Get the flock out of the left lane.

[TalonChief]

I'd have to nominate Alabama as the worst I deal with regularly.

 

[Old Guy]

Tailgating does no good in most cases; it just hardens their resolve. I used to commute a lot on the interstates in a car, and I just starting backing off 50 yards in the right lane and waiting it out. Truthfully, they never changed my arrival time that much, and I'd rather not give the the satisfaction of knowing they've irritated me.

 

[garauld]

I consider every lane a passing lane on the FJR when done safely...

 

[wheatonFJR]

Back in 2013 I was stabbing out to Fort Collins, CO to pick up wifey for two week southwest trip. I80, all of it, was a constant battle with left lane losers.

I'm pretty sure that was the most dangerous and frustrating part of the trip. I'm glad wifey was not on the bike during that part of the trip to lecture me about manners and my people skills.

 

[Uncle Hud]

"Cruise Coma" strikes drivers everywhere. If they don't move over when space is available, or (worse) when they speed up as I attempt to pass on the right, they get the single-finger wave as I go by. There's no excuse for that type of driving.

Several years ago, I had this on-the-road conversation with my father -- who was driving 55 mph in the left lane in Nowhere, SC:

"Pop, you've been passed on the right by a bunch of cars. Shouldn't you move over?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I'm driving the speed limit. If they choose to break the law, that's not my concern."

"Well, a couple have done borderline crazy stuff to get by you."

"Any crash is going to be their fault."

"But we'll all be in the hospital."

.... which quickly degraded into statements about Dad isn't a law enforcement enforcement officer; the total decline of US morals; driving as a cooperative activity; the failure of others to adequately plan their trips; and yadda, yadda, yadda.

 

[DeSudet]

I'm always in the carpool lane. Despite what many think, it's not a passing lane. Biggest problem with all the LLCs is that other more aggressive drivers assume anyone going slower than them isn't going to move. I can't tell you how many times I see a cage coming up fast behind me and just as I'm signalling to get out of their way, I see them in the mirror already starting a lane change. I'm amazed I haven't been rear ended yet as they get all conflicted about which lane they should be in and I'm suddenly the object of their target fixation. Of course, it would be their fault. I'm usually 10-25 over the limit (barely faster than the drivers around me) and they're obviously going quite a bit more than that for me to worry. Still doesn't make me feel better about getting rear ended at 70-80 mph by someone going closer to 100.

I grew up in the cab of a truck and always knew to move right to allow faster traffic through. I just can't believe how few people seem to know about it

 

[Just Krusen]

I've named it "Cruise Control Syndrome". Just push the button at my desired speed and the heck with the rest of you. I'm going the speed I want and don't care what you think.

And they are just too lazy to move over. I also think they feel safer away from merging traffic from the right. That I understand but it still doesn't justify hogging the left lane.

 

[Bill Lumberg]

I find two distinct groups- the stupid and the passive aggressive. The former sometimes wake up and move over when they see the high beam. The unitless passive aggressive derive satisfaction knowing they're holding someone, anyone, up. Even the passive aggressive folks move over when someone gets in front of them and drifts down about 10 miles per hour from the max speed for a minute or so. So I've heard. Just too much other stuff going on to make it a primary enforcement issue. What many don't realize is that forcing folks to pass on the right slows overall traffic down, in addition to increasing accident rates. Much worse in my current state of residence than my previous one.

 

[Nanahanman]

We could pay down the national debt if fines were given out for this offense in the Toronto area.

4 lanes of collectors and 4 lanes of express and some D bag is doing 100km/hr in the farthest left lane.

There have been many times it's easier to pass traffic in the right lane as it's practically empty.

Makes me CRAZY!

 

[Big Sky]

Since in Montana our only multi-lane highways are Interstate, that is where this problem occurs. I see that 90 percent of the time the left lane dwellers have Washington plates. I have wondered why they, specifically, acquire this behavior? (The other 10 percent are Californians).

Here's another: We have some two-lane with occasional passing lanes in the middle. Some drivers, poking along at 60, when they get to the section with a passing lane will speed up to 75, then when the passing lane closes, slow back down to 60. What's with that?