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What I'm seeing in this comment section is that everyone has their own internal rules to explain how everyone else is at fault for making driving dangerous but they themselves would be perfect without any other cars on the road.
Wow, what impeccable and inscrutable logic.
Now let's try it with recognition that other people will always be on the road and no matter who you want to blame for it they need to be considered
I didn't realize driving in the middle lane when not passing was that controversial.
I'm a school bus driver and I get tailgaters like this all the time. They don't seem to grasp that I absolutely cannot see them at all when they're that close, not in my mirrors nor even through the windows in the back door. It's extra fun when they do it in a 15mph school zone and lay on the horn for good measure. Like yeah dude, I'm going to speed through a school zone in a fucking school bus so you can get to the red light up ahead five seconds sooner, thanks for letting me know.
Dude yesterday I was driving the few hundred feet between 2 school zones at about 8am and this car comes up behind me and honks at me for going 22ish and at first I go "huh yeah I suppose I should have my lights on it is kinda overcast out" and turned my lights on. Then I realized as they tailgated they were mad that I was going a couple mph under the limit. So when I reached the next school zone (which is actually setup for a park so no children present at 8am) I slowed all the way down to 15mph which really got them to lay on their horn. They then sped off from behind me into the high school when I turned onto the road the highschool is on. Like bro, if you're that late to class the extra 30 seconds of commute time driving a bit slower isn't going to make any difference, but your anger level absolutely will
Anyways folks need to calm down on the "gotta go fast" mentality. I've biked that same route, as in all manual hauling 100lbs of kids behind me. If it makes no noticable difference going 2-10mph (depending on hills) while biking it's not going to make any difference at all whether you go 22mph or 27mph. And I find it wild that folks don't play with that at all. Even when I had a 70 mile commute I tested it and found no noticable change in commute time whether I went exactly the speed limit or 5-8mph over the limit (speed of traffic) but I did see a noticable reduction in gas consumption by going a bit slower, as in an entire gallon of fuel each direction saved
What is it with people who stay in the middle lane whilst driving slow when there's nobody of the right lane which is were the driving code says they're suppose to be?
Conclusion after reading the comments: the country information is very relevant!! In Germany tailgating is forbidden, and is also driving in the middle lane. It is forbidden to pass using the right lane in highways. In USA I remember the recommendation was different, try to stay in your lane, they considered the constant change of lanes more dangerous than passing using the right lane.
Moral of the story: Don't judge without the complete information.
In Germany tailgating is forbidden, and is also driving in the middle lane.
Truly an egalitarian society.
I clean my windshield if someone is too close behind.
The wind always carries some spray over the top and hits their car and they have to wipe their windshield.
It might seem petty, but seems to trigger something subconscious that makes them back off a bit.
It always seems to work
They forgot the passes you and then slows down.
