This meme has been making the rounds:
This is false. Both are problems.
There is literally *zero* excuse for following closer than two seconds behind someone, no matter how slow they are going.
Seriously – when did MN stop teaching drivers “leave two seconds between you and the car in front of you (and double that in rain and on ice)”? I don’t know – but clearly, once the state passed its “left lane” law, a whole new caste of drivers started thinking they were entitled to drive in the left lane, no matter what.
And here’s a little note for some of you Minnesota drivers: if someone’s in the “passing” lane and going too slow – pass on the right, morons.
Last week, I kid you not, while driving I drove past a line of 6-8 drivers in the left lane, all less than half a second behind each other. I’d bet a shiny new quarter every last one of them was drooling “Muh Left Lane!” and cursing the “slowpoke” at the front of the parade.
Someday, if I’m ever king, shooting tailgaters will not only be legal, but I’ll pay a bounty.
Why, yes. I hate tailgaters.
the stopped teaching that about the same time they switched to a visual drivers test, no need to read or speak English to identify the road signs, just the colors and shapes on the pictures: red roundish many-sided means optional stop; yellow triangle means they should wait for me, white rectangle with numbers means recommended minimum speed.
the picture for “back off asshole” is yosemite sam holding his six shooters but thats not on the test so nobody knows that one
how about shooting self-appointed speed limit enforcers driving below the speed limit in the left lane? With a bazzoka if these bastards keep up with the speed of the car in the next lane so you cannot pass them. That… there… IS a reason to tailgate their EV with your F-350 so the muffer only sees your the grill in their rear view mirror. Why, yes. I hate left lane bandits.
I watched as a tiny car in the left lane held up traffic, the pickup behind her flashing its lights and honking, until everybody in the left lane could move over so the ambulance could get up behind her with its flashing lights and siren blaring. Then she couldn’t speed up to go ahead of the vehicle in the right lane (that would BREAK THE LAW) so she signaled to move right, forcing the entire lane of cars to brake for her.
Impeding an ambulance should be a capital office. I hope the ambulance driver got her license number and the cops summarily executed her. I’d send them all a Thank You card and gift certificate Job Well Done.
So, do I understand correctly? The point of this post is that being a sanctimonious prick hogging the left lane and driving exactly the speed limit because “I pay my taxes and I have a right to be here” so as to provoke the other drivers to do something stupid are, in fact, much less of a problem than tailgaters who will pass you when they can and get out of your life. Yeah, sure. That makes sense.
I guess everyone will be happier when we’re back on horseback….except for the poor suckers riding mules.
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Answer me this one……driving late last night in this inclement weather on 100 NB, in the right lane, doing about 45, with all lanes to my left completely empty, someone rides my bumper for miles. I don’t mean close, I mean can’t see their headlights.
WTF? Literally sheep…..
^ In the past, in the same situation, I would usually just tap the brakes to flash the lights. Maybe a couple, three times. I might slow down enough to annoy them to pass if the left lane is driveable. If that didn’t work I would see if could pull over; ultimately, as I imagine the condition of the roads last night, I would just take the next (non-cloverleaf) exit and get back on.
Otoh, nowadays, I don’t know. Is it smart to flash your brake lights? Or is that an unacceptable provocation requiring a violent response? Is getting off the freeway asking for trouble – like being hi-jack’d at the stop sign? All these modern new-fangled concerns one needs to consider when driving in the metro these days.
My condolences.
I’ve had to make a few long east-bound driving trips that take me through Wisconsin. ‘Sconnie drivers clog the left lane like it was a birthright. I thought it was an anomaly at first, but now I see it happening every-freakin-time I cross the border. Maybe that’s where the “Packers” name came from.
LOL, you SOB, NW… I read that last sentence as I was taking a drink of coffee.