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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Precisely why people pass on the right - the left lane is not for continual cruising. The fact that you're considering only the cars in front of you, and not the cars behind you, is a problem.
If people are passing on the right, then there is open room on the right. That means get back over.
Its when people are inconsiderate of the people behind them that causes people to pass on the right.
Here's a simple fact: if everyone gets over when there is room to do so, no one would/could ever pass on the right.
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How should a group of cars pass a semi truck on a highway that is approaching capacity?
You could have everyone in the right line with the left lane empty with one car moving out at a time to pass the semi. This cuts the carrying capacity of the roadway in half.
You could have one person pull out an pass the semi then as others get to the tail of the passing car they pull out to the left creating the situation described above where you have a 10 car line in the left lane with an open gap in the right lane.
Ideally the people passing the semi accelerate to the left lanes prevailing speed so as not to slow down the lane but in going around a slow moving right lane vehicle filling the right lane then trying to squeeze into the higher speed lane right before making the pass is going to create more break checking and reduce the over all capacity of the highway.