Driving in the left lane

[Eddie Haskell]

I'm sure someone has posted this topic before but, I just got back from Atlanta and went nuts on I-75. I will also admit that I like to drive in excess of the speed limit. If someone is going faster than I (which again I admit is rare), I do move over into the right lane even if I have to speed up some.

Okay, I'm tooling up 75 from Marietta to Cincinnati. I've got the cruise (on the used, but certified Lexus) set at 85. Speed limit in northern Georgia and Tennessee is 70 and in Kentucky its 65. I musta gotten over in the right lane to pass slower moving vehicles 50 times going both north and south.

I can't say it was a southern thing either cause there were just as many northern crap drivers (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Ontario) as there were from Tennessee and Kentucky. Just drives me nuts. I don' t care if they think I'm a madman, just move the f*** over.

Some of these idiots, and I do mean idiots, give you a look like your crazy. Don't they realize the the left f****** lane is a passing lane. And I do mean PASSING, not going 64 mph when the truck next to you in the right lane is going 63 mph. Just unbelievably rude, passive aggressive numbskulls.

I guess they kinda get a cop complex with the thinking "...uh...duh... well I'm going the speed limit and I dont care about the nut going faster than I do.... uh....duh". In looking at these morons it appears to me that they really take this type of driving as some type of contest between the rightous law abiding f*** wad going the speed limit (with nowhere to go) versus the guy going faster than them. They think they got to win.

They are passive aggressive. Of course as I drive by them in the right lane, I let them know that they are #1. Just my holiday rush rant. Oh yeah, and I'll even bet you some of these idiots are democrats (saw one old 85 Volvo 240 wagon with a Dean bumper sticker on it crusin in the left lane at about 60mph).

One last thing, Nole in Vol Land, Taoist or anyone else who has the misfortune of living in Knoxville, what is with the traffice on that stretch of I-75/I-40 between downtown and the 75/40 split. Accidents slowing or stopping traffic going south and north on my way down AND on my way back north. Horrible road.

Ed

 

[Palmetto Pimp]

Did you get your Lexus as a xmas gift?

 

[in2fitness]

Re: Driving in the left lane

I can't say it was a southern thing either cause there were just as many northern crap drivers (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Ontario) as there were from Tennessee and Kentucky. Just drives me nuts. I don' t care if they think I'm a madman, just move the f*** over.

I think it may be a southern thing because when I lived in NY all you had to do was flash your highbeams and people would move over, but down here they will not leave the fast lane for anything!

 

[MonsterNco]

My step father designs the interstates in Knoxville for the DOT, He is an alcholic so when he is on benders the roads dont get designed properly, I apologize.

BTW Florida is a billion times worse those old people wont get out of my way.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Eddie Much easier to navigate in the middle, there are always probs on the left:tongue

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Dogs:

Those on the left are, by law, passing those on the right. It is funny how those who should be on the right continue to defiantly be on the left. Those on the left are going somewhere and have something to do. Those on the right don't have anywhere to go. Remember, exits on the highway of life are on the right not the left.

By the way, In2Fitness, I would much rather drive in the northeast (NY or Boston) then get behind the pick-up trucks of the south and midwest. I swear these idiots have to be the dumbest people on the planet.

Ed
(author of "The Analogous Highway")

 

[yyz]

Eddie Much easier to navigate in the middle, there are always probs on the left:tongue

I walked in on a conversation between two co-workers a couple of weeks ago. The one guy was saying, "There was a guy behind me tailgating, and flashing his high beams on the highway last night. People like that shouldn't have be allowed to drive."

I asked, "You weren't in the left hand lane by any chance, where you?" He assured me that he was, and stated, "But I was doing 75 (in a 65), and I'll be damned if I am going to drive any faster than that!"

I informed him that he doesn't need to go faster, he needs to get out of the passing lane! Again, he shot back with the,"He doesn't need to drive that fast" defense. For a minute, I was sure that I had finally met S-Love face to face. Nothing would sink in that thick mellon of his, and he was right, no matter how wrong he was.

His reasoning for staying in the left lane? If a deer jumps onto the road, he has that much more reaction time! I laughed out loud, and he said, "Why is that funny?' I said, "Deer only cross the highway from one side?" He didn't know what to say. I went on to state that if he had concerns over "reaction time", he should stay in the right hand lane to avoid any cars that cross the median!

His reply? "I'll just keep driving in the left lane."

I agree Ed. I think if you checked around, this would be the biggest peeve of all highway drivers.

 

[IntenseOperator]

had to throw the "D" word in there

 

[DR STRANGELOVE]

I remember posting a vent thread not too along ago about the same subject matter. I know what you mean Ed, f****** frustrating at times.

 

[JT]

Here in socal if someone was driving 55 in the left lane and there was no accident/traffic jam they might get shot, lol. :firing:

 

[Eddie Haskell]

JT:

As well they should.

Ed

 

[ocelot]

And THEN there are the cowboys in Dallas / Ft.Worth....when I lived there it was always some cowboy hat wearing MFer in his pickup doofing along in the leftmost lane with his skank sitting over in his lap practically. Down where I'm at now its the dumba$$ locals but also the clueless toursists out sight-seeing in rush hour traffic.

There is a bumper sticker around here:

"Pray for me, I drive bloody 98"

 

[NickiD]

I agree this is very agravating - two states I know of that have the right idea thou

- Arkansas (you can get a ticket for blocking a passer even if they are speeding)
- Texas (They will pull off to the shoulder to let you pass)

 

[Eddie Haskell]

May God bless the state legislatures of Arkansas and Texas.

Eddie

 

[JCB]

The average driver in general is getting worse and worse.

 

[Iminforabuck]

My step father designs the interstates in Knoxville for the DOT, He is an alcholic so when he is on benders the roads dont get designed properly, I apologize.

:142lmao:

 

[TORONTO-VIGILANTE]

doofing

:lol:

i just learned a new verb!!!!

 

[saint]

You guys all forgot the best part. That usually happens when you pass the schmuck on the right, and then he decides to increase his speed by 10mph just to bust your balls and make you break 100 to pass him


I had an invention that would come in handy in this case. It's like an intercom system in everyone's car that connects when in the same vicinity. That way, you can just punch the intercom button, yell "GET THE FAWK OUT OF MY WAY NUMBNUTZ", and be on your way!

 

[THE KOD]

Haskell

your more like Lumpy than Eddie.

the best thing about that story was that you were headed out of Georgia. Don't let the sun set on you in georgia. Eddie.

I think I hear your mother calling you.

We don't take too kindly to lawyer types in Lexus,
if you catch my drift.

oh and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

KOD

 

[Eddie Haskell]

Saint:

You're absolutely right. That little manuever gets my brights in the scumbags rearview mirror, ten feet away from his rear bumper, for at least three miles (talk about madmen). Thats the ultimate "your not gonna beat me..." mentality.

I mean why is the concept of let the faster guy pass on the left, no matter how fast he is going, and allow him to do so, so threatening to these people? Do they need these little victories to add some meaning to their pathetic lives. Or are they just plain, old stupid. Probably a combo.

I remain in the left lane,

Eddie