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Pff, whatever. If I've got a right hand lane to sit in and let people pass I'll do 10km/h under the limit (90 instead of 100) and save a non-trivial amount of fuel.
The cost-benefit on that shifts a bit if I need to make a longer trip, but for my usual drives in the 100-200km range that's an extra 7-15 minutes on a 1 to 2 hour trip, which barely matters.
Time is far more valuable to me than gas. I have no problem with people staying in the right lane though you can drive as slow as you want there. The people who are the problem are the ones who want to get in the middle/left lanes and turn their brain off that's what causes traffic to back up. IMO police should enforce proper lane usage rather than speed. This would also stop traffic caused by everyone bunching up when they encounter a cop on the highway because they're scared to pass him.
It's gotten worse the past few years. Everyone acts like entitled asshats. Middle lane under the speed limit, hammer lane going the same speed as the idiot in the middle lane. Most states it's illegal to pass on the right so you either break the law or you get to follow someone that thinks they're more important than you.
Yea, I've noticed it more since covid. I was on a fairly long interstate drive yesterday and there wasn't enough traffic that I should have ever had to do anything beside set my cruise to 80 and go but instead I was having to adjust for about half of it due to people just hanging out in the wrong lanes and yea, there was a lot of passing on the right because they were pacing each other in the left two lanes. Even fucking semis were doing it and they should absolutely know better. It shouldn't be illegal to pass on the right. It should be illegal to GET passed on the right. If that happens and you're at the front of the line then you're fucking up.
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Totally agree. If it's possible to pass somebody on the right, that person (the one being passed) is in the wrong lane for their speed.
I say that online and people get combative about it and throw out all sorts of insane scenarios like that changes anything. I still haven't seen one that makes sense.
It's amazing, really. Every time you see a pocket of congestion in the freeway, there's a sedan in the front of it, leisurely driving in the middle lane like they're the fucking president in their motorcade of one.
The only scenario that is okay is if they're stuck behind a slower person in front of them and both get passed (assuming they would be going faster than the traffic in the right lane if they guy they're stuck behind wasn't there). It's the guy at the front of the line who is the problem there.
The only time I actually experienced this was in the states. Lady doing 5 under in outside lane, big queue trying to get past by pulling in Infront of me (with space.) Had to push past my Britishness to undertake.
It's crazy when you see people speed and overtake like maniacs just to see that they reached the gas station 20 seconds before you do. I really think it hurts some people's ego when they have to drive behind someone. "But but, i'm the king of the road..."
If I'm not behind you I don't have to worry about you kicking up rocks onto my car, waiting for you to get off your cell phone at the light, I don't have to slow down because you can't handle taking a turn at the posted speed, ect. Yeah, I'll be the guy in front using my gas for enjoyment and open road. If I cared about fuel economy, I'd drive a prius.
I'd rather drive like an asshole to get ahead of someone and only arrive 5 seconds before they do than deal with their shitty driving skills for 1 second more.
It's almost like there should be more training before people are allowed to handle a multi-ton hunk of high speed metal.
I just like to go zoom :(
That said, I slow down to overtake other cars, or around other cars in general.