I need a sanity check from the fediverse. After all, I'm a mere Illinois driver. I was just informed my dad and his friends have this deep pet peeve while driving that I have absolutely never been aware of or concerned by on safe roads in America.

Imagine you are driving on a multi-lane highway. Yes, I get the "right lane is the slow lane, left lane is the passing lane" thing. But imagine it's like pretty empty road, out in the country, and you're driving the speed you want to go in the right or middle lane.

Another car is along side you in the left lane. There's nobody behind them who wants to go faster. They just hang out at the same-ish speed as you. So you have a car kind of driving next to you.

This makes my dad deeply uncomfortable and he finds it incredibly rude. Fediverse, if the driver is doing nothing else objectionable, is it him, or me?

@hacks4pancakes I personally I don't care if someone wants to pace me behind or vice versa, but I do prefer to have space aside of me to "ditch-out" if something unexpected happens. If someone is riding side-by-side, I can't steer left or right (one side might a guardrail/ median divider and the other has the other driver). Obviously, your roads might be different than the ones near me which makes my preference less applicable.