I hate drivers that do this!!!

[LarryB]

I hate drivers that stay in the left lane blocking traffic. Oh yea, and driving lights that don't turn off when the driver dims his high beams. Grrrr! I know there are a few more I just can't think of them right now.

 

[paccool]

The left lane thing gets me upset lots of times. Guess they can't read the sign that says "slower traffic keep right". Guess they think the speed they are going is fast enough for everyone. I know one guy that regularly runs the inside lane. I asked him why and he said he liked it better there. Asked him about the slower traffic keep right and he said he was doing the speed limit. I told him it didn't matter, that if he was being passed, he was slower traffic. This is the kind of crap that stacks traffic up on the interstates. Cops out here will sometimes pull someone over doing this and tell them to not stay in the inside lane. Need to do this lots more or pass a law that says stay to the right except to pass. Really gets me when they get along side another car and then stay right beside them. Sure can see where road rage can kick in sometimes.



When you pass them on the right, they are usually looking straight ahead and I doubt they even know someone was behind them. That would mean they would have to look in the rear view mirror!

 

[DRR-24V]

Wrong Way Drivers !

Those folks who insist on driving in the fast lane (especially over a hill crest) are taking a real chance of a Wrong Way Driver hitting them head on. The errant drivers are usually old or Drunk and will be in that lane most of the time. JMO

 

[illflem]

Here in Montana the speed limit is 65 on most two lane highways. What ticks me is getting behind some dork driving 50 who doesn't speed up or slow down even when going though a town with a 25 mph school zone. Shows a total rack of respect for the 30 cars behind him not to not to mention small communities and school kids. Where's my AK?

 

[QRTRHRS]

My state has the stay right pass left law but it does not do much good. I like to stay out there running with the rest of the big dogs but then you get these clowns that just have to pass and squeeze in. Course', they jump off the next exit.



Driving lights, don't you just love it when someone has to keep them on while following you. Expecially when you can't pass, they can't pass but need to be up your butt.



I have a hill I go over all the time, 2. 5 miles up and 2. 5 back down. Passing on the way up only. Lanes real narrow. I see these drivers hanging in the passing lane especially at night due to an excessive amount of deer hits. O' and bear hits during daylight to the point where the state has signs posted. Anyway, narrow lanes, people drifting over the lines. Scares me just watching them because more than one has been creamed doing this. I'll chance the deer myself.

 

[SS]

DRR-24V - you're right! That's a pretty scary sight, too. I saw it happen a few years ago. Old couple totally oblivious to what they were doing, but what are you going to do? Can't very well chase them down can you? All you can do is hope for the best and thank your lucky stars that it wasn't your time to go.



Just curious - did you ever ticket anyone for going too slow in the fast lane, even if they were obeying the speed limit? I've NEVER heard of or seen it happen in my area and people spend a LOT of time there without yielding to faster traffic. We don't have signs like most states do stating "Slower traffic keep right", but it is still the law. If I had my way it would be punished by the death penalty - is that too severe?

 

[LarryB]

I wish someone would do a study to see how much less efficient our highways are due to left lane crawlers. Multiply that by the cost of roads to come up with what it is really costing in dollars. And then we could weigh that against the cost of enforcement. It would be interesting to see those numbers.

 

[DRR-24V]

Can't Cite Them !

In CAL. if they are doing the speed limit we can not cite them. We would stop and advise them why it was a bad practice. Some would learn, some would not. We NEVER ran that fast lane except to pass. Met a Drunk one night without headlights. Caught his reflection as he went by the left side of the unit. Turned and got him stopped. He thought he was in Las Vegas. ! We never learned where he got on the freeway. It only took one time to teach me what lane to drive in.

 

['956Wheel]

what bugs me

What bugs me is the driver beside you, either side, who tailgates the guy in front of him so he can cut you off... double wammy! I simply "close the door" Phuck um. You get this crap on the freeways of downtown L. A. a lot and believe it or not its more often than not a woman!



Mike

 

[SS]

Maybe that's the same here. I thought there are 2 laws they are breaking - 1) must yield to faster traffic, and 2) keep right except to pass. Might be there's no penalty for not obeying these?



Oh well, I guess I'll have to keep running them into the median. LOL Yeah - I wish!

 

[DonS]

Re: Can't Cite Them !

Originally posted by DRR-24V

In CAL. if they are doing the speed limit we can not cite them. We would stop and advise them why it was a bad practice. Some would learn, some would not.

DRR-24V -



In California, why not cite them under 21654? The phrase "Notwithstanding the prima facie speed limits" means that it doesn't matter if they're at (or even above) the speed limit. If they're proceeding slower than the normal speed of traffic, they are required by law to keep right (unless, of course, they are overtaking / passing somebody going even slower).



21654. (a) Notwithstanding the prima facie speed limits, any vehicle proceeding upon a highway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at such time shall be driven in the right-hand lane for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

(b) If a vehicle is being driven at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at such time, and is not being driven in the right-hand lane for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb, it shall constitute prima facie evidence that the driver is operating the vehicle in violation of subdivision (a) of this section.

 

[tgbol]

Instead of a Diamond Lane there ought to be a "No Bozo Lane" so that people stay out of the left lane.

 

[baby.driver]

Sorry boys, but on a two lane road, driving the speed limit, don't blame the guy in front, blame the guy to the immediate rear, HE'S the one holding up traffic by not passing.

Other than that, the thing that gets me is when the guy in front slows for curves or hills and then speeds up in the straights, making passing extremely difficult.



Jay

 

[fest3er]

Originally posted by baby. driver

... the thing that gets me is when the guy in front slows for curves or hills and then speeds up in the straights, making passing extremely difficult... .

And that's why we have to BOMB our trucks: so we have enough power to pass these jokers faster than they can speed up!



Fest3er

 

[DonS]

Jay-



I think the discussion (gripe) was aimed at drivers in the #1 lane on multi-lane highways.



However, to address your post... Naturally, we can't blame the lead driver if he's content to travel at the speed limit on a two-lane highway. Why should we be able to blame the driver right behind him? Perhaps he's also content to travel at the speed limit, and doesn't want to pass the lead driver. As long as nobody accelerates to keep people from passing (CVC 21753), we can't blame any of them. Unless, of course, they have 5 or more vehicles behind them and don't pull over to let those vehicles pass (CVC 21656).



I just pass on the hills! Driving on I-70 through Utah a couple of weeks ago, I passed everybody on several of the hills. Nobody else would (or could?) accelerate like I did while climbing those grades. A bunch of them would catch up on the other side, though, so it didn't seem like they were reluctant to drive fast.



-Don

 

[me4osu]

Left lane hogs

We have our share of extremely long flat stretches of interstate in TX. The thing that burns my bu** worse than a waist high fire is the following scenario:



1) My CTD in 75 mph cruise control for about two or three hours.



2) Approching a left lane hog for about twenty minutes, and I am closing in on this idiot at a good rate.



3) I don't want to be a jack**. So, rather than ride his rear (from being in the left lane after passing), I move to the right, and hit resume.



4) When I get next to the bonehead, THEY SPEED UP AND MATCH MY SPEED. I HATE that.



Usually, I will then slow down to about 55, and they are usually so stupid that they do the same. (I think it is some sort of unconscious behavior) I will hit the resume again, and blow their doors off!! They usually stay back, unless they are a genuine a**hole.



I'm... , I'm alright now, really.

 

[Mark_Kendrick]

Yeah. . What you guys said!!!



I drive all over the country and there are roads jam packed full of idiots every where.



The best drivers (most considerate) seem to be in rural texas. The roads usually have a paved shoulder big as a lane. When you get behind them they pull over and let you by, especially if its a passing zone and there's oncoming traffic.



Makes you not mind that they're driving 10 under. .

 

[RustyJC]

Well, at least here in Houston, I'm glad that a viable defense after shootin' one of these idiotic drivers is, "Officer, the dumb SOB just a'needed killin'!"



(Just kiddin' before anybody goes and gets all riled up... ... . )



Rusty

 

[wcaldwell]

DRR-24V;



I had that happen on Highway 82 about 10 miles west of Gainsville TX about 5 years ago. I was in the right-hand lane on a divided highway. A car crested the hill coming toward me in my left (fast) lane. Scared the be-jeebers outta me and my wife.



I learned in Europe to stay out of the left lane except to pass.





Wayne

 

[me4osu]

Left lane

I work in New Mexico and Colorado frequently. They have those passing lanes on two lane roads for uphill slopes. If the troopers catch someone riding in that lane, and not overtaking anyone, that individual gets his invitaion to pay the County Clerk.