" drivers do. Speeders disrupt the normal flow though, so why are you OK with them? There seems to be large lack of symmetry in your arguments. (Although I do appreciate you at least answering, I've heard these answers before, and yet I never gotten a reply when I bring up the lack of symmetry in the answer.)
- pc86 5y ago
  Orderly traffic flow (passing on the left, traveling on the right) at speed x is safer than disorderly traffic flow (weaving in and out to avoid the jerk going the limit in the left lane) at speed x-y. > Speeders disrupt the normal flow though When it's one guy going 100 and everyone else is 80, yes. No argument from me. But when everyone is going 80 and there's someone in the left going 65 because that's the limit, the people going 80 aren't the problem.
- dreamcompiler 5y ago
  I make no attempt to physically enforce "slower traffic keep right." But I often see friends driving the speed limit in the far left lane, and they won't switch lanes when somebody comes up behind them because they are "trying to slow down the speeders." That's the part that needs a badge. Anybody can express an opinion. It's when you physically try to force people to behave differently that you need a badge. By "normal flow" I'm referring to highway conventions that expect the average traffic speed of a leftward lane to be higher than the lane immediately to its right. That's a safer flow than having every lane with a random average speed. Germany enforces this on the Autobahn. Some US states enforce it; most have signs promoting the idea. With "slower traffic keep right" you get something close to laminar flow (with shear) if you treat cars as gas molecules. With "every lane can do whatever it wants" you have turbulent flow, more lane changes, and more collisions.

ars 5y ago

So then where is your badge? Are you not doing the exact same thing, by making it your job to tell people to move out of the left lane? > pass you on the right (which is dangerous) What's dangerous about it? And don't say "the left lane is for slow cars", because speeders are WAY more dangerous, yet you are not criticizing them. > you're disrupting the normal flow of traffic (also dangerous) I don't see any disruption to the normal flow. Set your cruise control to the speed limit, and just drive smoothly. There is zero reason to constantly weave in and out of traffic as speeding "pass on the left" drivers do. Speeders disrupt the normal flow though, so why are you OK with them? There seems to be large lack of symmetry in your arguments. (Although I do appreciate you at least answering, I've heard these answers before, and yet I never gotten a reply when I bring up the lack of symmetry in the answer.)

pc86 5y ago
Orderly traffic flow (passing on the left, traveling on the right) at speed x is safer than disorderly traffic flow (weaving in and out to avoid the jerk going the limit in the left lane) at speed x-y. > Speeders disrupt the normal flow though When it's one guy going 100 and everyone else is 80, yes. No argument from me. But when everyone is going 80 and there's someone in the left going 65 because that's the limit, the people going 80 aren't the problem.
dreamcompiler 5y ago
I make no attempt to physically enforce "slower traffic keep right." But I often see friends driving the speed limit in the far left lane, and they won't switch lanes when somebody comes up behind them because they are "trying to slow down the speeders." That's the part that needs a badge. Anybody can express an opinion. It's when you physically try to force people to behave differently that you need a badge. By "normal flow" I'm referring to highway conventions that expect the average traffic speed of a leftward lane to be higher than the lane immediately to its right. That's a safer flow than having every lane with a random average speed. Germany enforces this on the Autobahn. Some US states enforce it; most have signs promoting the idea. With "slower traffic keep right" you get something close to laminar flow (with shear) if you treat cars as gas molecules. With "every lane can do whatever it wants" you have turbulent flow, more lane changes, and more collisions.