Easy fix, go 10 mph under. If they are still a dick, keep slowing down
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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.
"Never be the fastest car on the highway" is a pretty good rule for avoiding state troopers.
I've been following this advice myself, but maybe with a bit of an ulterior motive... Being the second fastest car on the road, maybe a mile or two back from the fastest car on the road means they get pulled over and I don't.
(On a more serious note, I get my speed fix on the race track now. I've matured enough to realize speeding on public roads isn't worth the risks, especially when there's others on the road that could be affected)
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Right lane is for cruising.
Any lanes to the left are for overtaking, and you move back to the right after passing.
Of course it depends on how heavy the traffic is, but if you're not willing to move faster than the cars on your right, CHANGE LANES.
People driving in the middle lane when there's nobody on the right are a pet peeve of mine.
Edit: pasting this below, since people seem to be unaware of the actual rules.
Edit2: This is UK, flip left with right for almost every other country.
The highway code, the official rules for road use in the UK, reads:
(General Rules, 160) "keep to the left, unless road signs or markings indicate otherwise. The exceptions are when you want to overtake, turn right or pass parked vehicles or pedestrians in the road"
(Motorway lane disciple, rule 264): "Keep in the left lane unless overtaking. If you are overtaking, you should return to the left lane when it is safe to do so (see also Rules 267 and 268)."
Many other EU countries have the same rules. I wouldn't know about America.
Don’t believe this is true. In scenarios where there are three or more lanes, the middle lane is used for cruising. The right-most lane is for entering/exiting traffic.
https://www.drivesafeonline.org/traffic-school/highway-safety-and-lane-discipline/
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I find that people driving in the middle when the right is clear are often just anticipating an upcoming on/off ramp where they know that things can get bunched up if there are cars that don't need to be there.
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But for real, if someone is tailgating you at speed the right move really is to ease down slowly. Because if you have to stop quickly at speed, they're going to catastrophically rear end you. Slowing down steadily lowers the stakes and may induce them to pass you and harass someone else.
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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.
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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.
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Why the hell is speeding so normalized?
Because on a lot of highways the speed limit is a joke. The 4 lane one I take to work is completely straight for like 30 miles and they have it set at 60mph. Many vehicles can (and do) easily go 80-90 on that without an issue. Proper lane usage and adhering to a safe following distance are far more important in terms of safety. There shouldn't even be a speed limit in my opinion considering the wide variety of vehicles on the road. It's pretty simple, drive as slow as you want just do it in the correct lane unless you're passing. Signal. Pass in the passing lane. Don't tailgate.
If they need to write tickets for revenue they can get people for cruising in the wrong lane all day long.
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And why the hell is effectively running stop signs and red lights so normalized too?
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Time to engage cruise control on exactly the speed limit.
that's just how i drive normally, makes life very easy. only costs a couple minutes.
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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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Especially when there's a free passing lane.
If you are on any U.S. highway, there is always someone who thinks the ideal speed limit is 10 mph faster than whatever the speed of traffic is in the left lane. They will tailgate you until you change lanes to let them pass, causing everyone in the lane to the right to adjust to the change in traffic, and then repeat the process for every car in front of them, or they will attempt to pass you on the right, creating dangerous traffic situations. Best of all, this person genuinely believes that, "If everyone drove like me, there would be no traffic."
They don't care about how quick they arrive (otherwhise they wouldn't speed up to a redlight), they just wanna feel fast, in this case by driving faster than everyone else
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It’s funny how the ‘acceptable’ amount to go over the speed limit is always 10. No matter if it’s kph or mph. It’s 10.
"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
— George Carlin
nice round number
I do not miss driving. Public transit forever.
But when I did drive, after my reckless youth, I'd usually just chill in the right lane. I don't care. Fly by at 120mph. I'll be here going with the flow of traffic, or about the speed limit if I'm alone.
I do remember one time in the suburbs when I was visiting my parents, I was driving to the grocery store. It's a short drive (because it's the suburbs, you can't safely walk to the supermarket), no highways. About 10 minutes to get there from driveway to parking lot. Some guy behind me started absolutely losing his shit, screaming, and passed me dangerously by driving onto the shoulder. He pulled into the same parking lot. I parked well away from him because I didn't want to deal with crazy.
I'm not good at math, but if the entire trip was about 10 minutes, I feel like the time difference between me going about the speed limit and me speeding is, at most, what, 2 minutes? 5 minutes? The guy probably took more than 5 minutes off his life being so angry.
It's a short drive (because it's the suburbs, you can't safely walk to the supermarket)
It's funny that suburbs get touted as safer, but you can't even expect your kid to walk to the supermarket alone until they are well into their teen years. Usually because it's over a mile away and across a state highway (and likely one without any nearby crosswalks, either).
It's like pedestrian safety isn't considered safety at all.
Sure, it's safe enough for a young kid to walk or ride their bike around their cul de sac, sure...but it gets exponentially less safe the further you travel out from there...and that's where their friends and everything else are..
My childhood home was 1.2 miles away and across such a state highway from literally anything. No sidewalks or crosswalks along the entire path.
I could walk to a bus stop without crossing a state highway, but I'd be walking along it with no sidewalk for most of it...and after 5.5 miles, I'd get to the bus stop. And I did do that a couple times in the summer before I got my license, to get to work.
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In Europe, its either a BMW or a Porsche, like this behind you. Blinking their lights, ever there is no space for you to move.
The trucks will often flash their lights as well, often blinding drivers of sedans and smaller SUVs due to height difference and poor regulations for headlight height.
I've been in situations like that, where I was more than happy to pull over and let them pass, but I missed all the safe spots because I couldn't see them while being blinded. I had to drive slower because they made it harder to see ahead on dangerous mountain roads, too. Bloody idiots.
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I have a strategy for when I get tailgated in the slow lane and it's not brake checking because that's what they expect. I'll lock the cruise control to my desired speed. They get right up on my ass and don't back off, I speed up putting space between me and them. At this point they'll speed up and I'll take my foot off the gas and let the car slow down back to cruise control speed. Repeat as necessary. The trick is to never touch the brakes. The driver behind me is alternating between speeding up and hitting the brakes. Eventually they'll get tired of it and either pass or back off
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The left lane is for active passing. It’s not a long distance cruising lane. If you have someone behind you, be courteous and let them pass. It’s not that hard.
Yes, in theory, everyone should be in the middle lane at all times except when actively passing the car in front of them, and they shouldn't use the left lane as a, "fast lane." In practice, virtually everyone uses the passing lane as a fast lane, and dropping in and out of the right lane over and over again is going to create more traffic than just staying in your lane.
Sure, if someone is barely going faster than the middle lane, and there's no one in front of them, then they're being a lane hog and need to move over. But if there are multiple cars in the passing lane, all going significantly faster than the middle lane, then that's just the speed of traffic and you need to accept that. Just because the passing lane isn't passing as fast as you'd like, that doesn't mean you're justified in forcing a car to change lanes every 50 feet.
Exactly. There's a difference between ideal operation and practical reality. In reality, three-lane highways induce three lanes full of cars. And if I'm going 80 in a 60 in the left lane, the guy behind me going 90 can fucking relax. Likewise I'm not getting bent out of shape by the guy in front of me who is also going 80. We're all going really really fast, as is.
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I'm a school bus driver and I love to be tailgated ... because I can't even see a fucking car when it does this. I don't know what these dipshits imagine they're accomplishing.
Important context is missing. If traffic is light and you're cruising in the passing lane at the same speed as the rest of traffic, get out of the passing lane.
Edit: I'm enjoying the upvote/downvote ratio. 1/4 of people feel justified in creating a rolling roadblock. The other 3/4 of people would like them to change lanes.
What's with Lemmy and Avatar memes as of late?
Not that I'm complaining. I'm a foaming mouth guy tier fan, but I see a Koh the Face Stealer meme as more niche than, I dunno, a Doge meme or Spongebob.
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