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Registered: ‎03-15-2010

Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨

Yesterday we were returning from a visit to Annapolis. I was driving north on I-83 to York, PA driving at 75 in the right lane. All of a sudden, I had a jerk tailgating me for miles. Driver in fast lane was doing 70 & refused to pass me so this idiot was practically in my back seat. I was on "cruise" & maintained a steady 75. Apparently, he got fed up & passed me on my right on the shoulder flooring it to at least 90 mph! Never saw a squad anywhere on that interstate.

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Registered: ‎03-10-2010

Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨

Please, we go through this every day - get in the passing lane and slow down - I know they are probably making a left turn somewhere - but it wasn't in the first 10 miles I had to drive behind them.

 

Then, it causes those going way over the speed limit to zip over to the right lane to pass. Yikes.

 

I sure they learned at some point during their driving test the left lane is for passing.

 

The others that drive me crazy are the zig zaggers - now, they are dangerous.

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Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨

The left lane is a PASSING lane. 

 

Anybody who is Driving Miss Daisy in the left lane because they think they are entitled to should get a ticket 

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Registered: ‎03-10-2010

Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨

It infuriates me to get stuck behind someone driving the speed limit or under in the passing lane.  It happens all the time. 

 

But my bigger pet peeve are people who merge onto the highway going only 50-55.   Oy. 

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Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨

In my state, there are signs posted that say "passing lane only", but, do you think anyone pays any attention to that?!! I have never seen anyone get a ticket for going too slow in the left passing lane. Bravo to that highway patrolman who actually did give the ticket. I can just feel my blood pressure rising when a slow driver has traffic backed up in the right lane and I get over in the left (so called "passing" lane) only to be stuck there also by someone who is paying no attention whatsoever to the fact that they are causing a bottleneck effect and won't move over!

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Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨


@moon_gazer wrote:

In my state, there are signs posted that say "passing lane only", but, do you think anyone pays any attention to that?!! I have never seen anyone get a ticket for going too slow in the left passing lane. Bravo to that highway patrolman who actually did give the ticket. I can just feel my blood pressure rising when a slow driver has traffic backed up in the right lane and I get over in the left (so called "passing" lane) only to be stuck there also by someone who is paying no attention whatsoever to the fact that they are causing a bottleneck effect and won't move over!


Those are one of those signs that some people read as "Whatever, Whatever, This Doesn't Apply to Me"

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Registered: ‎11-21-2011

Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨

I wish they would enforce that around here. We have some of the worst drivers in the world. I'm happier driving on the Cross Bronx Expressway than in Upstate NY.

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Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨


@QVCkitty1 wrote:

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

All this from the poster who can't believe all the mean posters on this board. Keep driving in the fast (passing) lane like you do with the attitude. LOL


She must get all her aggression out on the highway, LOL


Yeah, her attitude reminds me of a teenager - quite immature for a grown adult.  She's also sounding like she has a bit of road rage in her!

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Registered: ‎09-01-2010

Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨

Drivers who do this on the interstates here in West Virginia are being ticketed left and right, thanks to a new law that went into effect July 1, 2017.    

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Re: 🚔Fast Lane🚫Slow Drivers🚨

We need signs like:

 

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