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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Okay, driving on a 110 km limit highway. I'm in the right lane doing 120. Three cars clustered ahead of me in the right lane are all doing around 110. I signal and move into the left lane. As I'm passing, a guy doing 130+ comes right up on my ass.
Can a left-laner explain why it's such a hardship to wait the 30 seconds or so it will take me to pass all three vehicles in the right lane and then pull into the right lane myself?
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One of the things that isn't discussed enough is that, when using the left lane to pass, one must also consider that you don't move into a lane unless it is open.
If a person is going to take 30 seconds to pass, and a car is gaining rapidly on them but they decide to jump out and start their pass anyway, disregarding the traffic coming up behind them, then yes, they will (and should expect) to have that car ride their ass, because they didn't consider the car approaching them from behind when they pulled out.
It amazes me how often a person will jump in front of a fast approaching vehicle, going 1 mile an hour faster than the vehicle they want to pass, and hold the vehicle behind them up for 30 seconds -
and feel uncomfortable about it the whole time - when all they had to do was wait 2 seconds to let the other pass and then carry on comfortably with their own passing maneuver in peace.