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For those saying "Get out of the middle lane!" What if I don't know the area and I'm trying to minimize the amount of suddenly needed lane changes I need to do to get into the correct one?
What if I'm driving a clunker and my transmission doesn't handle constant speed changes well making staying on the on-ramp lane a little risky?
What if I'm already fucking going 9mph over the speed limit? Look motherfucker I'm risking being late to work too, but I'm not going 10+ I can't afford a fucking ticket either and I'm not slowing down or dangerously constantly changing lanes because your rich ass can afford repeated speed tickets.
Not even the f'ing middle lane. If I'm in the left lane, and y'know, actually PASSING vehicles that are in the right then that's where I should be. In many cases it's an uphill and I'm passing a bunch of rigs.
In most cases I'm admittedly going a bit over the limit (just to pass quickly and minimize the time I'm sitting within a blind spot, especially with the rigs), yet there's always and idiot that's behind me trying to do 20%+ over the limit riding my ass.
People like the are in a hurry to they're own funeral
To be clear, I do not advocate tailgaiting or passing on the right, I pretty much always leave early, always use GPS even for local trips (I'm in the middle of a bunch of suburbs and highways and there's always a slowdown/accident) and I don't generally go more than 10 over.
If you're slower than the flow, you should be in the right unless you know you're going to need to be on the left. You should not be going slower than the people on your right, legal,, not legal, doesn't really matter.
Those people blowing by on the right are riskier than riding in the middle. Sooner or later, they'll overtake on the right, find there's a car in the blind zone ahead, and swerve back into the person running in the middle.
Unknown sudden lange changes? use GPS
Clunker? don't drive a car that's unsafe
Already speeding? doesn't much matter, if everyone else on the road is going faster, you're putting yourself in danger.
Driving slower in the middle should only be done as an exception, for your own safety.
Those people are wrong. On a 3+ lane highway, the right lane is for entering or exiting, the left lane is for passing, and the middle lane(s) is for cruising. Unless you're like, only doing 55 or something, in which case just get off the interstate and take surface streets.
US defaultism much?
You know, I was tempted to note (US) after the lanes. I see now that people get angry if you don't. The logic still applies though. The first lane is for entering/exiting. The middle are for cruising, driving a steady pace near the speed limit. The inside is for passing.
If there is an open lane to the inside, the person trying to pass someone already doing a reasonable pace should be the one making the change. If there's not, then yeah, the slower vehicle needs to go ahead and move over.
You'll get ticketed for that in the UK. Keep left (right) unless overtaking.
And compared to continental Europe, UK motorways are a horror show of asshats cruising in the middle lane with not a care in the world..