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Kinda crazy how many people are this ignorant. They are afraid of cops pulling them over for breaking the speed limit apparently but at the same time not content enough to stay in the slow lane.

Well turns out they will get tickets for that in certain places. Don't be like them:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/17v0cih/the_left_lane_is_for_passing_not_about_just/

It is actually funny how little time speeding saves you.

SiO4 posted...

It is actually funny how little time speeding saves you.

it is about not being selfish

you make a pileup going the speed limit in the passing lane

the faster you pass the better for everyone else and safer

you should be accelerating to pass in most circumstances unless the guy you are passing is just extremely slow

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That's what it's like where I live lol

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If that is the case why are you passing them if you are going the limit and they are too?

Something seems wrong with your observation skills in this scenario.

But passing quickly is beneficial to all.
Passing slowly is a road hazard.

The left lane is the passing lane, not the fast lane. There is a big difference.

MatzoTov posted...

The left lane is the passing lane, not the fast lane. There is a big difference.

so what does fast mean?

I've been all up and down Indiana and as soon as you've got 3 lanes then I can be going 70 in a 60 and get passed by cops. Now a 70 zone? They must be going 90 or 100+

I'd ask if these cops have anything fucking better to do, but then I think of all the other things cops could be doing

WingsOfGood posted...

so what does fast mean?

Subjective, I guess. If you're on a two lane road and the person in the right lane is going 10 below, you aren't technically breaking the law by passing them in the left lane going 9 below.

Should you? Of course not. You should at LEAST be maintaining a 5-10mph difference when passing. The less time spent close to other cars, the better.

There's a big discrepancy between what's safest and what's legal.

hockeybub89 posted...

I'd ask if these cops have anything fucking better to do, but then I think of all the other things cops could get be doing

this is actually a good pull over whereas most speeding tickets don't really do much as in the speeder wasn't endangering anyone

people ignorantly making pileups DO infact cause a road hazard

if you cannot accelerate when passing then don't pass
you lost the right
stay in the right lane

Wait youre mad at people who dont speed that much?

thats stupid, especially city driving, city driving people who dont signal are the biggest problem

SiO4 posted...

It is actually funny how little time speeding saves you.

this

UndefeatedGOAT posted...

Wait youre mad at people who dont speed that much?

thats stupid, especially city driving, city driving people who dont signal are the biggest problem

?
this isn't about speeding it is about passing

in big city with 5 lane road there isn't really a passing lane fyi

do you guys even take any course before getting a license?

WingsOfGood posted...

people ignorantly making pileups DO infact cause a road hazard

How?

SiO4 posted...

It is actually funny how little time speeding saves you.

About a minute per MPH. Going 65 when you could be safely going 75 just means youve got nothing better to do with 10 minutes then waste it.

A_Good_Boy posted...

How?

As traffic increases rate of accidents go up exponentially. Improper passing creates traffic. Whereas flow on the road would be normal you have create a stoppage and people start braking and causing an interesting artificial phenomenon where the braking seeps through the cars like a spring.
And all you had to do was just pass a fucking car in like a second or two but you chose to take like a whole minute cause you never learned proper driving.
smh

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/traffic-congestion-can-cause-car-accidents-50981

Traffic slowdowns can cause injuries in a number of ways.

For example, drivers may seek to make the most of a slowdown and engage in distracting behaviors, such as reading, texting, or making phone calls.

The stop-and-go pattern of a traffic jam can lead to rear-end accidents, as one car piles into another due to inattention.

Tempers can flare as drivers lay on the horn, and people get mad at one another for cutting in front and other aggressive behaviors.

When it is rush hour, drivers may take chances they should not take as they rush and hurry to be to work or get home on time. When drivers are in a hurry to get somewhere, congestion can be particularly hazardous.

You should care about other drivers and try to minimize traffic as much as possible.

People passing like this are clueless like they don't realize there is other people on the road and how dangerous making a stoppage of traffic is.

A_Good_Boy posted...

How?

he meant to say traffic or backups Im guessing. But either way congestion makes roads more dangerous.

im assuming you feel differently though?

educate yourselves if you don't pass quickly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oqfodY2Lz0

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/12e05647.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fbb35bf9.jpg

more dangerous than speeding

Yeah it really needs to be taught more that the most dangerous place on the road is around other people.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a6adfaba.jpg

great point
pass fast or DON'T pass at all

Impressively I detect no one shilling for speed cameras yet. Only a matter of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd8PyH7OtNo

WingsOfGood posted...

educate yourselves if you don't pass quickly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oqfodY2Lz0

I've only ever heard of congestion related issues being attributed to tail gators and speeders weaving through traffic. I think this is the first time I've also seen them being attributed to people driving slowly in the left lane as well.

A_Good_Boy posted...

I've only ever heard of congestion related issues being attributed to tail gators and speeders weaving through traffic. I think this is the first time I've also seen them being attributed to people driving slowly in the left lane as well.

always a good day to learn something new

but tbh it is very logical

if a car has their emergency lights on going like 30 in a 60 and people get over to pass them, if you are going slowly in the left lane and there is now a wall of cars
how is that safe?

https://walkercountyga.gov/2023/05/10/sheriffs-office-traffic-tip-of-the-month-may-2023/

Imagine this scenario. You are traveling down one of Georgias highways or the Interstate system, such as U.S. Highway 27, Georgia Highway 2, or Interstate 75. You are in the far left-hand lane (also known as the fast lane or passing lane) and you meet another vehicle traveling in the same direction, but that vehicle is traveling at a much slower speed than you.

The operator of the vehicle you have met continues to remain in the far left lane and refuses to move over into the other lane of travel. As you continue to travel down the highway, more motorist get stuck behind you and the slower driver, and traffic begins to pile up from behind. Now, everyone is frustrated because they cannot get by the slower motorist, which results in other drivers cutting between lanes in an attempt to get around this slow-moving vehicle that is hogging the far left-lane. Sound familiar?

We have all experienced this and it is frustrating, as well as dangerous and illegal. When a situation like this occurs, crashes are more likely to occur due to motorists attempting to get around the slow-moving vehicle by shifting their lanes of travel sporadically. There is a higher probability of being in a collision due to motorists following too closely, as well as issues of aggressive driving and road rage.

It is illegal to impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic, unless it is necessary to do so for safety reasons. When a motorist is met by another motorist on any road, street, or highway with two or more lanes from the same direction, and one motorist causes traffic to become impeded and refuses to move to another lane of travel so that normal traffic movement can continue, that motorist is in violation of Georgia law and can be stopped by law enforcement and cited.
OCGA 40-6-184 Impeding Traffic Flow; Minimum Speed in Left-Hand Lanes
(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation.
(2) On roads, streets, or highways with two or more lanes allowing for movement in the same direction, no person shall continue to operate a motor vehicle in the most left-hand lane at less than the maximum lawful speed limit once such person knows or should reasonably know that he is being overtaken in such lane from the rear by a motor vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed, except when such motor vehicle is preparing for a left turn.

maybe this is an education failure?

do people really not know this?

We really needed autonomous cars like yesterday. No one should be allowed to drive at all. The problems will go away.

Knew this would be from Pinal County lol. Arizona driving is wild. It's not the rule everywhere.

Much stronger left lane penalties WHEN

electricbugs2 posted...

Knew this would be from Pinal County lol. Arizona driving is wild. It's not the rule everywhere.

I have posted various information from all over the place that agrees

for example just 2 posts above is from a Georgia Sheriff

pass fast or stay in the right lane
don't cause congestion

Imagine being the kind of guy who encourages speeding though

Gobstoppers12 posted...

Imagine being the kind of guy who encourages speeding though

Passing is not speeding. The idea is you will pass and get back into the rightmost lane at cruise speed.
You seem to then be confused.

And even IF it was speeding guess what

it is SAFER than being ignorant about how to pass

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/12e05647.jpg

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learn to not be a road hazard to others

"Don't impede traffic in the left lane" and "don't speed" aren't mutually exclusive.

Somebody going the speed limit but staying in the left lane could possibly be impeding traffic, and should probably get a ticket if they are. That said, somebody speeding to pass should also probably get a ticket. Logically, the cop should have pulled over people speeding to go around the guy, as well. It came down to his discretion, and he decided to pull over the driver impeding traffic, since it was technically causing the more dangerous situation, since so many cars were speeding and he couldn't possibly pull them all over. That doesn't really make him more wrong than the cars that were speeding, though.

WingsOfGood posted...

Passing is not speeding

speeding is speeding whether you're passing or not bro

WingsOfGood posted...

And even IF it was speeding guess what

it is SAFER than being ignorant about how to pass

If the person in front of you is driving at the speed limit, why are you passing them?

Nothing is more annoying than one massive speed-limited truck trying to pass another speed-limited truck for five miles because the speed differential is almost non-existent.

Apparently, truck drivers sometimes do this out of boredom, or because they like to piss off other traffic.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

speeding is speeding whether you're passing or not bro

You're supposed to go a bit faster when passing. Am I missing some nuance?

StealThisSheen posted...

"Don't impede traffic in the left lane" and "don't speed" aren't mutually exclusive.

Somebody going the speed limit but staying in the left lane could possibly be impeding traffic, and should probably get a ticket if they are. That said, somebody speeding to pass should also probably get a ticket. Logically, the cop should have pulled over people speeding to go around the guy, as well. It came down to his discretion, and he decided to pull over the driver impeding traffic, since it was technically causing the more dangerous situation, since so many cars were speeding and he couldn't possibly pull them all over. That doesn't really make him more wrong than the cars that were speeding, though.

If you are trying to pass someone going the speed limit and you are also going the speed limit you are not passing

you made a wall out of stupidity and you should have stayed in the right lane

also creating the more dangerous situation does infact make them more wrong as the point of passing would be for example the car passing was going the speed limit until they came upon a car in front going 7 miles under or something
passing somewhat over the limit is the safer move and if you are that afraid that a cop will ticket you for 5 miles over then why even try to pass? just sit in the right lane then behind the guy

I mean the same logic of "speeding doesn't save time!" applies to you in the right lane wanting to pass a guy going 7 miles under the limit or whatever
why are you passing them if you so afraid to accelerate for 1-2 seconds before getting back over?
?

Red_XIV posted...

If the person in front of you is driving at the speed limit, why are you passing them?

that is MY point

WingsOfGood posted...

If you are trying to pass someone going the speed limit and you are also going the speed limit you are not passing

If somebody is going the speed limit, you shouldn't be trying to pass them at all. That's the entire point. If you are, then you're speeding.

StealThisSheen posted...

If somebody is going the speed limit, you shouldn't be trying to passing them at all. That's the entire point. If you are, then you're speeding.

that is my point

at the same time if they are going like 52 in a 55 you shouldn't try to pass them at 55 either

StealThisSheen posted...

EDIT: Oh wait, I see you just lack reading comprehension and didn't get the actual point, since instead you just wanted to be snippy and insulting. Carry on.

no you don't seem to understand passing safely

Guide posted...

You're supposed to go a bit faster when passing. Am I missing some nuance?

they weren't taught or can't piece it together apparently

they are super afraid of a ticket yet they still try to pass?

hello

ai123 posted...

Nothing is more annoying than one massive speed-limited truck trying to pass another speed-limited truck for five miles because the speed differential is almost non-existent.

Apparently, truck drivers sometimes do this out of boredom, or because they like to piss off other traffic.

these are also SUPER SUPER dangerous

basically it creates a huge line of cars waiting to pass the slow 18 wheeler and one of them is going to try to do it way too slowly

so eventually it becomes two lanes of lines trying to pass and the people in the right lane try to cut and this results in crashes and wreckes

all because an idiot didn't know how to pass

smh

Here's the problem.

The guy wouldn't be impeding traffic if he wasn't in that lane to begin with.

However, he also wouldn't be impeding traffic if all of those cars weren't speeding to begin with.

Hence, they're ALL wrong, but the cop could only pull over one, so he used his discretion to decide which one might lessen the dangerous situation most, even though the others are just... Going to keep on speeding.

https://youtube.com/shorts/bPE17klqDTk?si=GVcIYeH4GtTPWmrO

Just happened upon this after reading the topic.

StealThisSheen posted...

Here's the problem.

The guy wouldn't be impeding traffic if he wasn't in that lane to begin with.

However, he also wouldn't be impeding traffic if all of those cars weren't speeding to begin with.

Hence, they're ALL wrong, but the cop could only pull over one, so he used his discretion to decide which one might lessen the dangerous situation most, even though the others are just... Going to keep on speeding.

The impeding is when you are in the passing lane for a minute or more, some unreasonable amount of time just because you don't know how to do it

there is a reason the signs and law say "for passing only"

yet you are going 55 to pass someone going 54

and people unconsciously also speed up when someone is passing them so you might not realize it but all the sudden they speed up to 55 or 56 as you sit there at 55 super afraid of a ticket

so there you are sitting there trying to pass but you aren't passing cause you have no fucking idea how to do it properly
and it has been several minutes

explain to me. is this passing only? or are you just now driving in the left lane?

You have broken the law and impeded traffic

meanwhile someone learned and proper in driving was going 55 and came upon the guy going 54
they accelerate to pass the guy up
they notice the guy unconsciously speeds up as they are passing so they compensate

within a few seconds they have passed and move back into the right lane and decelerate to 55

traffic is not impeded, the passing lane is cleared, people are able to move one and they can cruise properly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYvI_pOF8BA

this you?