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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
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.
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I think both you and polak are misrepresenting cliffs post.
You are both making false assumptions that he's just sitting in the left lane intentionally slowing up traffic. Fact of the matter is that there are probably just as many left lane strugglers as there are left lane aholes.
Me passing and someone having to slow behind me isn't much different than me slowing and him passing me. There is no rule that the fastest, or slowest, car has the right to dictate traffic.
Courteous driving isn't particularly common. There are so many people looking for fights on the road, that is clear enough from this thread.
If people just tried to stay right except to pass and passed at a reasonable rate as to not stay in the left lane too long everything would be fine.