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[-] 1984@lemmy.today 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I dont agree, I use the left lane frequently to not have a car in front of me. Increases visibility and security a lot, and just gives a nice feeling of not being blocked.

I do drive a bit faster than cars in the right lane almost always though.

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

Sure, I do the same thing sometimes. But I also pay attention and move to the right when I see someone catching me from behind. And I especially don't drive at the exact same speed, side-by-side with the car in the right lane. And yet I see other drivers do that constantly.

Some people seem to think of it like a moral crusade or a pissing contest and they feel emasculated if another vehicle passes them. The sociology of automobiles and traffic is endlessly fascinating to me, although I often forget my intellectual curiosity when I'm actually driving ๐Ÿ˜…

This is a good book on the subject.

[-] lets_get_off_lemmy@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago

See this is a sensible response to people getting unreasonably PO'd about this. You drive in "the left" (whatever that means to your relative position) until someone faster comes along and they can't move more left than you.

I get upset when some fuckwit is going 15+ over the flow of traffic and then that fuckwit gets pissed when he runs up on someone's ass expecting them to be aware of every dangerous fuckwit out there.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 4 months ago

It is better to have angry drivers behind you?

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No I drive fast enough to never have cars behind me. :) So Im actually not part of the problem the thread was discussing, with drivers just driving the same speed in the left lane. That is really frustrating when people do that.

I would go as far as saying that this behavior of driving faster in the left lane helps to make traffic flow a lot better and avoid congestion. But it's not legal.

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