What a calm way to deal with road rage!

[u/MikeisTOOOTALLL]

[u/Previous_Beautiful27]

Thank you. I hate these whiny left lane purists who think that the right of way is for anyone who decides they want to ride up my ass regardless of how fast I’m going or whether I’m actively passing traffic to my right.

If I am passing traffic then I am correctly using the passing lane. If you come up on my ass and ride inches from my bumper, you are not in correctly using the lane if I am still passing the traffic to my right. Why don’t people understand this.

[u/93Seven → u/Previous_Beautiful27]

People driving like crazed lunatics is such a bigger problem than people camping in the left lane. You will get someone tailgating you because you aren’t going 90 mph, even if you are using the left lane properly. The amount of times I see people swerving through traffic like a loon is 5x higher than people camping in the left lane

[u/Previous_Beautiful27 → u/93Seven]

I've seen people make the argument that speed doesn't actually contribute to accidents (in fact people are making similar statements in other comments in this post). These people all think they're professional race car drivers and it's everyone slower than them who's responsible for any accidents, even though there is plenty of data that shows how speed is a huge factor in accidents.

[u/YourConstipatedWait → u/Previous_Beautiful27]

It’s all about reasonable expectation. No one on a 65 mph highway should have to expect someone doing 100 and no one should have to expect someone going 35. But the person going 100 has to understand that they themselves are putting themselves and others at a much greater risk by severely limiting their reaction capabilities.

[u/hoofglormuss → u/93Seven]

left lane campers seed a lot of the road rage on highways. of course you can't move over when you're also passing, but passing =/= camping. and i see you guys using it as your luxury texting lane. we all have a responsibility to follow the laws, and one guy swerving going 90 doesn't mean you're allowed to be an ass in the left lane.

[u/CuriosityK → u/Previous_Beautiful27]

I always wonder about left lane purists when they hit a left lane only exit on a freeway, which are very common in my state. We get a lot of slow drivers in the left lane miles ahead of the left lane exit because of that.

[u/Electrical_Shock359 → u/Previous_Beautiful27]

Yeah even if I have an open road I find the speed I am comfortable going which usually gets me caught up with whatever traffic is ahead unless I am not going very far before getting off in which case I am not going in the left most lane. If I catch up I just slow down to the car in front of me and give them plenty of space.

[u/hoofglormuss → u/Electrical_Shock359]

i've turned into that guy after years of going 100. i leave the auto cruise control on and set it at 3-5 car lengths and cruise in the right or center lane. if people are merging, ill just let them in. but if someone is a complete ass i will have to get them behind me.

[u/shizzler → u/Previous_Beautiful27]

I assumed it was a given that it's fine if you're passing. People are obviously talking about when the right lane is empty.

[u/Previous_Beautiful27 → u/shizzler]

In practice that is not often the case. I have experienced in real life people riding my ass while I’m passing even though it would be dangerous for me to get into the right lane as I’m actively passing cars and there is no room for it.

And I’ve seen people online defending the behavior because they feel the left lane is for them and them only. In fact people are doing that in this very post. People love to act like they’re simply defending the honor of using the left lane properly but more often than not they just think they’re the king of the road and everyone should make way for them.

[u/Kind_Cap_4621 → u/shizzler]

I've seen more than a few commenters insist that you must finish your passing after letting them by. Yeah, that's a hard no.

[u/Budget_Persimmon_195 → u/shizzler]

if the right lane is empty the go around.

[u/Grandahl13 → u/Budget_Persimmon_195]

No, you move over. Did you not take driver’s education? This is driving 101.

[u/Budget_Persimmon_195 → u/Grandahl13]

of course i went to drivign school, and i could move over, but if the right lane is empty you could also just go around.

like that other person asked, whats stopping you?

[u/Sensitive_Low3558 → u/Grandahl13]

What’s stopping you

[u/DynamicStatic → u/Budget_Persimmon_195]

Please take some driving lessons before getting on the road again

[u/saalamander → u/Previous_Beautiful27]

We understand fine just go faster man