just got pulled over for retarded reason

[E30Kohl]

I drive 16 all the time and I am so tired of people just sitting there while faster cars have to go around.. I would have given you a ticket

[JMil86]

it is written on the side of the highways on huge signs, all over north america, and even the rest of the world. Everyone knows (except you, i guess), that left lane is only for passing.

+1,000,000

[speedminded]

Thats not the most retarded reason, I once got pulled over for "downshifting to slow down" he said he couldnt see my brake lights right away and thats why it was illegal.

lol! I've actually heard of people getting pulled over for brake lights being out because they were downshifting instead. :facepalm: I always heel-toe so it's never an issue and I prefer people knowing I'm slowing down or coming to a stop anyways. Seems logical, over 250k miles of "city" driving and I've been rear ended once only because the 2nd car behind me wasn't paying attention causing the domino effect. I was already on the gas once I heard the squeal of the tires but it was too late...I watched the dude in my rear view mirror smash his face into his steering wheel as he hit the car behind me. Me jumping on the gas prevented any damage to my car other than a couple license plate indention's in my rear bumper. That was 10 years ago and I've since learned how to anticipate situations like that to prevent it.

If it's an emergency stop I always flash my brakes several times before getting on them hard. Trail braking usually indicates I'm coming to an abrupt stop too lol!

[Vince30]

Thats not the most retarded reason, I once got pulled over for "downshifting to slow down" he said he couldnt see my brake lights right away and thats why it was illegal.

[speedminded]

In So Cal this law does not stick, there are actually people that hog the #1 lane because they think, "they shouldn't be going that fast anyway". I generally am in the left lane, but that's because Im always going faster than the general flow of traffic, but if someone is gaining on me, I move aside and let them pass. When Im in other states, I always follow that law.

I hate how people wait till the car in front of them is like 20ft away before they start moving at a red light too. If everyone just started moving steadly when the light turned green you can get so many more cars though an intersection. I hate people SO much

Yep! I always yield to the person behind me no matter what speed I'm going. It's not my problem that someone wants to speed, that's their choice and it's 1 in a million chance that someone wanting to go 10 or 15mph faster than me is going to put any ones life in danger, that's their prerogative if they want a speeding ticket. At least most speeders are paying attention to their surroundings unlike the people "camping" in left lanes or those that fail to merge right after passing.

By reducing the affect someone has on other drivers the safer and less chaotic the roads will be.

[kishg]

you deserve a ticket. i hate left lane bandits!

[e30:)]

thats what i do if someone comes up on me i let them by. thats why i never saw it as a problem, im not blocking anybody or anything. it just seems pointless to change lanes a million times to pass cars that are going 50 but i guess thats what i will do from now on. =

[Leaf]

In Wisconsin they say "slower traffic keep right" we don't have any signs like that here and I use I94 plenty.

[Brian 89 325i]

In So Cal this law does not stick, there are actually people that hog the #1 lane because they think, "they shouldn't be going that fast anyway". I generally am in the left lane, but that's because Im always going faster than the general flow of traffic, but if someone is gaining on me, I move aside and let them pass. When Im in other states, I always follow that law.

I hate how people wait till the car in front of them is like 20ft away before they start moving at a red light too. If everyone just started moving steadly when the light turned green you can get so many more cars though an intersection. I hate people SO much

[noE30]

Here in Iowa I believe the law is slower traffic keep right, there's always people in the left lane and that's fine with me as long as they are going faster than the left lane. What really pisses me off is when people just camp in the left lane going the same speed or slower than the right lane. I have actually had to pass people in the right lane because they were camping in the left.

[speedminded]

Pay attention, now.

In Georgia the charge is called 'Impeding the flow of traffic' and I wish they enforced it more. If I were an officer I would be on people hardcore for it, particularly Camry drivers with tunnel vision and blinders on driving 10mph under the speed limit. On the 4 and 5 lane interstates & expressways here one person driving the speed limit or "hovering/poking" in the left lane causes 2 or 3 lanes of "accidents waiting to happen" because everyone has to maneuver around them...up to four lanes effected by just one car. After commuting in Atlanta for 6 years I could write a book on traffic logic, California is a whole different ballgame though lol!

Maintaining a proper distance from the car in front of you is another thing that prevents chaos & congestion, allows people to safely change lanes and merge, and guarantees to prevents accidents. Plus you can get twice as many people through a traffic light if drivers stayed back from the car in front of them and got rolling starts for green lights. Why is it that when I'm 10 cars back I'm already moving by the time the 2nd or 3rd car is taking off? If everyone did that there would be so many more people through the light before it turned red again and if someone needed to change lanes last minute it enables them to do so without blocking an entire lane trying to squeeze in.

I can't believe taxpayers had to pay $250,000 to $500,000 at each on-ramp for lights that enables drivers to merge onto the expressway/interstate. If people simply maintained a proper distance from the car in front of them everyone would be able to merge and it would abolish most of the stop and go traffic here.

[e30:)]

So you're god damn mother fucking moron blocking highways... Good to know.



(to OP)

im in the left lane because im going faster than others so blocking? no
and before you call someone a moron you should check your post

[Conki]

I wish they were enforcing this law... I hate it when people are driving in the left lane strictly with the speed limit. Go to Europe, you get a HUGE fine if you pass anyone on the right, and another one if you travel in the inside lane.

[bmw325csi]

we get to use all of our lanes out here in cali.
Move down here and start getting pulled over for real reasons, like: cars too low, lights too bright, cars too modded, blah blah blah!

[hoveringuy]

It doesn't always make sense for EVERYONE to be in the right lane, traffic would slow to a crawl because cars would be following each other tooo closely. When there's enough traffic I will use the left lane, but I'm careful to pull to the right if there's someone behind me.