Move out da way
Easy fix, go 10 mph under. If they are still a dick, keep slowing down
I've had a much easier life following a super easy rule for highways:
Left lane: Passing/Fast
Middle lane: Cruising
Right lane: Exit/Slow
If I'm in the left lane doing 110 MPH and there's a pickup truck right on my ass, I'll signal and go middle lane and just cruise for a bit.
9 times out of 10, I'll see that exact same pickup or other car on the right shoulder with a state trooper writing him up.
It's happened so often in my life, it's made me believe in "instant karma". Just let them pass.
I try to drive in the rightmost lane where I can maintain my desired speed without needing to weave back and fourth, unless someone is coming up behind me, in which case I'll reduce my threshold for moving to the right to let them by, unless they are driving aggressively enough that I think there's a high chance they'll pass on the right after I've passed someone but before I'm far enough ahead of whoever I just passed to move over.
Oh one more exception for if the right lane is clear but there's an onramp with cars, I'll leave them the right lane to merge into and move over once I've passed them. I'll also avoid cruising in front of semis if I can.
Had one doing that while I was going the same speed as the 10 cars in front of me on the highway during traffic time. He was flashing his lights and when there was an opening on my right he changed lane and then I saw... The guy was in a full size truck and was pulling a 20' trailer and was trying to pass me on the right and squeeze between me and the car in front of me so he would have been stuck behind them instead. I didn't give him enough space, he got back behind me even more angry than before and 3km later reached his exit so he wouldn't have saved a single second if I had let him through.
It’s crazy to me how many pickup trucks with trailers drive so recklessly, it’s like they don’t know they are hitching something. I see other cars being accommodating to them by slowing down more than usual to let them merge in.
I've had people tailgate me in the right lane for miles before deciding to pass, even with a completely open left lane. And it's usually a pickup.
Why the hell is speeding so normalized?
This.
I drive by the limit, and every time I say this a bunch of folks jumps in saying I am the problem when I stop my lane and poor poor speeders have to adapt and not crash into each other.
Speed limits are there for a reason. Speeders love to say shit like "they're outdated", but this is also wrong, they are up to date with vehicles on the road.
Drive. By. The. Damn. Limit. Those who installed them are more informed than you about risks and dangers on this track, and no, your car brakes are not as good as you think they are (and also there's likely someone behind you with worse ones).
Technically speaking, speed limits are set for worst conditions.
As in very rainy, very windy, poor visibility, etc.
So no, in your day to day life in ideal conditions — you do not need to follow the speed limit. Am I saying go double the speed limit? No. 10 miles above the speed limit is fine, though.
That being said, people who tailgate others can go fuck themselves. There's never a good reason to be so close behind another car.
The closer you get the slower I drive
Edit: in the right lane. I ain't no fucking hammer lane cruiser
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