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Incorrect in Wisconsin, FWIW. By law, we have the speed limit, and "slower traffic keep right." And there's no keeping-up-with-flow-of-traffic clause, either. So traveling at the limit in the left lane is completely legal, there's no obligation to clear the way for lawbreakers.
There’s legal and there’s things you should do. If the highway is three lanes, move the fuck over.
As I've been reminded, it's not your job to police other drivers' behavior. 😉
Nor is it yours. Even in your own comments you admit that the left lane is the passing lane. If someone is behind you, you're slower traffic. You're obligated to move over, and you're in the wrong if you do not.
What is it with you power freaks that just have to enact control by fucking with other people? Find a better way to get a rage boner.
If you have slower traffic keep right, and there is no one to the right of the slower moving car, shouldn't they keep right in that case?
No, not if they're travelling at about the speed limit. It would be illegal to overtake.
It is also illegal to stay in the left lane when other people are speeding. If they are going faster than you, you are by definition slower traffic and obliged to keep to the right.
Your job as a driver is not to police other drivers' behaviors. It's not even to follow the letter of the law. It's to operate the vehicle safely. Creating obstacles for other people because you don't think they should drive so fast is not a safe action.
Really, we need to collectively get rid of the idea of a "fast lane." The left lane is a passing lane. You should only be in it when you're attempting to pass someone, and when the pass is complete, you should move over.
Minor correction: It is sadly not illegal in some states to stay in the left lanes.
I'd just point out, as in my original comment, that is incorrect in Wisconsin. It is perfectly legal to drive at the speed limit in the left lane here. We don't have any notion of a passing lane in state law.
Out of courtesy, I stay to the right, but almost every semi is doing 65MPH when the limit is 70MPH, the adaptive-cruise people hanging behind them are even slower. So, I pass them. Interestingly, by following the speed limit, I'll encounter maybe one or two left-lane campers in a four-hour highway trip. It would seem that the people trying to police the behavior of slower (than they'd like) drivers in fast or passing lane are the greater problem.
Just a quick bit of searching, and I found a Wisconsin sheriff who is far less definitive on this than you:
So Wisconsin does acknowledge that anyone going less than the normal speed of traffic should only use the left lane to pass. But, as the sheriff points out:
And it's okay that traffic laws conflict with each other because, again, the point is not the letter of the law, but the safe and predictable operation of the vehicle.
I can't find it now, but the local newspaper asked the State Patrol about it some years ago. They were clear: They cannot issue tickets for "obstructing traffic" for driving at the limit in any lane.
It appears that the conflict described by the sheriff is that he's reluctant to call breaking the speed limit the "normal flow of traffic."
Why are you so hell bent on sitting in the left lane? It's inconsiderate and creates a hazard for other drivers. Regardless of laws, if you want to police other people, go become a cop.
Regardless of laws? Ah, so speeding is against the law, whodathunk? Funny that it's the lawbreaker's self-appointed duty to enforce the passing lane, which, again, isn't a thing where I live.
Eh, I see nothing wrong with passing on the right. If you're driving correctly, it shouldn't even be possible for someone to pass you on the right.
Exceeding the speed limit is still not legal.
So you're the person who stays in the left lane with a mile of cars behind you?
Do everyone else a favor and stay off the highway.
Lol, no.
You need to have your drivers license taken away. Cops openly brag about being able to pull people over whenever they want. They can do this because there are so many rules of the road, that it is literally impossible to drive without violating them.
So really, drop the bullshit "but it's illegal!!!" cope. You violate the law every time you get on the road. Traffic laws are written to be selectively enforced. You make it illegal to speed and then leave it to officer discretion.
Hell, I say we throw you in jail for life. If every law was enforced against everyone who violates them, then everyone would be in jail for life.
You've committed enough crimes to get yourself locked away for life. Perhaps you shouldn't appeal to the law so readily.
You raise a valid point about how our legal system can be used as a tool of oppression. However, in practice, the State Patrol here are generally pretty ethical, and they pull people over for speeding and reckless driving most of the time. Never for obeying the speed limit.
Completely legal doesn't mean you aren't a dick for doing it
Sometimes you gotta pass speed-governed semis and adaptive-cruise folks; I'm not worried about criminals' opinions of me.
Lmao this would be a great bit if you weren't serious
Thank you!
Atleast you make it easy to tag you as an entitled piece of shit
For obeying the law, and acting courteously, I'm an entitled piece of shit. What a world we live in. What a world!
Getting in the way of aggressive drivers, thereby increasing the likelihood that if there is an accident it will involve you, is courteous?
Do you believe aggressive drivers should have their licenses revoked?
Do you believe drivers that create dangerous situations on the road should have the licenses revoked?
I don't do that, though, and even said so.
But even if I did, blaming me instead of the aggressive drivers is something.
Both people can be at fault.
Yes, in general, but the mentally unstable lawbreaker (i.e. the driver who can be provoked into sociopathic behavior by a minor inconvenience) is at fault here.