Something I have never seen before
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2012
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From: CA
On every forum I go to, left lane driving makes more peoples blood boil than any other topic, including politics and killing baby seals and stuff. They were doing 70mph in the left lane, what is the speed limit there??? If it is 70mph or less, who cares??? if everyone else around them wants to speed and break the law they can do it in another lane. If the speed limit was more than 70mph they should move over.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
Why? In a lot of states the left lane is a passing lane not necessarily the fast lane or anything speed related. If you're not passing, you are breaking the law in those states.
Case in point-buddy of mine got pulled over for cruising in the left lane in Texas. In his car. Wasn't speeding. Got a ticket.
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Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Kelowna, B.C.
On every forum I go to, left lane driving makes more peoples blood boil than any other topic, including politics and killing baby seals and stuff. They were doing 70mph in the left lane, what is the speed limit there??? If it is 70mph or less, who cares??? if everyone else around them wants to speed and break the law they can do it in another lane. If the speed limit was more than 70mph they should move over.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
FYI #2: Lane ****'s are people that hijack the "passing lane", not the people that bitch about it.
FYI #3: Dead baby seals got nothing to do with this thread =D
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 867
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From: South Central Pennylvania
On every forum I go to, left lane driving makes more peoples blood boil than any other topic, including politics and killing baby seals and stuff. They were doing 70mph in the left lane, what is the speed limit there??? If it is 70mph or less, who cares??? if everyone else around them wants to speed and break the law they can do it in another lane. If the speed limit was more than 70mph they should move over.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Wisconsin, USA
On every forum I go to, left lane driving makes more peoples blood boil than any other topic, including politics and killing baby seals and stuff. They were doing 70mph in the left lane, what is the speed limit there??? If it is 70mph or less, who cares??? if everyone else around them wants to speed and break the law they can do it in another lane. If the speed limit was more than 70mph they should move over.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
You're the exact mindset that infuriates me. You are not Deputy Fife, in charge of slowing down speeders. I call people like you "Passholes"
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I started driving in 1974, in NY. The first time I ever got pulled over, was by a Connecticut State Trooper on I95. He asked me if I knew why he pulled me over. I said "No. I was going the speed limit." He said "Exactly. Get out of the left lane, It is for passing only."
Many passholes speed up when you try to pass them. How do you explain that? Last week a twenty someting in a small sedan was doing 65, in a 70 mph zone, in the left lane. When I tried to pass him he sped up to 85. I passed him with my truck, and when I looked in my rear view mirror he was giggling like a girl. He's lucky I have responsibilities in life or my temper might have gotten the best of me.
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Joined: Apr 2010
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From: CA
On every forum I go to, left lane driving makes more peoples blood boil than any other topic, including politics and killing baby seals and stuff. They were doing 70mph in the left lane, what is the speed limit there??? If it is 70mph or less, who cares??? if everyone else around them wants to speed and break the law they can do it in another lane. If the speed limit was more than 70mph they should move over.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
Damn people, slow down , stop and smell the flowers, enjoy life, get over being left lane *****.
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From: Along the shoreline in SW FL
Doesn't matter that they were riding Harleys.....riding Harley's doesn't make all riders/drivers perfect. Just like with cars 'n trucks and other motorcycles...you get ignorant idiots.
Left lane is for active passing only. If you're not actively passing someone..move back over to the middle lane or right lane. I can't stand left lane hogs.
Left lane is for active passing only. If you're not actively passing someone..move back over to the middle lane or right lane. I can't stand left lane hogs.
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From: NC
Good thread. I try to drive/ ride faster than the slowest and slower than the fastest so I do run the left lane. If a low flying jet comes up on me I'm more than happy to move over and let them run point.
Quite a few times they have saved me a ticket.
Quite a few times they have saved me a ticket.
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Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Upstate N.Y.-Rochester Area
You see this frequently, got a refresher in this mindset last night.
Light traffic on a 3-lane (Each direction) road, I was in the right lane a fair distance from the car in front of me maintaining speed and distance.
FWIW That car (Minivan) entered the highway slightly behind me from a feeder road several miles earlier, sped up to pass me then dropped down to the speed range that I was traveling at once ahead.
O.K. you lead, I was moving at my preferred speed and had a comfort zone, no problem.
Eventually a car passed in the middle lane and once ahead of the lead car the directional's came on to pull into the right lane.
The car in front of me sped up and then a war began with each car speeding up.
I watched from a distance for a while but exited shortly after.
Don't know who won the duel.
I don't believe that there were more than a handful of cars on this section of road at the time.
Nothing but an ego situation.
Light traffic on a 3-lane (Each direction) road, I was in the right lane a fair distance from the car in front of me maintaining speed and distance.
FWIW That car (Minivan) entered the highway slightly behind me from a feeder road several miles earlier, sped up to pass me then dropped down to the speed range that I was traveling at once ahead.
O.K. you lead, I was moving at my preferred speed and had a comfort zone, no problem.
Eventually a car passed in the middle lane and once ahead of the lead car the directional's came on to pull into the right lane.
The car in front of me sped up and then a war began with each car speeding up.
I watched from a distance for a while but exited shortly after.
Don't know who won the duel.
I don't believe that there were more than a handful of cars on this section of road at the time.
Nothing but an ego situation.