I have a strategy for when I get tailgated in the slow lane and it's not brake checking because that's what they expect. I'll lock the cruise control to my desired speed. They get right up on my ass and don't back off, I speed up putting space between me and them. At this point they'll speed up and I'll take my foot off the gas and let the car slow down back to cruise control speed. Repeat as necessary. The trick is to never touch the brakes. The driver behind me is alternating between speeding up and hitting the brakes. Eventually they'll get tired of it and either pass or back off
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Thanks I'm gonna try this
Easy fix, go 10 mph under. If they are still a dick, keep slowing down
I've had a much easier life following a super easy rule for highways:
Left lane: Passing/Fast
Middle lane: Cruising
Right lane: Exit/Slow
If I'm in the left lane doing 110 MPH and there's a pickup truck right on my ass, I'll signal and go middle lane and just cruise for a bit.
9 times out of 10, I'll see that exact same pickup or other car on the right shoulder with a state trooper writing him up.
It's happened so often in my life, it's made me believe in "instant karma". Just let them pass.
"Never be the fastest car on the highway" is a pretty good rule for avoiding state troopers.
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Right lane is for cruising.
Any lanes to the left are for overtaking, and you move back to the right after passing.
Of course it depends on how heavy the traffic is, but if you're not willing to move faster than the cars on your right, CHANGE LANES.
People driving in the middle lane when there's nobody on the right are a pet peeve of mine.
Edit: pasting this below, since people seem to be unaware of the actual rules.
Edit2: This is UK, flip left with right for almost every other country.
The highway code, the official rules for road use in the UK, reads:
(General Rules, 160) "keep to the left, unless road signs or markings indicate otherwise. The exceptions are when you want to overtake, turn right or pass parked vehicles or pedestrians in the road"
(Motorway lane disciple, rule 264): "Keep in the left lane unless overtaking. If you are overtaking, you should return to the left lane when it is safe to do so (see also Rules 267 and 268)."
Many other EU countries have the same rules. I wouldn't know about America.
Don’t believe this is true. In scenarios where there are three or more lanes, the middle lane is used for cruising. The right-most lane is for entering/exiting traffic.
https://www.drivesafeonline.org/traffic-school/highway-safety-and-lane-discipline/
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I find that people driving in the middle when the right is clear are often just anticipating an upcoming on/off ramp where they know that things can get bunched up if there are cars that don't need to be there.
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I've had people tailgate me in the right lane for miles before deciding to pass, even with a completely open left lane. And it's usually a pickup.
most people are brain dead cruise control zombies. i stay as far away from all cars on the highway as possible.
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Why the hell is speeding so normalized?
Because on a lot of highways the speed limit is a joke. The 4 lane one I take to work is completely straight for like 30 miles and they have it set at 60mph. Many vehicles can (and do) easily go 80-90 on that without an issue. Proper lane usage and adhering to a safe following distance are far more important in terms of safety. There shouldn't even be a speed limit in my opinion considering the wide variety of vehicles on the road. It's pretty simple, drive as slow as you want just do it in the correct lane unless you're passing. Signal. Pass in the passing lane. Don't tailgate.
If they need to write tickets for revenue they can get people for cruising in the wrong lane all day long.
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And why the hell is effectively running stop signs and red lights so normalized too?
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The closer you get the slower I drive
Edit: in the right lane. I ain't no fucking hammer lane cruiser
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Had one doing that while I was going the same speed as the 10 cars in front of me on the highway during traffic time. He was flashing his lights and when there was an opening on my right he changed lane and then I saw... The guy was in a full size truck and was pulling a 20' trailer and was trying to pass me on the right and squeeze between me and the car in front of me so he would have been stuck behind them instead. I didn't give him enough space, he got back behind me even more angry than before and 3km later reached his exit so he wouldn't have saved a single second if I had let him through.
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What's with Lemmy and Avatar memes as of late?
Not that I'm complaining. I'm a foaming mouth guy tier fan, but I see a Koh the Face Stealer meme as more niche than, I dunno, a Doge meme or Spongebob.
Occasionally I just get on trends. If I see something posted and I've got memes of it, I'll stick with the trend. Sometimes I'm just like fuck it I'ma just post the same thing a bunch which is why last week I had like 8 ratatoiulle memes in one day
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It always seems like white dudes in pickup trucks are the biggest assholes in the world
they give white women in SUVs a run for their money
(disclaimer am white woman. don't drive SUV tho. moped/ebike)
at night with brights. how about 10mph until they rage on by.
If you are on any U.S. highway, there is always someone who thinks the ideal speed limit is 10 mph faster than whatever the speed of traffic is in the left lane. They will tailgate you until you change lanes to let them pass, causing everyone in the lane to the right to adjust to the change in traffic, and then repeat the process for every car in front of them, or they will attempt to pass you on the right, creating dangerous traffic situations. Best of all, this person genuinely believes that, "If everyone drove like me, there would be no traffic."
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Especially when there's a free passing lane.
It’s funny how the ‘acceptable’ amount to go over the speed limit is always 10. No matter if it’s kph or mph. It’s 10.
"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
— George Carlin
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I do not miss driving. Public transit forever.
But when I did drive, after my reckless youth, I'd usually just chill in the right lane. I don't care. Fly by at 120mph. I'll be here going with the flow of traffic, or about the speed limit if I'm alone.
I do remember one time in the suburbs when I was visiting my parents, I was driving to the grocery store. It's a short drive (because it's the suburbs, you can't safely walk to the supermarket), no highways. About 10 minutes to get there from driveway to parking lot. Some guy behind me started absolutely losing his shit, screaming, and passed me dangerously by driving onto the shoulder. He pulled into the same parking lot. I parked well away from him because I didn't want to deal with crazy.
I'm not good at math, but if the entire trip was about 10 minutes, I feel like the time difference between me going about the speed limit and me speeding is, at most, what, 2 minutes? 5 minutes? The guy probably took more than 5 minutes off his life being so angry.
It's a short drive (because it's the suburbs, you can't safely walk to the supermarket)
It's funny that suburbs get touted as safer, but you can't even expect your kid to walk to the supermarket alone until they are well into their teen years. Usually because it's over a mile away and across a state highway (and likely one without any nearby crosswalks, either).
It's like pedestrian safety isn't considered safety at all.
Sure, it's safe enough for a young kid to walk or ride their bike around their cul de sac, sure...but it gets exponentially less safe the further you travel out from there...and that's where their friends and everything else are..
My childhood home was 1.2 miles away and across such a state highway from literally anything. No sidewalks or crosswalks along the entire path.
I could walk to a bus stop without crossing a state highway, but I'd be walking along it with no sidewalk for most of it...and after 5.5 miles, I'd get to the bus stop. And I did do that a couple times in the summer before I got my license, to get to work.
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It’s the same when there’s a BMW, Audi or MB behind you. You can’t go fast enough to get them in your neck.
my radar detector says time to let them by
I'm a school bus driver and I love to be tailgated ... because I can't even see a fucking car when it does this. I don't know what these dipshits imagine they're accomplishing.
The left lane is for active passing. It’s not a long distance cruising lane. If you have someone behind you, be courteous and let them pass. It’s not that hard.
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