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Originally Posted by Knut
The right lane has all the on/off ramps, the shoulder of the road is there and there could be emergency vehicles, bikes, pulled over cars. Also, while you have good visibility while passing you are actually further from the drivers field of view.
It also means you are changing lanes an extra time which adds to the danger.
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I have not changed lanes. I am passing the person in the fast lane while driving in the slow lane. My turn off is the next exit or the second next exit. I am in the correct lane and need to make no lane changes. I am driving at a constant steady speed.
I am passing a person driving way to slow in the fast lane. I am not driving aggressive, I am being completely predictable. The drivers behind me pass the driver in the fast lane too. Without changing lanes.
Yes I am passing on the right.
There is no danger. Only danger is the person in the fast lane driving 30 under the speed limit.
There is nothing wrong with passing on the right hand side of the road. Yet I think we are talking about different things.
You are talking about aggressive driving, I am not. You are talking about coming up behind a slower moving vehicle and yanking the vehicle over into the right hand lane and passing aggressively. That can be dangerous.
I have been in the fast lane and the person behind me does not think I am going fast enough. Being honest if I am in the fast lane I am speeding.
Someone comes up behind me and wants to do 30 over the limit or more I do try to get over to the slower lane. As I finally get a chance to do so, they change lanes and punch it. Making this dangerous. That is aggressive driving. I was going to move over but they wanted to drive aggressive.
Passing on the right is completely safe in one scenario and wreckless in the other.