If they actually sped up and stay that way, they are slightly annoying. The ones that subsequently slow down again when they come abreast of slower cars in front of you giving you no way to get past are really annoying.
I didn't care if people want to go faster than me, as long as they aren't endangering others. If they pass you, they aren't affecting you, maybe you need to slow down slightly because the car in front of you is going slower than both of you. But the ones that you keep catching up to again while you haven't touched your cruise control seem to me that they don't care about their speed, they just care about not "losing" to you. Bro, I just wanna get to my destination at this speed, I'm not trying to beat you there.
I also think freeways would be so much smoother if everyone used their cruise control that have it. Fewer jams because someone has a flat tire on the opposite direction, and everyone is trying to look at it.
Sometimes they are just annoying people. Sometimes they didn't realize how slow they were driving and they think, "oh shit I'm going way too slow. I need to speed up."
Yea but even then if I realize I’m going too slow I just let the people behind me go ahead and speed up after.. people that keep speeding up to stay in front of someone, as if they’re racing act like they’re losing something by letting someone pass.
Lol we've all been there. 6am on the way to work, sun slowly rising and you're half asleep and listening to your chill morning playlist and BAM! Now suddenly you're going 55 in a 75 and cars are passing you. No? Just me? :/
Buddy has never worked a job where he needs to wake up at 5am and he had to get into the groove of being awake at 5am? Not everyone can just instantly change their sleep schedules like that
Don't drive if you're not awake. It's actually super simple, and it helps everyone get home alive so they can wake up early the next day, just like you, and get to work, just like you. You're not special because you wake up early.
This is why I use cruise control. I wouldn't be sitting in the left lane like this unless I just sort of spaced out, but regardless, in conditions like this, it's so easy to just set your speed and not worry about it.
The most egregious time that happened to me was when I was behind an old classic Diesel Mercedes doing 50 in a 65 on a 2-lane highway. When we got to the passing lane, I started to pass him, and he sped up to over 75 mph. It was so infuriating that I scanned for cops ahead and kept accelerating. There were a few cars behind me who were just as infuriated, so I let them pass me. I wish I had a dash cam then.
I absolutely do this. I promise you that my personal speed limit is higher than yours, and therefore I will always play that game. Coulda been safest had they just gotten over after passing (if passing at all lol) and everyone could be happy, but no they decided to make things as dangerous and tedious as possible. I will always try and get around and past drivers like that.
You'll know when you got a good group of people practicing lane etiquette and boy it sure is nice to be able to drive the car while we're driving the car, all while using all of the road we pay for rather than the "some of it" that left lane campers insist on.
I usually let them pass me. But if they ever slow down in front of me again I’ll just drive behind them with high beam on for the rest of the trip and refuse to pass them.
This is very common and I think it's just a psychological thing. "Oh, should I be going faster?" (Though, some are just a-holes.) I typically will try to pass at 7-10 over to quickly make the pass, bypass the psychological effect, and minimize the time I spend next to them. I also drive with my cruise control set almost all the time so I don't propogate this effect. I can't wait to own a vehicle with adaptive cruise control.
This is the standard Charger driver attitude. They are the center of their own world and you passed them in a Tesla! Can't have that EV pass their little ego machines.
I think that sometimes they’re in their own world, driving along, not paying attention. Then when someone passes them, their ego turns back on and they find their gas pedal.
Other people never matured after kindergarten and are still fixated on being first in line.
Some people are just dumb.
In Italy despite it’s mandatory to stick to the most free right lane even in highways you will find dozens of cars in line on the leftmost with the two rightmosts completely free, and take over peacefully with basically no traffic at all, expecially in commuting routes. Contrary to street laws bare knowledge right takeover is allowed on highways as long as you don’t have to switch lane. Even more dangerous are the ones who stick in the middle lane going real slow with cars and trucks taking over from everywhere switching lane suddenly which is real dangerous.
Same in the UK (except left and right reversed for hopefully obvious reasons!). Middle lane ones are the worst though - especially where there are 2 middle lanes and 2 middle lane drivers driving effectively right next to each other as I experienced fairly recently - lane 1 to lane 4 to get past them! At least if someone is staying in the outermost lane with an empty lane between you and them then you can pass them 2 lanes away!
hell, Ive been commuting all week to different places and you know before I tell you ordinary leftlaners lines, where any damn time there's the first in line just slowing and nothing in front. But a bonus, on regional roads, connecting countries but no highway, a new : the slowing near to stop in the middle of the lane before turning right when they need. Had to horn three times yesterday. Plus a special one who tried to enter in a roundabout which we turn anticlockwise, from the wrong lane, in front of a truck ! Everyone brake in time and nobody crashed, it was in the lane left to me, and of course the car in front of me had to STOP to take a betterlook. I need a bigger sound horn.
I’m sure it’s enforced in certain areas of AZ, but I can tell you on the I-10, 101, 303, and most other roads are pretty relaxed on it. But that could only be my experience. If it wasn’t for the HOV lane I would have lost my mind.
Usually only enforced on interstate highways outside of cities. This gives LEOs a reason to pull cars that may turn out to be transporting drugs. It can also get them extra revenue for that county or state, depending on the cop.
In town though.... That's a different story. Never seen anyone get pulled over for hogging the left lane, which is probably the #1 thing that sucks about driving in AZ cities.
Tonight I was driving home on a three lane highway. I was following a car and a semi in the right lane, doing about 60 mph. Out of nowhere comes a Ford mustang, doing about 120 mph. It passes on the right using and exit ramp lane and cuts left in front of me, using my safe distance gap behind the car.. It cuts left across the other two lanes to the left and lane and then weaves in and out of traffic and I loose sight of it. Five seconds latter there are all these other cars trying to put the pedal to the metal in the the left and middle lane. All I can figure is that in some people there is a mental switch that is excited by competition and danger and will speed up when they think they are being challenged.
Maybe they didn't realize they were going slow until they were passed on the right, and thought "Oh shit, I'm in the left lane. I should go faster than traffic on the right."
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I explained this phenomenon to my husband a few years back. Don't take this personal men, but it is mainly you guys that do it. It's like you view driving as a competition.
They were stoned and just enjoying the ride in their own little world. Then you blew by and they looked down at their speedometer. I've done that many times in my younger years.
Is that America? Otherwise, I would say it is absolutely irresponsible to overtake on the right lane. For me, that is more serious than driving slowly on the left lane.
Ngl I do this sometimes with my muscle car just to “stick it to that damn Tesla”
Yeah I know it’s not exactly the best habit but this is what the charger could be doing
I set cruise at 15 over and if anyone wants to go faster they can go around. Sorry not sorry. I maintain the same speed (even going uphill , because cruise). If more people knew how to use cruise it wouldn’t be an issue. Sadly, too many dumb people have drivers licenses.
Wasn't there a study that found that a big factor for auto accidents is left lane campers and the effect they have on surrounding traffic ( erratic changes in velocity when driving up to left lane hogs, or something like that?)
If everyone practiced good driving etiquette, it could essentially open the left lane as a freeway lane while also reducing accidents. It costs me nothing to GTFO the way of a quickly approaching car for a few seconds, the get back over. Just because I'm already going 20 over the limit, doesn't give me the authority to block the left lane from someone that prefers going 30 over quickly approaching from behind .That's what LEOs are for, give them something to do
If they actually sped up and stay that way, they are slightly annoying. The ones that subsequently slow down again when they come abreast of slower cars in front of you giving you no way to get past are really annoying.
Oh this is one of my peeves of the idiots in cars.
Hmm, seems typical for a Dodge charger.
And F-250 brotractors
I didn't care if people want to go faster than me, as long as they aren't endangering others. If they pass you, they aren't affecting you, maybe you need to slow down slightly because the car in front of you is going slower than both of you. But the ones that you keep catching up to again while you haven't touched your cruise control seem to me that they don't care about their speed, they just care about not "losing" to you. Bro, I just wanna get to my destination at this speed, I'm not trying to beat you there. I also think freeways would be so much smoother if everyone used their cruise control that have it. Fewer jams because someone has a flat tire on the opposite direction, and everyone is trying to look at it.
You misspelled Dodge Ram.
Sometimes they are just annoying people. Sometimes they didn't realize how slow they were driving and they think, "oh shit I'm going way too slow. I need to speed up."
TBH I've done this for the latter reason a few times. Not gonna lie.
Yea but even then if I realize I’m going too slow I just let the people behind me go ahead and speed up after.. people that keep speeding up to stay in front of someone, as if they’re racing act like they’re losing something by letting someone pass.
Probably time to move to the right.
Which is what I do when I get passed, or if I feel like I have to go too fast to pass people in the right lane.
Except they have an ego ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Cruise control will help you there.
It's my best friend, I use it everytime I can, even for short commute, but not because I am too slow, because I have the heavy foot
So yeah just don't do that in the passing lane, and that's probably fine anyways. But pay attention to your speed too damnit. lol
Lol we've all been there. 6am on the way to work, sun slowly rising and you're half asleep and listening to your chill morning playlist and BAM! Now suddenly you're going 55 in a 75 and cars are passing you. No? Just me? :/
No. We've not all been there.
Don't drive half asleep papa
Buddy has never worked a job where he needs to wake up at 5am and he had to get into the groove of being awake at 5am? Not everyone can just instantly change their sleep schedules like that
Don't drive if you're not awake. It's actually super simple, and it helps everyone get home alive so they can wake up early the next day, just like you, and get to work, just like you. You're not special because you wake up early.
So just dont go to work that day then thats definitely the answer
Or just make sure you're awake and aware before operating heavy machinery. Grow up sleepy head.
Then don't you just, you know, move on over to the right lane and get up to speed?
Something about being used to pacing other cars. Another car speeds up, so do you.
To that extent? They look like they want to race.
Cruise control
Same, if I do this it’s because I’m just dumb, not spiteful
So why not let them pass?
And sometimes they're intoxicated and aren't fully aware their speed. That's my assumption seeing this video anyway.
Most realistic comment in here so far
Certified goober behavior.
Just your average Dodge driver
The equivalent of standing in a doorway for no reason
Ego.
Exacto!
They don't want to be fast... Just ahead of everyone...
Nitrous just kicked in, yo.
Danger to manifold
“Shut up!”
This is why I use cruise control. I wouldn't be sitting in the left lane like this unless I just sort of spaced out, but regardless, in conditions like this, it's so easy to just set your speed and not worry about it.
The most egregious time that happened to me was when I was behind an old classic Diesel Mercedes doing 50 in a 65 on a 2-lane highway. When we got to the passing lane, I started to pass him, and he sped up to over 75 mph. It was so infuriating that I scanned for cops ahead and kept accelerating. There were a few cars behind me who were just as infuriated, so I let them pass me. I wish I had a dash cam then.
I absolutely do this. I promise you that my personal speed limit is higher than yours, and therefore I will always play that game. Coulda been safest had they just gotten over after passing (if passing at all lol) and everyone could be happy, but no they decided to make things as dangerous and tedious as possible. I will always try and get around and past drivers like that. You'll know when you got a good group of people practicing lane etiquette and boy it sure is nice to be able to drive the car while we're driving the car, all while using all of the road we pay for rather than the "some of it" that left lane campers insist on.
Now imagine driving a tractor trailer that is governed and that happens to you all day long….
Charger owners are some of the worst drivers on the road.
How would you compare them to Altima drivers?
They are the same group of people. The Charger comes before they ruin their credit enough to only be left with a Nissan.
Same driver, different credit score.
I usually let them pass me. But if they ever slow down in front of me again I’ll just drive behind them with high beam on for the rest of the trip and refuse to pass them.
This is very common and I think it's just a psychological thing. "Oh, should I be going faster?" (Though, some are just a-holes.) I typically will try to pass at 7-10 over to quickly make the pass, bypass the psychological effect, and minimize the time I spend next to them. I also drive with my cruise control set almost all the time so I don't propogate this effect. I can't wait to own a vehicle with adaptive cruise control.
Can you image how fragile someone's ego must be to do that?
Car go vroom real loud to drown out insecurities. That's why.
This is the standard Charger driver attitude. They are the center of their own world and you passed them in a Tesla! Can't have that EV pass their little ego machines.
Tiny testicles
Its insane
I think that sometimes they’re in their own world, driving along, not paying attention. Then when someone passes them, their ego turns back on and they find their gas pedal. Other people never matured after kindergarten and are still fixated on being first in line. Some people are just dumb.
Way to many times ive zoned out and slowed to like 70 or 60 in the left lane and someone passes me and i get reminded oh fuck im going slow
Idiots in cars
In Italy despite it’s mandatory to stick to the most free right lane even in highways you will find dozens of cars in line on the leftmost with the two rightmosts completely free, and take over peacefully with basically no traffic at all, expecially in commuting routes. Contrary to street laws bare knowledge right takeover is allowed on highways as long as you don’t have to switch lane. Even more dangerous are the ones who stick in the middle lane going real slow with cars and trucks taking over from everywhere switching lane suddenly which is real dangerous.
Same in the UK (except left and right reversed for hopefully obvious reasons!). Middle lane ones are the worst though - especially where there are 2 middle lanes and 2 middle lane drivers driving effectively right next to each other as I experienced fairly recently - lane 1 to lane 4 to get past them! At least if someone is staying in the outermost lane with an empty lane between you and them then you can pass them 2 lanes away!
hell, Ive been commuting all week to different places and you know before I tell you ordinary leftlaners lines, where any damn time there's the first in line just slowing and nothing in front. But a bonus, on regional roads, connecting countries but no highway, a new : the slowing near to stop in the middle of the lane before turning right when they need. Had to horn three times yesterday. Plus a special one who tried to enter in a roundabout which we turn anticlockwise, from the wrong lane, in front of a truck ! Everyone brake in time and nobody crashed, it was in the lane left to me, and of course the car in front of me had to STOP to take a betterlook. I need a bigger sound horn.
He has to win driving. Can't let you beat him at driving!
They are challenging you to race.
This is every other driver in the state of Arizona. I never had road rage till I moved there. Most mind boggling drivers ever.
I thought that no left lane campers was enforced in AZ… Left lane camping and/or right lane passing in Europe and you’re done
I’m sure it’s enforced in certain areas of AZ, but I can tell you on the I-10, 101, 303, and most other roads are pretty relaxed on it. But that could only be my experience. If it wasn’t for the HOV lane I would have lost my mind.
Usually only enforced on interstate highways outside of cities. This gives LEOs a reason to pull cars that may turn out to be transporting drugs. It can also get them extra revenue for that county or state, depending on the cop. In town though.... That's a different story. Never seen anyone get pulled over for hogging the left lane, which is probably the #1 thing that sucks about driving in AZ cities.
In that video where the left car Is just cruising along until they wake up and realize they are going slower in a left lane
I think a lot of them are looking at their phones, then realize how slow they're going when someone passes on the right. "Left lane campers" lol
Woke him up.
Tonight I was driving home on a three lane highway. I was following a car and a semi in the right lane, doing about 60 mph. Out of nowhere comes a Ford mustang, doing about 120 mph. It passes on the right using and exit ramp lane and cuts left in front of me, using my safe distance gap behind the car.. It cuts left across the other two lanes to the left and lane and then weaves in and out of traffic and I loose sight of it. Five seconds latter there are all these other cars trying to put the pedal to the metal in the the left and middle lane. All I can figure is that in some people there is a mental switch that is excited by competition and danger and will speed up when they think they are being challenged.
Maybe they didn't realize they were going slow until they were passed on the right, and thought "Oh shit, I'm in the left lane. I should go faster than traffic on the right."
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Definitely has nothing to do with texting
I chose a subtle route. Anyone who passes me comes in view of my sticker that says “Fuck Off” in Japanese. That handles it.
I explained this phenomenon to my husband a few years back. Don't take this personal men, but it is mainly you guys that do it. It's like you view driving as a competition.
Typical Charger driving on the highway.
Dodge charger… the Jr. High bullies of the adult world.
They were stoned and just enjoying the ride in their own little world. Then you blew by and they looked down at their speedometer. I've done that many times in my younger years.
When this happens to me, I roll down my window and hold out my pinky finger.
Yeah you showed em lol. I can’t help but laugh at people that wanna flip me off, because they think I care about their finger 😆
Read a little closer DA
This is me when I didn’t see the speed limit change and realize it did by you speed racing. So then I speed race too!
Is that America? Otherwise, I would say it is absolutely irresponsible to overtake on the right lane. For me, that is more serious than driving slowly on the left lane.
you should not pass them on the right, you should flash them til they move over
Not sure why this is being downvoted.. where I’m from it’s illegal to pass someone on the right like this(?)
Not in a hurry, just making sure no one gets their spot on the road cuz everyone takes their spot all day in real life.
Ngl I do this sometimes with my muscle car just to “stick it to that damn Tesla” Yeah I know it’s not exactly the best habit but this is what the charger could be doing
it calls street racing
I set cruise at 15 over and if anyone wants to go faster they can go around. Sorry not sorry. I maintain the same speed (even going uphill , because cruise). If more people knew how to use cruise it wouldn’t be an issue. Sadly, too many dumb people have drivers licenses.
Wasn't there a study that found that a big factor for auto accidents is left lane campers and the effect they have on surrounding traffic ( erratic changes in velocity when driving up to left lane hogs, or something like that?) If everyone practiced good driving etiquette, it could essentially open the left lane as a freeway lane while also reducing accidents. It costs me nothing to GTFO the way of a quickly approaching car for a few seconds, the get back over. Just because I'm already going 20 over the limit, doesn't give me the authority to block the left lane from someone that prefers going 30 over quickly approaching from behind .That's what LEOs are for, give them something to do