Left Lane = PASSING LANE!

[Kurtr]

Man you are out in left field , start paying attention to dumb drivers , lot less traffic in Mobridge so maybe not so noticeable

Mainly when I come to Bismarck. But numbers are not the strong suit of a lot of people. Which vehicle manufacturers sell the most vehicles?

 

[Pheasant 54]

So I have video recorders on my vehicles and put on many thousands of miles a year , trust me if you keep track like I do , it proves out , worse in city driving but the vehicle that almost hit me Sunday was one of the above . Plus turn on the turn signals half way thru the intersection .

 

[Kurtr]

So I have video recorders on my vehicles and put on many thousands of miles a year , trust me if you keep track like I do , it proves out , worse in city driving but the vehicle that almost hit me Sunday was one of the above . Plus turn on the turn signals half way thru the intersection .

I put 75 k on the work rig and another 15k on my personal pickup. I don’t have a video recorder . I have better shit to do than keep spread sheets on people who drive bad.

 

[Pheasant 54]

Alrighty then

 

[Sluggo]

While I do generally use the left lane to pass only, I’ve never understood the heartburn passing a slower vehicle on the right. I can pass a vehicle equally well in either lane. And why can’t I drive in the left lane if the road is all broken up in the right lane.
I get more heartburn when I get passed on interstate and there isn’t another vehicle for miles but the passer dang near takes my front bumper off getting back into the right lane.
Can someone set me straight?

 

[Rowdie]

I'll pass on the right IF it's possible. There are those that know and follow the rules. So the semis, campers, and boat trailers are all ready blocking the left lane.

 

[CatDaddy]

My wife has been passed by vehicles going the wrong way in the passing lane 3 times in 10 years. I've taught my kids to stay out of the left lane unless passing someone. When a person gets on the interstate heading the wrong way, they think they're in the right-hand lane where they're supposed to be. Drunk or otherwise.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Times have changed so you never can tell, but i used to give those in the left lane drivers the official im a retard gesture when they could pull into the right lane but made me pass them instead in the right lane. I dont do that anymore since you never know these days, its really bad in williston on hwy 2 stop lights going east out of town.

 

[wslayer]

While I do generally use the left lane to pass only, I’ve never understood the heartburn passing a slower vehicle on the right. I can pass a vehicle equally well in either lane. And why can’t I drive in the left lane if the road is all broken up in the right lane.
I get more heartburn when I get passed on interstate and there isn’t another vehicle for miles but the passer dang near takes my front bumper off getting back into the right lane.
Can someone set me straight?

Agreed, have passed in right lane many times. And quite often I will drive in the left lane because its not nearly as choppy and rough as the right lane. I will move back over to driving lane when vehicle approaches. And yes I drive a Toyota and Ford so I even out the % of the dumb fuck drivers.

 

[Tommyboy]

I like to get in front of left lane drivers and then slow down to make them move over. Then I speed back up.

 

[SDMF]

I don't really care which lane you want to drive in or how fast/slow you want to drive, so long as you're not a rolling road block. Pick a speed, set the cruise, but, pay attention to what's going on around you.

My hottest hot button, coming up behind me, I move over, you get close, slow down, and sit in my blind spot.

My 2nd hottest hot button, I've got the cruise set, I get to your blind spot, and you speed up as you realize someone is about to pass you, and you don't speed up and pull away, you speed up just enough to keep me in YOUR blind spot.

3rd hottest hot button is newer and a result of adaptive cruise. People are running their adaptive cruise, not paying attention to their speed or any other cars around them. As you pull up to pass, they look down, realize they're not anywhere near where they set the cruise because adaptive has slowed them down behind a slower vehicle/semi. They've been hunky-dory behind that semi for 5Mi as I've been coming up behind, but, when someone is about to pass, they gotta jump out in the left lane and start pacing the car next to them because they don't re-engage the cruise at a higher speed.

I get more heartburn when I get passed on interstate and there isn’t another vehicle for miles but the passer dang near takes my front bumper off getting back into the right lane.
Can someone set me straight?

I don't like that either, happened to me yesterday on the Interstate @ about 80. Nobody behind us. There's a semi up ahead ~2mi up. I've had the cruise set in the right lane for ~10Mi and the guy's been drifting up and dropping back behind me, obviously not using cruise. Finally decides to pass, gets 2-3 car lengths ahead and darts back over to the right lane. He had miles of open road in both lanes, no one ahead for quite a while and nobody coming up from behind.

 

[Wall-eyes]

my pet peeve is the slow (5-10 minute) 18 wheeler pass of another 18 wheeler

that is BS

Remember most of those at governed at best MPG at whatever speed limit is. Yes it can be fun.

 

[Wall-eyes]

I’m with MSA on this. Most of the time I drive 6 to 10 mph over the posted speed limit. Maybe a little faster if traffic is light. Not because I like breaking the law but because I can afford to pay a $20 fine. I still have all my points on my license so it’s been a long time since I gotten picked up. If you are cruising in the left lane, get the titty sprinkle over. As far as merging traffic coming from an on ramp, maybe you people driving the highway should be watching far enough ahead that you can adjust your speed before you get to that ramp and merge to the left to make room for the guy coming down the ramp, so he can merge without slowing down. As far as your idea Lycan, if it’s your day to wear out the left lane and I’m coming up behind you maybe you should move to the right lane and wear that one out for awhile until I pass you. ;:;rofl

That is more than $20 fine when was last time you got picked up. I drive fast too, and my driving record shows that you are one lucky man. The ones over 100 are quite fun with officer's good thing I know two very well and do work in their office at times helps 50/ 50 got to try. Been to many classes and on line safety training to get my points back you would think a guy would learn. A little bit of Triva most all vehicles max out at 99mph must be a thing

 

[snow2]

Years ago traveling across N.D. I remember hitch hiking on our way to glacier Park (young high school boyz) rough rider dude just off work picked us up,he was rushed from work asked us iffin we had a D.L. and could drive his car so he could sleep in back seat,ole snow jumped in control,back then "no speed limit" on hwy 2... made it a quick trip@ 120mph. No slow drivers back in the day.

 

[tikkalover]

Have had all my points on my license for many years. Just lucky, I guess.

My last three tickets were being pulled over for slow and goes at stop signs, with 0 cars coming up to those intersections from any other direction.

 

[johnr]

I don't really care which lane you want to drive in or how fast/slow you want to drive, so long as you're not a rolling road block. Pick a speed, set the cruise, but, pay attention to what's going on around you.

My hottest hot button, coming up behind me, I move over, you get close, slow down, and sit in my blind spot.

My 2nd hottest hot button, I've got the cruise set, I get to your blind spot, and you speed up as you realize someone is about to pass you, and you don't speed up and pull away, you speed up just enough to keep me in YOUR blind spot.

3rd hottest hot button is newer and a result of adaptive cruise. People are running their adaptive cruise, not paying attention to their speed or any other cars around them. As you pull up to pass, they look down, realize they're not anywhere near where they set the cruise because adaptive has slowed them down behind a slower vehicle/semi. They've been hunky-dory behind that semi for 5Mi as I've been coming up behind, but, when someone is about to pass, they gotta jump out in the left lane and start pacing the car next to them because they don't re-engage the cruise at a higher speed.


I don't like that either, happened to me yesterday on the Interstate @ about 80. Nobody behind us. There's a semi up ahead ~2mi up. I've had the cruise set in the right lane for ~10Mi and the guy's been drifting up and dropping back behind me, obviously not using cruise. Finally decides to pass, gets 2-3 car lengths ahead and darts back over to the right lane. He had miles of open road in both lanes, no one ahead for quite a while and nobody coming up from behind.

This is me too.
I drive a ton, but the worst is the bypass in Dickinson heading in or out of town the the east side, it is a 45mph roadway, no one ever actually goes that, most times it is a combo of some old fucker, or some intentional cocksucker going 25-33 mph. Boils my blood daily that these ass clowns have to drive 10-18 under the limit, on what is now a 2 lane road, one each direction.

 

[SDMF]

That is more than $20 fine when was last time you got picked up. I drive fast too, and my driving record shows that you are one lucky man. The ones over 100 are quite fun with officer's good thing I know two very well and do work in their office at times helps 50/ 50 got to try. Been to many classes and on line safety training to get my points back you would think a guy would learn.

I set the cruise @ 4-6 over the posted limit and make small adjustments as necessary to be polite. Sometimes that means clicking off the cruise and let someone going significantly faster than me pass that semi or slow-mover before me. Sometimes it means a click or 2 up on the cruise to get around someone so I don't block them or jam them up behind someone driving slower.

Hate to say it, but, non-commercial Ag related semis in ND/SD/MN/MT are WAY worse than the commercial drivers. They just change lanes when it suits them and traffic behind them be damned. I also see the non-commercial Ag drivers w/phone in-hand FAR more than commercial drivers. That side mirror works both ways, I can see what they're doing in the cab, and, the semi bouncing off the rumble strips on the side and down the middle is another dead giveaway. An awful lot of those non-commercial Ag semis aren't governed either. It's not too difficult to tell who's motor has been enhanced.

A little bit of Triva most all vehicles max out at 99mph must be a thing

Generally the speed limiter in a vehicle is set from the factory to whatever the speed rating is for the original set of tires. Most pickups and full size SUV's are 96-99. A lot of cars and smaller SUV's/Crossovers are limited @ 116 or 122.

 

[Tommyboy]

This is me too.
I drive a ton, but the worst is the bypass in Dickinson heading in or out of town the the east side, it is a 45mph roadway, no one ever actually goes that, most times it is a combo of some old fucker, or some intentional cocksucker going 25-33 mph. Boils my blood daily that these ass clowns have to drive 10-18 under the limit, on what is now a 2 lane road, one each direction.

Boils my blood too when people getting onto the interstate from the on ramp @45mph then try to merge into traffic. Idiots are going to cause accidents.

Then in town, 2 lane where the speed limit is 40mph, drive up behind somebody doing 28mph, go to pass them, then they speed up to not let me by. Very few things piss me off in an instant more than that.

 

[Lycanthrope]

While I do generally use the left lane to pass only, I’ve never understood the heartburn passing a slower vehicle on the right. I can pass a vehicle equally well in either lane. And why can’t I drive in the left lane if the road is all broken up in the right lane.
I get more heartburn when I get passed on interstate and there isn’t another vehicle for miles but the passer dang near takes my front bumper off getting back into the right lane.
Can someone set me straight?

It amazes me how many people care what lane people travel in. You can tell the people who havent driven on 6 to 10 lane highways very much. It only makes sense to use both lanes, because that distributes wear more evenly and prevents costly repairs having to be made as often. If you dont like someone going to slow in the left lane, pass them on the right, its really not that hard to figure out ladies.

 

[Tommyboy]

It amazes me how many people care what lane people travel in. You can tell the people who havent driven on 6 to 10 lane highways very much. It only makes sense to use both lanes, because that distributes wear more evenly and prevents costly repairs having to be made as often. If you dont like someone going to slow in the left lane, pass them on the right, its really not that hard to figure out ladies.

Because its a bit of a law.


North Dakota. According to the North Dakota Century Code § 39-10-08, drivers in North Dakota must operate their vehicles on the right half of the roadway, except when overtaking or passing another vehicle, when making a left turn, or when the right lane is closed due to construction or other valid reasons.