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Is it acceptable to honk at slow people in the left lane being passed on right?

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Eli said:
😀

I would be amused, haha.

The only time the Insight is capable of single digit MPG is in 1st gear with it floored. If you lift up a little at ~4000RPM in 1st, MPG will still be ~10. 😛
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I'll read yours as you pass the gas station where I have to stop. 🙂
 
If you meant by slow that you were speeding and they were driving the speed limit then no.
One time i was in left lane and a guy flashed me..but i was doing between 5-10 mph over the speed limit too....so i said fuck em and slowed down.
 
It's not a contest, folks. Let people go if they want to go. Pass them if they don't want to go. Keep the flow smooth, don't clog it up.
 
System_Mechanic said:
If you meant by slow that you were speeding and they were driving the speed limit then no.
One time i was in left lane and a guy flashed me..but i was doing between 5-10 mph over the speed limit too....so i said fuck em and slowed down.
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I'm talking about 5-6 lane freeways that I drive on my commute. We could move about 20% more traffic if the slow people in the left lane would keep right. Instead, they go the exact speed of the person to the right of them, eventually leading to grid lock. This is one of the reasons the 55 speed limit needs to be set to 70, doing that right there would move 25% more traffic, and would probably solve the rush hour problems we get from people merging at 45mph (also quickly leads to gridlock)-- they'd have to get up to at least 65 or risk getting honked at.
 
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Just pass them on the right.

There's way too much childish, temperamental driving on the roads nowadays. Don't add to it.
 
soccerballtux said:
I'm talking about 5-6 lane freeways that I drive on my commute. We could move about 20% more traffic if the slow people in the left lane would keep right. Instead, they go the exact speed of the person to the right of them, eventually leading to grid lock. This is one of the reasons the 55 speed limit needs to be set to 70, doing that right there would move 25% more traffic, and would probably solve the rush hour problems we get from people merging at 45mph (also quickly leads to gridlock)-- they'd have to get up to at least 65 or risk getting honked at.
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Trust me. They would still merge at 45. 50 if you're lucky. We have 65mph freeways here and a 70mph turnpike. Most have long on ramps and people still can't seem to get up to the speed limit. Average merge speed here is probably 50-55
 
In Germany you can get a ticket for not letting someone pass. You also get a ticket for passing on the right lane as it's illegal. You also get a ticket if you tailgate. I like Germany!

Here I tailgate, flash lights, honk as I'm passing them from the right. Sometimes I wish I had a huge SUV, I'm pretty sure they would GTFO pretty fast.
 
I say honk, but usually they are clueless to their surroundings so a horn won't even register. I can't tell you how many times I encounter a woman on her cell phone driving 35 in a 55 with another woman on her cell phone next to her with a mile of empty road in front of them.
 
KentState said:
I say honk, but usually they are clueless to their surroundings so a horn won't even register. I can't tell you how many times I encounter a woman on her cell phone driving 35 in a 55 with another woman on her cell phone next to her with a mile of empty road in front of them.
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Yeah, it seems nobody hears my horn. I want a truck horn.
 
People that like to emo rage and slow down when someone flashes their lights or honks, be careful. A guy I know mounted a CO2 air gun assembly in the grill of his pickup and rigged it to a switch in the cab. When people slowed down to piss him off, he'd start pelting the back of their car with BBs.
 
Yes and it's also ok to give them a dirty look or flash them a particular finger.

The only problem I really have is the following two things.

1) I'm already doing 10mph over the limit and someone rides my ass and won't go around when they have plenty of room to do it.
2) I am behind someone going slow, but the guy in the lane next to me is going just fast enough to block me and I cannot get around cause now I'm boxed in.


MagickMan said:
People that like to emo rage and slow down when someone flashes their lights or honks, be careful. A guy I know mounted a CO2 air gun assembly in the grill of his pickup and rigged it to a switch in the cab. When people slowed down to piss him off, he'd start pelting the back of their car with BBs.
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In FL that could be considered being attacked with a firearm. Be warned I'm armed with more than a BB gun.
 
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No, because if they are that stupid to go slower than the speed limit in the fast lane, then honking might trigger them to fly through the center divider.
 
soccerballtux said:
way to be mature.
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What do you propose I do? Speed up? Why should I have to do that?

I slow down as a signal that I'm not going to speed up because you're riding my ass, so you need to pass me.

Remember, I said that I don't drive in the left lane in the Insight.
 
I never understand why it seems people in the left lane like to slow down especially for semi's in the middle lane. They'll get to the back corner of the trailer and just hang there. That's the last place I want to be, I make a point of not lingering along side them or behind them. It get's especially annoying when it's raining and they sit in the spray from the rig indefinitely (meaning you end up stuck in it too) instead of giving it a few extra mph to get past them and out of the spray.

I had a rubber chunk about the size of a tennis ball come tumbling straight at my windshield and my face once. I assume it came off the semi maybe 80 yards ahead of me, there was even another car between me and him. I've seen the retreads they use disintegrate at speed before. It hit right at eye level on the driver side and I thought for sure something was coming through my windshield, and there was pretty much no time to react safely. It wasn't until it bounced off the windshield without breaking it, only leaving an greasy mark right where it hit that I realized it wasn't a chunk of something a bit more deadly like a metal coming to take off my head. That pair of underwear went in the garbage and I started following that rule.
 
IcePickFreak said:
I never understand why it seems people in the left lane like to slow down especially for semi's in the middle lane. They'll get to the back corner of the trailer and just hang there. That's the last place I want to be, I make a point of not lingering along side them or behind them. It get's especially annoying when it's raining and they sit in the spray from the rig indefinitely (meaning you end up stuck in it too) instead of giving it a few extra mph to get past them and out of the spray.

I had a rubber chunk about the size of a tennis ball come tumbling straight at my windshield and my face once. I assume it came off the semi maybe 80 yards ahead of me, there was even another car between me and him. I've seen the retreads they use disintegrate at speed before. It hit right at eye level on the driver side and I thought for sure something was coming through my windshield, and there was pretty much no time to react safely. It wasn't until it bounced off the windshield without breaking it, only leaving an greasy mark right where it hit that I realized it wasn't a chunk of something a bit more deadly like a metal coming to take off my head. That pair of underwear went in the garbage and I started following that rule.
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They aren't compensating for the wind off the trailer, I think.

People do the same thing when they get to the front and they get hit by the wind off the nose of the truck.
 
cmdrdredd said:
In FL that could be considered being attacked with a firearm. Be warned I'm armed with more than a BB gun.
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Yeah, I think in most states that 911 call would have every cop on APB.

In FL, just brandishing a BB gun is a serious offense. People think they won't get in trouble since it's just a BB gun, but the law thinks otherwise.
 
soccerballtux said:
I'm talking about 5-6 lane freeways that I drive on my commute. We could move about 20% more traffic if the slow people in the left lane would keep right. Instead, they go the exact speed of the person to the right of them, eventually leading to grid lock. This is one of the reasons the 55 speed limit needs to be set to 70, doing that right there would move 25% more traffic, and would probably solve the rush hour problems we get from people merging at 45mph (also quickly leads to gridlock)-- they'd have to get up to at least 65 or risk getting honked at.
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If you raise the speed limit, you might also have the problem of people driving like idiots, causing accidents that then block the entire freeway.

I stick left if its just me and move left as soon as I can after overtaking. If I'm overtaking and someone is riding up my ass, honking or flashing, you can bet I'm not going to move over in a hurry. I'll still move over, I just wont do it with anything resembling haste.
 
DVad3r said:
In Germany you can get a ticket for not letting someone pass. You also get a ticket for passing on the right lane as it's illegal.
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It's the same in the US, in some states the left lane is for passing only and others it's illegal to obstruct the flow of traffic regardless of speed (but they also make exceptions of interstates). There's only a few states where it's illegal to pass on the right and is generally permitted on an interstate (divided highway, more than 3lanes each way, etc).

I've only heard of one person being ticketed for not using the left lane as a passing lane in 30years, it's much more lucrative just to go after speeders.

http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html
 
If by "honk the horn" you mean a light beep or two, sure. It might be appropriate and a decent wake-up call. I would not stand on the horn for something so minor though.

The real annoyance, for me anyway, is when someone going 65.1mph is trying to pass someone going 64.9mph.
 
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