Speaking of Turn Signals - How Many Hate the Passing Lane Hog?

Gardenlover

Gardenlover

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One of my biggest driving pet peeves. Person driving at or below the speed limit in the passing lane, oblivious to the traffic backing up behind them. Even worse when they keep pace with the person in the other lane so there is no way around them.
 

Do you mean someone driving slower than the speed limit in the overtaking lane?

I have no qualms about undertaking them if I have to even tho' it's against the law. I feel that the slow driver is more of a danger than me undertaking and getting in front of them!!
 
I agree with GL . . . to a point. On the interstate, tractor trailers seem to be particularly bad about this. For many years I've typically driven at, or just over the speed limit. When coming up on a slower moving vehicle, I'll accelerate enough to pass them promptly, within a reasonable distance, and then return to my normal cruising speed. There is one exception. When I shift lanes to pass and another car comes flying up on my back bumper, I confess that it can take longer - sometimes a fair bit longer - for me to get back into the right-hand lane. Whether they''re doing it from some misguided sense of entitlement or from a bullying mindset, I really dislike tailgaters.
 
Gardenlover said:
One of my biggest driving pet peeves. Person driving at or below the speed limit in the passing lane, oblivious to the traffic backing up behind them. Even worse when they keep pace with the person in the other lane so there is no way around them.
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You must be referring to Rte. 95 on Florida's east coast. Lot's of "Q tips", some who could barely see over the steering wheel, motoring along at a solid 50-55 in the high speed lane - - - - for miles!!! This phenomenon was never so apparent on the rest of the stretches of 95 from Maine to Jacksonville but from there, south, that was the norm.
 
My ex was a passing lane hog. She didn't do it to be mean or selfish. To her, it was just another lane, where nobody was using it. She never got the concept of a "passing lane". I bet a lot of drivers don't really understand what a passing lane is, especially now, when some roads have 8 lanes.

BTW I think it was in the 60s, when they found out that people with extreme passive/aggressive tendencies would drive on rural one lane roads at very slow speeds to become the "leader of the parade". It was a characteristic of the disability.
 
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I love the 18 wheelers when they do it. Then there are those that come to a stop before they turn in a driveway then proceed at a snail's pace.
 
DaveA said:
You must be referring to Rte. 95 on Florida's east coast. Lot's of "Q tips", some who could barely see over the steering wheel, motoring along at a solid 50-55 in the high speed lane - - - - for miles!!! This phenomenon was never so apparent on the rest of the stretches of 95 from Maine to Jacksonville but from there, south, that was the norm.
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Actually I see too much of it on the west cost of Florida I-75. Gets even worse when the hot rods zoom past in the slow lane weaving back and forth doing 90.
 
I had an interesting conversation with my in-laws about this subject. They are passing lane hogs. I refuse to caravan with them for this reason.
 
I used to run into these kinds of drivers daily when I was working in the city....even on parts of the Interstates where there were 3 or 4 lanes. I guess they never heard of the concept of "slower drivers, stay to the right". Truck traffic on Interstate 70, going to/from Kansas City/St. Louis, is among the heaviest in the nation, and it's common to see a truck trying to pass another one, and traveling barely faster than the one in the driving lane....and it can take forever for the truck in the left lane to finally move back over....and by that time, there is a substantial jam. I try to avoid I-70.
 
It is against the law here, but lots of bad drivers don't
know the law.

Mike.
 

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