Lesley Carhart Aug 21, 2024

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?

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@hacks4pancakes It’s a safety issue, not just a personal space issue. The left lane car is blocking the mid-lane driver’s view and potential maneuvering space, for example if a deer bounded onto the highway, or mid-lane’s tire blew out and the vehicle spun. Then there’s also the sad possibility that the left lane driver is up to no good, whether just trying to get into mid-lane’s headspace, or preparing to attempt to force mid-lane off the road. Left lane should not linger.
Aug 21, 2024 at 3:07amWeb