"It's more important for me to show people what I think they should be doing than it is for me to do what is reasonable for everybody's safety and the efficiency of the whole."
What nobody here seems to understand is that applies to people riding the left lane AND people who drive over the speed limit and weave dangerously through traffic.
I think everyone understands that. What you don't seem to understand is that the number of people weaving through traffic would be drastically reduced if everyone followed the rules of the road and drove in the appropriate lanes in the first place. Again, if someone is passing you on the right, that's on you - if there's room on the right for them to pass you from behind, then there's room on the right for you to pull over into the lane you're supposed to be in. You already admitted that you apparently screw this up a lot:
danielmclark said:
I can't tell you how many times I've been in the left lane (passing someone or otherwise) and had someone come flying up behind me doing 90-95, only to have that person zig zag around me at the first opportunity. That's not my fault
If this has happened to you so many times, that should tell you something. It doesn't happen to me, ever. Why? Because I don't drive too slowly in the left lane. I'm perfectly content to do 65 in the right or middle lane(s), but now I have to deal with people who want to go faster weaving into my lane, because you're also doing 65 in the left lane. That's your fault. You're disrupting the normal flow of traffic and creating a dangerous situation, all because you don't seem to think the rules of the road apply to you.
Should people do 90 on the freeway? No, not really. But some people are going to anyway, either because they legitimately have an emergency or because they're selfish and reckless and whatever else you want to call them. You can't control that. What you can control is how
you drive, and if you're getting passed on the right all the time, you're driving improperly.
And just so this isn't all about what you're doing wrong, here's a PSA to anyone who does feel entitled to do 85 on the freeway or whatever:
* Do the math and see how much time it's saving you (I suspect a lot of people intuitively overestimate this). Three days a week I have a longer commute and there's a stretch that's about 26 miles of freeway. If I do 85 the whole way instead of 65, it saves 5 minutes. 5 minutes! It's not worth putting yourself and others at increased risk and getting road rage, etc. all to save a few minutes.
* When you do come up on your local daniel driving too slowly in the left lane, don't tail him for ten miles trying to teach him a lesson. He's either (1) not paying attention, (2) doesn't have any idea he's not supposed to be in the left lane, or (3) sees you and knows he should move over but doesn't because he wants to enforce his own version of road rules on everyone else. Whatever the case is, you're just creating more risk and frustration for yourself and others. If they don't move over to let you pass, pass safely on the right when you get the opportunity. Should you have to pass on the right? No, not if the dummy in front of you knew what he was doing, but just like I said to daniel, people do stupid things on the road that you can't control. Don't double down on the stupid.
at problem driver.
