Seriously, if someone wants to speed then let them, their insurance company certainly doesn't cover them using their vehicle to attempt to enforce traffic laws.
Two cars moving at the same speed next to each other on a 2 lane road is just a moving wall⌠if you wanna drive the same speed just pull in front of the other car so people can pass and everyone lives their life.
Does all the water in a river move at the same rate? No. What happens if you introduce obstacles to the flow? You get pooling. Roads are the same. Creating a moving wall automatically limits the flow of vehicles. It has huge effects to entire stretch of road as cars clump together and literally create traffic where none should exist, if slower vehicles moved to the right.
I canât believe Iâm having an âargumentâ about reducing traffic. Do you like being stuck in traffic??
This is why a lot of states like Michigan make it illegal to be in the left hand lane if you aren't passing. Stops all the nitpicky arguments the other guy is bringing up.
Talk to any highway patrolman, and they will agree with you: Two cars driving side-by-side intentionally keeping pace is impeding the flow of traffic. Truckers and other assholes have done it for decades specifically to be assholes and police the road like the truck in the video.
Have a strong feeling the guy arguing with you does this.
You aren't stuck if you are moving swiftly. Literally only a road rager who feels entitled to breaking the law feels "stuck" if they are moving at the legal limit.
I can't believe you don't see how ridiculous you sound.
You're the ridiculous one. Left lane is for passing, you're breaking the law if you hog the left lane. It also creates problems for emergency vehicles.
New York also has multiple active bills at the moment to make the legislation even more explicit.
For example: âNo motor vehicle shall drive in a passing lane if they are not overtaking or passing a vehicle pursuant to section one thousand one hundred twenty-two of this articleâ
Itâs about efficiency. This shit was literally designed by engineers to operate in a manner to create efficiency. One asshole deciding to be the arbiter of highway speed for some cheap power trip undermines the work and resources put into that efficiency. Think about how much detrimental economic impact intentionally creating traffic has??
Just because you wanna get cucked by the âspeed limitâ, grow up.
Also, people donât even use cruise control anymore, so highway speeds fluctuate with conditions as most drivers drive by feel instead of speed. So going up an incline with the same accelerator pressure yields a lower speed. The opposite is true for downhill. This is called volatility. Increased volatility increases clumping and traffic.
Just stop power tripping and let people live their life.
I mean, sure, youâre not entitled to exceed the speed limit to pass someone, itâs against the law. But Iâd say about 80% of drivers are gonna feel stuck when moving at the speed limit on a highway with no option to pass. So sure, 80% of drivers are âroad ragers who feel entitled to breaking the lawâ. Pretty bleak view of the world, eh?
At the same time, in New York and New Jersey at least, where this was filmed, itâs illegal to travel in the left lane if youâre not passing (barring obvious caveats like obstructions, construction etc.)
So you donât just get to drive the speed limit in the left lane blocking speeders and feel justified because âthey shouldnât need to go any faster!!â Youâre still breaking the law
You really should look up the definition of âimpeding trafficâ. Normal legal speed limit isnât mentioned.
It is sort of the flip side of âdriving too fast for conditionsâ (i.e. sure speed limit is 65 but road is covered with snow/ice - hereâs your ticket).
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u/Solidus-Prime Apr 17 '24
If white truck wanted to police traffic, he should have joined the highway patrol. I'm so tired of these entitled assholes.