hey you...the one toodling down the interstate in the LEFT lane...

[sbell111]

God, this is one of my pet peeves and it drives me insane. If you're not going to go at least 10 miles above the speed limit you have no business in the far left lane. Idiots.

Speed limit - far right lane.
Speed limit + 5 miles - next lane or two middle lanes..
Speed limit + 10 miles - far left lane.

You realize that all of the lanes should be traveling BELOW the speed limit, right? That's why they call it a 'speed limit'.

 

[pearlieq]

You realize that all of the lanes should be traveling BELOW the speed limit, right? That's why they call it a 'speed limit'.

Good one! Got any more?

 

[sbell111]

Good one! Got any more?

Nope. I don't have any points on my license, either.

 

[DVCLiz]

You realize that all of the lanes should be traveling BELOW the speed limit, right? That's why they call it a 'speed limit'.

Ok, you try that the next time you are on an interstate highway and see how it works for you. Me, I'll take my chances that a nice steady 8 - 10 miles above the posted speed limit will get me where I need to go without a speeding ticket AND without an 18 wheeler crushing me to death.

 

[pearlieq]

It is not about you deciding what is or isn't an acceptable speed to travel in the left lane. It's about understanding that the left lane is for passing. If you're going slower than someone else wants to go, move the heck over. Duh!

I'm allowed to use it for passing too. Duh!

Like I said, I'll be happy to move over when I'm done doing what I'm doing and can safely do so. Until that time, I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for the dbag riding my tail while I'm doing 80. They're no more important than anyone else and they can wait their turn.

 

[Pakey]

When I made my bucket list, one of things on it was that I was no longer going to allow slow left lane drivers to drive me crazy.

I've just about had to give up driving as a result.

 

[just4today]

I'm allowed to use it for passing too. Duh!

Like I said, I'll be happy to move over when I'm done doing what I'm doing and can safely do so. Until that time, I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for the dbag riding my tail while I'm doing 80. They're no more important than anyone else and they can wait their turn.

And as long as you're actually passing and not sitting there going 1mph faster than the person you want to pass hoping that evenutally you might overtake them I wouldn't have any problem with that. Maybe other people would. I wouldn't. It's the bubble headed people that pull over to pass and can't find the accelerator while there are 20 cars all lined up in back of them that chap my cheeks.

 

[Katieinwonderland]

OP, you sound just like my husband!

We were driving back from Miami over Christmas on the FL turnpike, and we came across two cars...driving side by side in the two lanes...at 60MPH!!! The speed limit is 70, and most cars do around 80! Cars were backing up, beeping their horns and flashing the lights and these two idiots just tootled along, totally oblivious! I thought DH's head was going to explode, he was so frustrated!

The best thing was that his horn had just broken and he hadn't had chance to get it fixed! He kept hitting the steering wheel anyway, I guess it made him feel better! As soon as we got home, he took the car in to get the horn fixed!

 

[TerriP]

OP, thank you for this post...it made me smile after the morning commute from Hades. I called into the office at 8:03 and told our receptionist that I'd be happy to pick up lunch for everyone since that is about the time I would be arriving since I was STUCK behind a line-up of cars STUCK behind two idiots going 45mph! Ugh, it is so frustrating!

Reading your post made me smile...and feel better that at least I'm not alone. Misery loves company and all that...

 

[Lionqueen2]

I am more bothered by people who drive with anger and rage than by those who drive a little slower or faster.

 

[focusondisney]

And as long as you're actually passing and not sitting there going 1mph faster than the person you want to pass hoping that evenutally you might overtake them I wouldn't have any problem with that. Maybe other people would. I wouldn't. It's the bubble headed people that pull over to pass and can't find the accelerator while there are 20 cars all lined up in back of them that chap my cheeks.

OP, you sound just like my husband!

We were driving back from Miami over Christmas on the FL turnpike, and we came across two cars...driving side by side in the two lanes...at 60MPH!!! The speed limit is 70, and most cars do around 80! Cars were backing up, beeping their horns and flashing the lights and these two idiots just tootled along, totally oblivious! I thought DH's head was going to explode, he was so frustrated!

The best thing was that his horn had just broken and he hadn't had chance to get it fixed! He kept hitting the steering wheel anyway, I guess it made him feel better! As soon as we got home, he took the car in to get the horn fixed!

Yep! These are the ones that get me....but our highway is 3 lanes, so it is usually 3 morons that drive side by side, parked on one another's bumpers, creating a true "roadblock". I was even in a 5 car accident years ago as faster moving cars came upon one of these incidents. The cars directly behind these drivers were slowing down & traffic actually came to a brief stop, but because there was a small hill, the cars further back couldn't see what was happening & weren't able to stop in time. Luckily no injuries at all, but what a mess. And of course the slow drivers just drove on, no accident or inconviece to them.

My other pet peevee relates to my wonderful DH. He hardly ever passes ANYONE!!! He has the uncanny ability to find the 1 driver going 10 miles under the speed limit. And he STAYS there!!!! Even if there is noone in the passing lane. Even as the rest of the drivers pull around & pass us without any problems. Makes me SO CRAZY!!!!!! Good thing he's cute or I'd have killed him long ago!!!!

 

[nd5056]

OP, you sound just like my husband!

We were driving back from Miami over Christmas on the FL turnpike, and we came across two cars...driving side by side in the two lanes...at 60MPH!!! The speed limit is 70, and most cars do around 80! Cars were backing up, beeping their horns and flashing the lights and these two idiots just tootled along, totally oblivious! I thought DH's head was going to explode, he was so frustrated!

The best thing was that his horn had just broken and he hadn't had chance to get it fixed! He kept hitting the steering wheel anyway, I guess it made him feel better! As soon as we got home, he took the car in to get the horn fixed!

I'm sure he'd be pleased to have one like in HERE:



.

 

[Shutterbug]

You realize that all of the lanes should be traveling BELOW the speed limit, right? That's why they call it a 'speed limit'.

You realize that tire size can affect speedometer reading?
Depending on the size of the tire you could be going faster or slower than what your speedo says.

Also you realize that most speedo's are not accurate? Using gps units I have found that when my speedo reads 65 I am only going 61. I have been lasered while doing what my speedo reads as 72 and not pulled over.

 

[Shutterbug]

One of the biggest arguments I hear from left lane hogs is "I have every right to be in that lane"
Yes you also have every right to walk down through a bad neighborhood in the middle of the night wearing a just bikini. Is it the smartest thing though? NO!

So why invite trouble on yourself?

 

[MineMail]

This is one of my pet peeves too. DH does this and it makes me crazy. I constantly annoy him by checking the passenger mirror to hint about moving over. It works 50% of the time.

It actually causes congestion because some people know that passing on the right isn't the answer, so all the lanes get stuck going left looie's speed. Even worse, you get stuck behind him while everyone else zips by in the right lane and you can't get out into traffic because you're going too slow to merge safely. (Forget turn signals in NJ - they're "Pass me NOW" lights. Instead of letting you into a lane, they floor it to block you.)

My other gripe is when people put their car on cruise control and won't take it off under any circumstances. Even when they're passing someone (who's traveling a whopping 1 mph slower!) they don't put their foot on the gas, so they sit next to the slower vehicle like they're checking it out at a drive in!

You're allowed to go 10mph over the speed limit to pass. You don't even have to turn off the cruise control to temporarily increase your speed-just put your foot on the gas pedal when you see a hill coming up or you want to pass someone. The cruise control will go back to the set speed when you ease off the pedal.

I can sense the deer looking for a two-for-one collision when someone crawls past me, so after a minute, I either floor it to get ahead of the moron or slow down and let him go ahead.

I feel better now - thanks!

 

[Katieinwonderland]

I'm sure he'd be pleased to have one like in HERE:



.

He said he's going to buy an airhorn incase his horn ever goes out again, so he has a backup!

 

[NYPDwife]

completely oblivious to the fact that traffic is stacking up behind you...WHY DO YOU DO IT? Do you not see the people behind you flashing their lights at you to MOVE OVER to the right lane, where you are supposed to drive unless you're passing someone? Do you not wonder why everyone who passes you ON THE RIGHT, gives you a dirty look, or the one-finger salute? Do you not realize the signs along the interstate which read "SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT" applies to you? Do you not realize that you are a rolling one-car traffic jam?

sorry...I feel better now...it's just that I've driven a lot of miles on the interstate in the last few weeks, and I'm astounded at how clueless some of the driving population is in regards to the rules of the road.

I'd be driving along, making good time...traffic flowing nicely...then I'd come up on a clump of traffic...I'd eventually work my way through the clump to find (without fail) some yahoo driving along in the LEFT lane, going ten miles an hour under the speed limit.

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT

ITA!!!! This happens on the Southern State in Long Island and although we don't have signs to stay right, you should know that if you aren't doing at least 65, stay the heck out of the left lane.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

OK, I know I'm going to get creamed for this, but here's the opposite point of view.

I don't like to drive fast -- 5 miles an hour over the speed limit, I can handle that. Maybe even 10, but more than that freaks me out. So I drive on the right -- so far so good.

There's a place here where the on ramp is on the left. Invariably, I get off the ramp, and I'm still getting up to speed, maybe 50 in a 55 mile zone. Of course my attention is to keep speeding up until I'm at 60 or 65 and then get over. Trust me, I want to get over as badly as you want me to get over, but before I can even think about someone comes speeding up and they're right on my tail. So, instinctually, I slow down. I can't help myself, it just happens. Now I'm going 45 in the left lane, and so people start passing me, going 70 or 75 on my left. Even if I speed up to 70 (which I'm not willing to do because of the guy on my tail, he's too close for me to be comfortable at that speed), I'm not going to be able to merge right. So the guy starts blinking his headlight and honking his horn.

What's the right thing to do in this circumstance?

 

[MineMail]

This is one of my pet peeves too. DH does this and it makes me crazy. I constantly annoy him by checking the passenger mirror to hint about moving over. It works 50% of the time.

It actually causes congestion because some people know that passing on the right isn't the answer, so all the lanes get stuck going left looie's speed. Even worse, you get stuck behind him while everyone else zips by in the right lane and you can't get out into traffic because you're going too slow to merge safely. (Forget turn signals in NJ - they're "Pass me NOW" lights. Instead of letting you into a lane, they floor it to block you.)

My other gripe is when people put their car on cruise control and won't take it off under any circumstances. Even when they're passing someone (who's traveling a whopping 1 mph slower!) they don't put their foot on the gas, so they sit next to the slower vehicle like they're checking it out at a drive in!

You're allowed to go 10mph over the speed limit to pass. You don't even have to turn off the cruise control to temporarily increase your speed-just put your foot on the gas pedal when you see a hill coming up or you want to pass someone. The cruise control will go back to the set speed when you ease off the pedal.

I can sense the deer looking for a two-for-one collision when someone crawls past me, so after a minute, I either floor it to get ahead of the moron or slow down and let him go ahead.

I feel better now - thanks!

 

[OceanAnnie]

OK, I know I'm going to get creamed for this, but here's the opposite point of view.

I don't like to drive fast -- 5 miles an hour over the speed limit, I can handle that. Maybe even 10, but more than that freaks me out. So I drive on the right -- so far so good.

There's a place here where the on ramp is on the left. Invariably, I get off the ramp, and I'm still getting up to speed, maybe 50 in a 55 mile zone. Of course my attention is to keep speeding up until I'm at 60 or 65 and then get over. Trust me, I want to get over as badly as you want me to get over, but before I can even think about someone comes speeding up and they're right on my tail. So, instinctually, I slow down. I can't help myself, it just happens. Now I'm going 45 in the left lane, and so people start passing me, going 70 or 75 on my left. Even if I speed up to 70 (which I'm not willing to do because of the guy on my tail, he's too close for me to be comfortable at that speed), I'm not going to be able to merge right. So the guy starts blinking his headlight and honking his horn.

What's the right thing to do in this circumstance?

Maybe my coffee didn't have enough caffeine for me today. But once you are off the off ramp, shouldn't you be in the right hand lane? I'm so caught up in that I can't sort out the rest.