just got pulled over for retarded reason

[karpiel]

It's so bad on i70 in CO on the weekends the right lane moves faster, almost always.

[Philo]

/\ That's what's up.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

eff all that noise, I just go in whatever lane that is the smoothest, even if it means having to slow it down and drive in the slow lanes behind a slow moving vehicle.

[e30trooper]

i’m usually so drunk by the time i get to the freeway – i'll spend too much time in lanes of oncoming traffic.

omg lmao!!

[Emre]

I agree that it is annoying when people go slow in the left lane, but I dont think e30smiley was going slow.

It's irrelevant. You don't cruise in the left lane...at any speed. You use it to pass and then move back over to the right. That's why it's called the "passing lane."

Whenever I come up on someone going slow in the left lane my passenger usually says just go around them but I always stay behind them for a few minutes and even give a flash of the lights.

The whole point is that you shouldn't have to flash your lights at someone going slower than you in the left lane because they shouldn't be hanging out in the passing lane to begin with. This law is enforced everywhere in the world...even in third world countries. Only in America are drivers too stupid and self-absorbed to understand the basics of highway use.

Thank God the police have finally started ticketing people for this. It's a much, much bigger safety issue than going 10 mph over the speed limit or whatever bullshit they generally focus on. Keeping Sunday drivers out of the passing lane is the single most significant thing they can do to keep traffic flowing smoothly and safely.

[Simon S]

i’m usually so drunk by the time I get to the freeway – i'll spend too much time in lanes of oncoming traffic.

[Hick]

they really need to crack down on this in central ohio.

my fav is the idiot that merges onto the freeway at 45-50 tops and SHOOTS to the fast lane without accelerating at all.

[NeoMishMoo]

I agree that it is annoying when people go slow in the left lane, but I dont think e30smiley was going slow.

Whenever I come up on someone going slow in the left lane my passenger usually says just go around them but I always stay behind them for a few minutes and even give a flash of the lights. The most annoying thing is when they don't get the idea and they stay in the left lane, thats when I have to down shift and zip around them, but I try not to pass on the right.

[Emre]

Wow I think Emre has had some really bad experiences with people in the left lane.

It's the single most annoying thing in the entire world. I've lived in many different countries all over the world, including Japan, Canada, and Italy. It's only in the USA that people don't know how to use highways. Makes me nuts.

Even in Turkey (where everyone drives like a maniac and no one respects traffic laws) people are smart enough to keep out of the passing lane on the highway. When you get back to America, you want to pull your hair out.

[e30:)]

its like 124$ i think is what he said.

[NeoMishMoo]

Does it mean you are glancing at your rear view
mirror every second? If not, you should move to the right lane. ;)

Pretty sure that as long as no one is coming up on you going 110mph you should be safe just glancing in your rear view every 8 seconds or so.

Wow I think Emre has had some really bad experiences with people in the left lane.

If you read the previous pages you will see that he wasn't causing any kind of problem. It was 7am and I bet there were hardly any other cars on the road.

My girlfriend does the exact same thing, she always drives like 10 over the speed limit and usually stays in the left lane. I tell her that you can get pulled over for it but she says that it doesn't matter if she is going faster than most other cars on the road and whenever there is someone coming up on her she gets over. She has a point but I still tell her that one day she will get pulled over. Glad to see that more states are starting to enforce this, maybe I will get to say "I told you so."

Wonder what the fine would have been if you were to have gotten a ticket.

Oh yeah alkasquawlik, my dad harped on me for all those little things too. It annoyed me so bad back in the day but now I'm glad that he did it.

[Alkasquawlik]

It's common sense.
I've known this since I started driving at 15. My dad used to harp on me mercilessly for it, even on city streets, he'd tell me to get on the right lane if I didn't have a reason to be in the left.

[e30:)]

im not by any means saying any of you are wrong, i know i am. i have since been driving in the righ lane and finding out how annoying it is to not be able to pass someone. sorry r3v if i have ever held any of you up.
now i need a sticker " recovering left lane bandit" or " i used to hog the left lane" haha

[nando]

I've lived in washington my whole life. You're the only person I've ever heard say they didn't know the left lane was only for passing.

[e30:)]

there are no sighns on this highway, though i should have known better. i realize alot of 2 lane highways do have the signs just not this one. everone i know around here say its the fast lane. not that im arguing just saying if you dont live anywhere near washington then its safe to say you dont know were there are signs and were there are not.