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BF_2 t1_iy3ttwh wrote

Reply to comment by classicgirl1990 in Ban ny/pa drivers from left lane. by Accomplished-Log-664

I would too, if I believed it. In my experience it's just as likely OP really means, "I am sick of them clogging the left lane doing 65 in a 65 MPH zone when I want to do 85." And I don t even mind so much that they drive that fast -- if they dont weave.

I try to drive the speed limit and not much faster (if at all), and I do so as far right as feasible. Unfortunately, due to the idiotic way folks tailgate on the on-ramps (and elsewhere), it can be impossible to drive in the rightmost lane due to the impossibility of doing a zipper merge. Hence, I often find myself forced in the lane just left of the right lane. If that's the only left lane, I stay there as short a time as possible. But then I run into the next phenomenon: The asshat who entered the highway at 35 MPH now accelerates to 65 and sits to my right, preventing me from moving back right without either accelerating or slowing A LOT!

Learn to drive, NJ! In particular, leave 2-3 seconds space between cars, everywhere, every time.

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Accomplished-Log-664 OP t1_iy47jf7 wrote

I was literally about to almost be tailgating a guy on 287 while going 45. If they are doing the speed limit, I can’t really complain, I can only be aggravated, but when you are going 20 miles an hour under the speed limit, it is dangerous, especially with the amount of speeders. I almost got rear ended by some guy probably going over 80 because he could not see that we were going that slow past all of the tractor trailers.

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BF_2 t1_iy6r9lj wrote

Yeah, same here. I DO believe that serious underspeeding should result in a ticket -- UNLESS there's damned good reason AND that car is in the right lane.

Good reasons are things like: Your hood just popped open and wrapped over your windshield. Your engine just quit and you have almost no power at all. That sort of reasons.

PSA -- when forced to go slow on a freeway, turn on your emergency flashers. That might save your ass -- or that of your car.

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