i'm in the middle lane doing the limit. are you mad at me?

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3 lanes, 55 mph limit.
will you be mad at me if you are behind me?

lets assume there's decent volume but flowing well. you may have to wait out a few cars to pass on the left due to the volume.

edit: right lane is even more packed with entering/exiting traffic, going at 55 mph or slightly slower.
 

RichUK

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Feb 14, 2005
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If there are 3 lanes I?d just overtake you in the fast lane. :confused:

I usually cruise at 90Mph in the fast lane on our 3 lane motorways, as do most people.
 

mugs

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Originally posted by: Crusty
If you're not passing the cars in the right lane move over.

This, with the exception of highways with a lot of streets and businesses with entrances/exits on the right side of the highway. If it's a limited access highway, keep right when not passing.
 

drum

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Feb 1, 2003
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Right lane = speed limit and below
middle = 5 to 10 over
left = however ballsy you feel
 

meltdown75

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i'm so numb and apathetic when it comes to driving / drivers now. been commuting 45 mins each way for 10 years or so.

someone could literally t-bone me right in the driver's side door and put me into a ditch... i'd probably just apologize for being in their way
 
Jul 10, 2007
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i see.
so the consensus is that i should be on the right lane with dozens of cars merging, which causes a lot of braking, which will cause the middle lane to slow down when they see the brake lights, which will carry over to the left lane.
got it.
 

AstroManLuca

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Jun 24, 2004
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If there are people piled up behind you and no one in front of you, you need to move over or speed up.

Otherwise, you're good. Especially if it's three lanes. I wouldn't care. You're still leaving a passing lane open. The real problem is if a guy in the far left lane decides to match speeds with you, blocking everyone.
 

xanis

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Sep 11, 2005
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I wouldn't really care. I could pass you on the left, or, even though it's technically against the law, I could pass you on the right if I had to. Whatever.
 

skyking

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Nov 21, 2001
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Nothing is that set in stone. When there are a bunch of cars merging in from the right it is a good thing to vacate that lane rather than cause a pileup. I will have the dump truck and trailer w/excavator and move to the middle lane until the onramp shitstorms subside. Once I get past all that drama I GTFO (get the fark over) :p
 

Demon-Xanth

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Feb 15, 2000
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If there's a lot of on/off ramps and merging traffic, the middle lane makes sense. On 4 lane freeways there's almost two side-by-side 2 lane freeways. The left two for through traffic, the right two for people getting on and off soon.
 

SP33Demon

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Jun 22, 2001
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You're fine, fck the haters. People are such whining btches nowadays that getting somewhere 1 minute later (but safer) will give them a reason to kill someone. It's the typical entitlement problem with a lot of the younger, spoiled, non-time managing fcktards that oozes out onto our highways and kills people with their recklessness.
 

Crusty

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Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
i see.
so the consensus is that i should be on the right lane with dozens of cars merging, which causes a lot of braking, which will cause the middle lane to slow down when they see the brake lights, which will carry over to the left lane.
got it.

If people would learn how to merge correctly there would be no need to slow down. If the right lane is for local access while the the middle and left are for travel then obviously you're going to be passing people while traveling in the middle lane so stay there.
 

rh71

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Aug 28, 2001
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55mph is stupid slow on a highway. I did a trial run of the cruise control and how much gas savings there would be at 60mph... even at that speed people in the right lane were on my ass. LOL @ 55.
 

Exterous

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Originally posted by: drum
Right lane = speed limit and below
middle = 5 to 10 over
left = however ballsy you feel

:thumbsup:

If there is no one in the fast lane then I really dont care. If there are a ton of cars behind you and you are ever so slowly passing someone on the right while cars queue up to pass you on the left then yes