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Breaking the law for real (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by ickplant to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The right lane is for exiting and merging,

And for driving! If you see someone merging you can temporarily switch to the middle lane to overtake them, given that your speed will usually be higher.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Sure, but if there are enough lanes, I think people should travel in the next lane over. For example, in my area we have 6 lanes, so unless you're exiting, you should probably be one or two lanes over.

If it's a two-lane highway, the right lane is for travel and the left is for passing. For three lanes, up to you. For >3 lanes, the right lane should be left open since there's probably a lot of merging going on.

[–] Delta_V 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you see someone merging you can temporarily switch to the middle lane to overtake them

That's illegal in USA. People do it anyway, but if there's a crash and blame needs to be assigned, then the law says you're supposed to keep driving at the same speed, not change lanes, and leave it entirely up to the driver attempting to merge to regulate their speed so they can merge safely.