left lane slow drivers

NJ law is; Stay Right, Pass Left. There are signs when you enter from NY and PA, but nobody cares. It's common courtesy to let faster drivers pass. Flashing lights doesn't mean "I want to fight", it means "Can you please move over so I can pass". People feel real brave in their vehicles and act in ways they never would if not shielded by glass and steel. Too bad people just don't know the rules of the road or have courtesy for other people anymore.

 

Shoot out the back tires with twin .50 cals mounted in front bumper, then execute the pitman manoeuvre, thus spinning them uncontrollably into oncoming traffic causing a collision with a school bus filled with Nuns, ending in a fiery explosion.

 

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I'll post the twin .50 cal bumper mod link later.

 

please do ive been waiting for a diy write up on that haha

 

I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Just go around the cars that are too slow for you. If there's no open lane to do so then tough. There are more important things in life than driving like you own the road--that goes for the folks driving too fast or too slow.

It's the cop's job to enforce the traffic laws not the drivers'.

 

Too bad they don't impress on drivers here like they do in Europe about moving over for faster traffic. I often wonder how much more efficiently traffic could move if everyone took driving seriously.

If I come up on someone I just go around if they don't get it. Not worth the bother to sit behind them. If they're just cruising, they're clueless anyway.

 

Better to just take the old two lane!

 

it's such a big deal because it actually is safer to pass on the left than the right, the "blind spot" is bigger on the right hand side. ever see trucks with the "pass" on the left, "don't pass" on the right? why do you think that is?

predictability is another important aspect to highway driving. in germany, where people are actually taught how to drive, you won't ever see someone pass on the right. and i mean ever. this is certainly more critical at autobahn speeds, but the principle applies at 70 mph as well as 140 mph. stay right unless you are passing. this is actually a law in virtually every state, but you are right, why pay attention to silly laws, just let the cops enforce them.

also, you shouldn't have to "weave" through traffic to get around people. if everyone followed basic driving laws - which they don't because most people are just not that bright and/or have no situational awareness because they think only of themselves - traffic would flow faster, with less congestion.

by the way, this reminds me of another of my pet driving peeves. people who don't move over when they are making a turn (and half the time don't signal either, again, don't care about anyone else but themselves). i try to never impede the car behind me by making them slow down, just because i am making a turn. i move the F over even though it is harder for me to make the turn, just so i get out of their way and don't slow them down. you can always tell a "good" driver by observing this skill, and a "bad" driver by the opposite, will actually swerve a little left to make a right hand turn, and vice versa. getting out of the way of faster cars behind you shows courtesy as well. i will even do this when possible making a left turn, if no traffic is coming i will actually pull ever so slightly over the middle of the road just to give that guy behind me room to zoom by.

 

I had train horns on my diesel that were pretty good for waking people up.

 

Agreed. Sorry to reply the whole post, but very true. I used to drive professionally and took some PDIC. Every time you change lanes it causes a ripple in traffic that travels backward. Building energy as it goes, eventually
bringing traffic to a standstill. Also, blind side passing, especially a commercial vehicle is somewhat dangerous. Very large blind spot. Which brings me to my pet peeve, blind spot lurkers!

 

You are assuming that people can read the signs that tell you these things, that they give a fuck, and that they even know how to drive. That is a lot to assume in this country. Most schools are cutting driver's education, and going to home schooled driving books, aka parents sign them and send their kids on their way. Or if the parents do teach their kids how to drive the parents are bad drivers teaching bad habits, and they are not current on law changes.

We need stricter driving courses, and laws. I would be more than happy to pay higher prices for required driving lessons, licenses and such, and I would love to take more driving courses to get better not only at driving, but defensive driving and driving in adverse conditions, drifting, cornering, and anything else that can be taught. Driving safely and smartly is a big thing for me, I hate that the US has almost no requirements for you to get behind the wheel of a 2000+lb object and do 80+mph assuming that everyone else should yield to you.

I have almost been hit 3 times in the last 2 months because the person next to me didn't look over and didn't see my Tacoma, it isn't a Smart car or motorcycle, it is a mid size fucking truck, how do you not see it and then try to merge into me. All of these times I have been at on the highway in the middle lane going straight at the recommended speed.

I really enjoy driving, but I hate driving when other people are around.

 

oh but what i HATE more than slow driver in left lane. is people that just hang out in my blind spots. or want to go 1mph faster/slower and just want to hang out next to me to so when i need to get over left or right i can’t and because i don’t have side blinkers they can’t see my blinkers.

 

I have a road I drive home on every day, and it is the only entrance area to the road that my house is on, but there are 3 lanes, a left only, a straight only, and a right only, and everyone that is turning right does so from the straight only lane, no one ever drives in the right only lane, and if they do use the right only lane to make the right, the swing left at the last second to make the right, , and don't use their turn signals to let you know, it is a huge cluster fuck, and I am always trying to go straight, but can't because people are always slowing from 35 to 5 to make a right turn from the straight lane. needless to say I honk a lot, and they never know why. More people thinking of only themselves, and not thinking, "hey, someone might use the straight lane to go straight... maybe I shouldn't use it to make a right turn, when there is a right turn lane specifically for making this right turn..."

This spot is also a huge accident spot. And many people use the left turn lane to go straight because they know the straight marked lane is used for making rights... so this adds to the danger. Its like Forrest Gump says, you never know what you are going to get.

 

I don't disagree that slower drivers should stay to the right. Passing on the left is the way I was taught to drive and like you say is common practice and law in many states. While passing on the right is dangerous, I'd rather do that or just slow down, than tailgating.

I do not think that employing dangerous tactics such as riding on bumpers, obscene gestures, PA speakers, etc. are acceptable means of dealing with people driving slow in the fast lane as these tactics can aggravate and entice other drivers into other means of retaliation such as slamming on the brakes or following you to your destination with a gun. The effects of this can end up affecting others that were not involved in the conflict, ie. large car pile up b/c someone slammed on their brakes to teach a tailgater a lesson. In my experience the people who employ tailgating and other tactics are usually driving way over the speed limit and thus putting everyone else at some risk anyways.

While it's dangerous to be in someone's blind spot, it's up to the driver to check and know if someone is in their blind spot before they make a lane change.

Weaving through traffic can be very dangerous, which is exactly what happens when people can't accept that the traffic flow is going at a slower speed than they want. I wouldn't do it if it would put other drivers at risk.

What all of this really amounts to is driving in a manner that is safe with respect to the local laws and current driving conditions.

 

I dont trust turn signals either, they are either never used, or they are left on for long periods of time (old people).

I have actually been complemented on using my turn signal to cut someone off, and I said to my passenger, at least I told the other driver what I was doing, rather than leaving him in the dark as I pulled an asshole move. I try hard not to do it, but when I do I warn you, that is what a turn signal is for, letting others know where you plan to go.

 

I agree with the above, it's more dangerous to pass on the right, i do the same thing every time, gradual approach from behind, not too slow, but fast enough to make it clear i want to continue in this lane at a higher rater of speed, get about four lengths off and hold for about ten seconds or so, if that doesn't work, i back off to about eight lengths and do a quick flash with the KC's, then wait again.
Now here's were it gets dodgy, if you appear to be older or a normal stupid person, I won't get aggressive, but if you are just being an ass (because I KNOW you can see me YOU CAN"T FUCKING MISS ME!!!), or even worse, you on your fucking phone, then i pull back up to about five lengths, no more flashing, i just wait, and when i have my opening, the hammer goes down and i roar past them, if i do notice they are texting, i take off two layers of paint as i go by, no I don't but i have been known to cut very close to wake them up. For extra-special idiots I have been known to pass on the right with my left side tires still in the fast lane.

 

Passing on the right of a Bus or Semi-trailer is worse. Can't shoulder check in those. I wonder how many people realize that.

 

The US should mandate 5 yr recurring driver course re-tests, that are paid for by the drivers, then the states don't incur the costs, because driving is a privilege not a right. The main focus of the courses would be STAY RIGHT, use your turn signal, STAY RIGHT, don't text/call/email while driving, STAY RIGHT, and don't be a tool.