Driveing in the fast lane

How many of you out there drive in the fast lane ( left ), observing the
speed limit instead of getting over to the (right), to let those of us that
want to break the speed limit move pass you.

I dread getting behind a mini van with the soccer mom driveling it. They
think they own the road.

In other word you are a rolling road block?


If I see someone on my ass, and I am usually over the limit in my CR-V by at
lease 15 mph, I will get over to allow the guy behind me to pass, unless I
am turning left a short distance ahead.

I always observe the speed limit in residential, and school zone's.

Thanks
Tom

 

I forgot this your on your cell phone,.... telling the person on the other
end your about 20 seconds from your designation.

Tom

 

Unfortunately it's not only soccer moms doing it. Especially annoying when
someone is going BELOW the speed limit in the left lane (*passing lane*), or
who likes to drive right next to another car or in the BLIND SPOT of a
tractor trailor. Sometimes people who are guilty of this are also too
intent with the conversation on their cell phone weaving back and fourth.
For these people they need to shut up and drive!

For those who think they own the road because they pay taxes, where did they
ever get the notion they were the only ones paying taxes? Hey - I pay MY
taxes too! I know there are many different people with different abilities
on the road driving many different types of vehicles.

I'm not an advocate for speeding since safety comes first. I will often go
with the quicker flow of traffic (which is normally above posted limit),
while other times I'm sitting in the middle or right lane.

If people observed greater common courtesy and common sense the roads would
be a better and safer place.... These are only my 3 cents worth. (Up from
2 cents due to inflation)

-Dave

Let me get off of my soap box now....

 

Hi,
So, lemee see who has more accident, guy like you or soccer mom?
Who pays higher insurance? You or soccer mom. 15 over speed limit?
I don't mind slow drivers, worst are those who don't pay attention
to their driving. Yaking on cellphone, eating, looking at map/book/
newspaper, etc. They are the ones who don't use their signal either.
If I am doing the limit and some guy is on my tail, I don't move over,
let him go around. But hogging the passing lane is bad thing. You can
get a ticket for that.
Tony

 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with going below the speed limit in the
passing lane if you are actually passing somebody. With reference to the
passing lane hoggers, speed is really irrelavent. Fast or slow, they either
have a reason to be there (passing someone) or they don't (not passing
anybody, nobody in the right lane near them, no potential cars merging on
highway, no left-turns coming up on the highway).

I almost always set my cruise control at 5 MPH below the MAX speed limit
(the speed limit is a maximum rating, not a minimum). It is amazing how
relaxing a drive can be at this speed. I very rarely have to turn my cruise
off even in midly heavy traffic because 99% of the cars are passing me.

 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with going below the speed limit in the

Agreed, as long as they're passing someone or not creating a backup in
traffic or if they have a reason to be there such as an upcoming turn. I
only have a problem when the person is creating an unnecessary back-up in
traffic and have a line of cars passing to the right of them.

Yes it is the maximum legal rating, but having 99% of the cars are passsing
you? I would venture to say it is safer to go with the flow of traffic
rather than going faster or slower than traffic. I only hope you're not in
the *passing* lane!


-Dave

 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with going below the speed limit in
the

I agree with this also. Not only is it pratical but also safer to only go
into the left lane (passing lane) when needed.

I would agree with this also. It would be safer for me to keep up with the
flow of traffic, but I just can't justify it. Just because 99% of the cars
are breaking the law via speeding doesn't mean I should have to follow them
in breaking the law. If I were involved in an accident I could be found
liable if it could be proven that I was breaking the law by speeding. Many
cars nowadays (not sure if Honda's have these, but GM's do for sure) come
with information that can be downloaded by police / investigators that
contain vital statistics such as speed that can be used against you in a
trial (and there have been many documented cases where that information has
been used against the driver in a trial - the famous Trans-Am accident in
Florida as one example). In the sue happy reality of a nation we live in
today, I prefer to err on the side of both caution and the law.

I only hope you're not in

Only when needed. There have been times where I have caused somewhat of a
line behind me in the passing lane while I am passing a slower car than
myself. The point is though I am using the lane for its intended purpose.
The passing lane is not a lane for those who choose to exceed the speed
limit and all others are not permitted to pass.

 

Hi,
Yup, left lane is for passing but not for speeding. If you speed in the
left lane to pass, then you broke the law.
Tony

 

I would agree with this also. It would be safer for me to keep up with
the

Ah yes - the onboard computers. They can either save you or hang you. All
they need now are cameras to monitor the 360 degree space around your car so
it could also look for other reckless drivers that may cause you to be in an
accident, but have the other driver try to pin it on you. I see what you're
saying though, especially with so many lawyers, ambulance chasers and
lawsuits out there.
**Little anecdote - A few weeks ago I was driving home from work in rush
hour traffic. I was only going about 25 mph, but stopped harder for a
traffic light. Heard brakes lock up and a car hit me from behind (she
probably thought I was going to run the light). We pulled into the gas
station on the next corner and got out of our cars - I checked my bumber and
there was only a light scuff mark on there (mixed with the other nicks over
the years). Her car was fine too. This is in Baltimore County, MD and she
was a college student from New Jersey. Physically we were both fine but she
seemed scared out of her wits! Very apologetic, etc... Checked under the
car and opened the trunk to check the sheet metal by the spare tire. I was
going to let it go, but she still offered me her phone numbers in case I
later wanted to file a claim! I was shocked - she gave me her info but I'm
still not filing a claim. There's a time to be nice and a time to be an
a**hole. I chose to be nice.

Hey - as long as you're passing someone else then you're using it for one of
it's intended purposes. Another purpose is to create a bigger artery to
alleviate congestion.

Time for some zzzzzzs.....
-Dave

 

Rhetorical question: Wonder how many people in this NG broke the law at one
time or another?

 

If you are in the passing lane and going the speed limit, thats ok as long
as I can go around you in the slow lane, but thats not always the case.

Most of the time you are createing a rolling road block.
Tom

 

That's part of the art of driving, you have to obey the rules of the road.
To my knowledge, there is not one place in North America, where it is legal
to exceed the posted maximum speed, to pass any vehicle.

That is also something that you have to deal with, because of the reason
given above. It's sort of like the weather, wait five minutes, it will
change.

 

One of the aspects of the Texas Rode-Rage law is a stiff fine for anyone
"camping out" in the left lane. They also changed the signs on the
Interstates to say "Left lane for passing only" instead of the older, less
direct "Slower traffic keep right", which didn't work at all. Now if only
they would enforce it....

In some places it is illegal to pass on the right except when the car in the
left lane is stopped waiting to make a legal left turn.

 

Here in Calif, its a rarity for people to drive the posted limit on the
freeway. Even at posted limits of 65, its very common for the flow of
traffic to be 80-85mph and out in the mojave desert, I've been in traffic
flows going 95-100. As a matter of practice, I satay out of the far left
lane and drive the center or right lane a smuch as possible for a variety of
reasons....1)to be courteous to those travelling faster than me and 2)its a
proven fact that by driving in the so called slower lanes, you tend to be
off the CHP's radar screen to give out tickets. Its also fact that if you
drive in places like LA, where the flow of traffic is closer to 80 mph on
free flowing highways, the police will get on their bullhorn and tell you to
move over if you happen to drive the speed limit, but are holding up
traffic, creating a more hazardous condition by bunching up cars. I found in
Florida, the seniors drive 10 mph under the speed limit and hog the left
lane....same thing goes for RVers there too, but the truckers all ran 5-10
mph over the limit.

 

Something not so obvious. Here in the NorthEast there are many
older highways & roads that DO NOT have New Jersey-inspired "jughandles"
that allow a right-hand U or left-hand turn. Instead . .. and I consider
this a very dangerous design fault . .. one must pull over into the left
"passing" lane in order to reach a left or U turn. Where this isn't the
case I totally agree that slow & steady drivers should always pull over to
the right into the cruising lane.

 

In Pennsylvania it is illegal to DRIVE in the left lane of a four
lane highway, except to overtake another vehicle, even at the
speed limit. The driver must yield, to the right if signaled by
another driver that wants to pass, although passing on the right
is legal. If you get caught riding in the left lane, except to
overtake another vehicle, it will cost you $136.


mike hunt

 

NO NO NO FOLKS

Read the F* sign. Most highways have a sign that says

KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS.


So KEEP RIGHT, DON'T HOG THE LEFT LANE

 

Personally I think $136 is too cheap. They should up the fine

 

Years ago in Australia, (where you drive on the left), there used to be
signs on hills that read "Slow vehicles keep left", so everyone other than
18 wheelers would keep right, because they "weren't slow"

So the signs all got changed to "keep left unless overtaking". Worked for a
while...

Stewart DIBBS

 

Hi,
Can get a ticket for that.
Tony