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• Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Terrible advice. If you’re not actively overtaking you’re supposed to always be in the left lane.

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  • davidagain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think you two live in different counties and actually agree.

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    • Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Oh yeah.

      My bad. I always forget about countries that drive on what, to me, is the wrong side of the road.

      Thanks. :)

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• illi@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I will return to right lane as soon as I finish overtaking and it is safe for me to do so.

  But keep the fucking safe distance while ai do so. If you slow down a few meters before me, instead of few centimeters, it won’t delay you much.

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• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  "What lane your in has nothing to do with speed limit… keep right… "

  Left lane.

  And your advice is actually somewhat incorrect, depending on the context your in. In more rural areas, sure. In more urban areas… there are dozens of reasons why you need to keep left- including taking a left exit.

  Or, you know, like how at that speed your usually passing everyone else…

  And just for the record, I don’t know where you are, but here… +20 is considered a felony. it’s incredibly stupid to drive that fast on a highway… never mind not on a highway.

  people that go +20 and faster? They’re putting everyone’s lives at risk and statistically it’s only a matter of time before they kill someone. Hopefully something happens to teach them why it’s fucking stupid before it goes that far.

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  • oyo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Congratulations. Now they’re breaking the law and you’re breaking the law. And now you’re both causing unsafe driving conditions for others. And you’re causing traffic.

    Follow the algorithm to make things safer, consistent, and predictable. It’s not your job to police others’ speed.

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wow.

      I don’t care what “the algorithm “ says, and you’re a hypocritical asshole for telling me not to tell others how to drive while telling me how to drive.

      Now to be completely clear: I will always drive in a manner I deem to be safe. Not you. Not the asshole tailgating me because he can’t be bothered to to leave 10 minutes earlier.

      And I can assure you: driving 50mph in a residential area is not “safe”. And neither is 90 in a 70 during rush hour. These are both staggeringly dangerous and imo, people who do so are on the level of those who drive drunk.

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      • oyo@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m not sure what I said to elicit such hate, and I don’t know what state or country you’re in. In California this is the law, and it’s at least as important as the speed limit. But unfortunately, it is never enforced. Slower traffic keep right

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There is a highway near me where the limit is 55, but the average speed in the fast lanes is 70+.

    I don’t get it. This makes everyone a criminal. I isn’t realize that 75+ would be a felony.

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      IIRC, the felony reckless driving was lowered from +30 to +20, during Covid after it became clear how dangerous people were driving. We saw a massive spike in roadway deaths because suddenly people felt like they could do whatever.

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