Slower Traffic Keep Right...Please

Is it just not as common a knowledge as I think it is that those who prefer to drive slower have a responsibility to stay out of the left lane on the freeway? I'll be the first to admit that I drive too aggressively. That said, though, pretty much every time I ever get behind the wheel of a car, I get furious at somebody who is just lumbering along at 55 or between 55 and 60 in the left lane and are seemingly oblivious to the line of cars stuck behind them, begging and pleading for them to move into another lane and swearing profusely (as is my custom) when they don't. How can you grow up in this society and just never come to understand this basic tenet of the road? If it weren't so infintile of me to get this upset about a handful of seconds lost on a drive, I'd seriously want to strangle these people. I've never actually experienced road rage--if you measure it by acting in a visibly threatening way to another driver. But I've definitely 'pitied the fool', as that mohawked philosopher known by the simple moniker of T would say.

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[jan]

great sites, well done

[seannarae]

these people may see the line of cars stacked behind them. they may even see & digest the signs instructing slower traffic to keep right. however, they lack one last realisation.

they will tell themselves and everyone in their car: "HEY! I'm going the speed limit, dammit!"

what they dont realise is that they dont get to dictate freeway speeds. the left or #1 lane has always been a passing lane. these people who dont cede this lane to the cars that choose to go faster are the single greatest cause of freeway congestion.

and its not just city commuting corredors either. just take the drive down I5 from SF to LA and you will be appalled at how spacey these drivers become.

universal commuication methods are ignored. that care flashing their lights at you, they're trying to tell you something. fine, speed up, thats a step in the right direction.

but regardless of what lane YOU are in, if there is at anytime a vehicle behind you that appears to be travelling at a higher rate of speed then you, then my god dont make them pass on the right.

oh my, how i vent. s'not like i got an audience here. sheesh.

mee-meep!
seannarae

[harry]

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greetings
harry