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BeholderBalls t1_itq25z3 wrote

Reply to comment by KYazut in Left lane campers by CPgang

Oh boo just stuff it. Speeding is going to happen. Some people are comfortable traveling slightly over the speed limit and have places to be / don’t like to be stuck behind somebody unnecessarily. Bottom line: blocking traffic is more dangerous than speeding

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benjamintuckerII t1_itq7zkb wrote

The issue is with people doing 90 tailgating people going 75-80 using the PASSING lane properly. They tailgate everyone and then continue to cruise in the left lane even when they have every ability to move over to the right lane.

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optifreebraun t1_itqc8h9 wrote

The way I see it, if some guy is doing 90 mph and is on my tail, I'll move over to avoid being entangled in an accident. The cops can deal with his flagrant violation of the law.

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benjamintuckerII t1_itqd48y wrote

That's just using the passing lane properly. If you can move over, you need to move over.

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optifreebraun t1_itqdtsi wrote

Well, yeah I agree - my point is to people who are upset that they are already doing 80 and a car doing 90 comes up behind them. Just move over - you can avoid an accident and (if the traffic violation bothers you) law enforcement nominally should deal with this issue instead of you.

As an aside, the lane discipline in most of Europe is amazing - and on the autobahn, I've had the pleasure of cruising at 120 mph (200 kph) in the right lane and being overtaken like I was standing still by an Audi or Mercedes station wagon (it was so fast I couldn't tell which!) on the left.

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Blicero1 t1_itqdu2k wrote

They are going to go 90. I'd rather know where they are and what they're up to then have them blow by in the right lane because some jackhole is camping over in the left at 68 mph.

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KYazut t1_itr97lu wrote

Speeders and left laner campers are both dangerous and both breaking the law. I could care less whether you like one group better than the other.

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