Are rules of the road I think in the past?

[Anonymous]

I drove from DC to Richmond recently. More cars passed me on the right than they did on the left, a lot more. Cars on the right, we’re routinely cruising along, often not passing any other cars.

This would certainly happen on every trip in the last 20 years, and happening ing more and more, but not to the extent it did this last trip. Fastest lane was in the far right.

In Germany many of the highways have just two lanes. Trucks are modulated to go only about 50 mph and the regular speed limit, if there is one, can be 80 to 100 mph. And yet even there, they all follow the rules and pass on the left. With 3-4 lanes on an interstate why can people do it here?

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you were driving in the wrong lane. If that many cars are passing you, you need to move to the right.

[Anonymous]

I am 37 and honestly, have no clue what you are talking about. What “rule” is this? I just can’t comprehend it honestly.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes people driving in the left lane go slower than others yet refuse to move over to the right lane.

[Anonymous]

The rule of the road is slower traffic keep right.

[Anonymous]

If you are being passed on the right, you are going too slow.

[Anonymous]

The difference is that Germany enforces this rule. If you are slow in the left lane, you can be pulled over. They also have a way to request someone move over (drive up behind them and flash your lights) and this is considered a normal and not offensive interaction. Finally, you will be ticketed for passing on the right in Germany.

We don't have any of this. People pick the lane they like the best and consider it other people's problem if their speed is obstructing traffic. We even have rules that make it comfortable to do this, like "no tailgating." Since we tend to think slower = safer, we do not have the rules they have in Germany. While we technically have them, they are not enforced, so they functionally don't exist.

[Anonymous]

For years I’ve said the right lane is the new left lane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 37 and honestly, have no clue what you are talking about. What “rule” is this? I just can’t comprehend it honestly.

Then you’re part of the problem. How do you not know slower traffic keeps right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 37 and honestly, have no clue what you are talking about. What “rule” is this? I just can’t comprehend it honestly.

This is an actual road rule. You pass on the left, not the right.

[Anonymous]

Drive in western Europe, especially in Germany, and you'll want to stab yourself in the eye with a rusty fork after driving in the US again.

[Anonymous]

This is pretty typical of 95 - thru-traffic (that's you) doesn't want to be in the right lane because of merging traffic and the periodic slow trailer or camper. But, people who want to pass you (that's me) may feel that the left lane is too fast or congested, or I may have an exit coming up and not want to merge back across the tight middle lane when it's time.

The most correct answer is that you need to move right because you're too slow, and I need to suck it up and pass on the left if I'm going to pass. But 95 is such a mess that honestly whatever seems safest and smoothest is the best choice.

[Anonymous]

You’re the problem. If you’re being passed on the right you’re going too slow. Speed up or move over

[Anonymous]

There are stillrules that slower traffic stay on the right, but people speed in all lanes and tailgate in all lanes. People drive like the speed limit not the max speed, but the lower speed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 37 and honestly, have no clue what you are talking about. What “rule” is this? I just can’t comprehend it honestly.

This is an actual road rule. You pass on the left, not the right.

The actual rule is STAY right. PASS left.