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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading all the bullying jerks on this thread (or is it just the same one?) makes me want to drive in the left lane at exactly the speed limit just to make them blow a fuse at their inability to control the world.

Speed, inattention, overconfidence, and llack of consideration for others are all bigger problems on our crowded DC area roads than driving at or slightly above speed limit in left lane.

Reminder - driving 20 miles over the speed limit is reckless driving in both VA and MD.  Always is for 85-90 miles a hour.   If you are tailgating because someone is doing 75 in a 65  (rather than getting into right lane were they are doing 60) then *you* are the ahole.[/quote]

So the left lane abusers are spiteful jerks? Who would have thought.

Just drive correctly FFS. It’s really not that hard. 
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“Correctly” doing a lot of work there.

85 or above is never correct in DMV area.  It is reckless and illegal.  Quit the tailgating.  [/quote]

Right.  Driving correctly is going the speed limit or below in all lanes.

You aren’t entitled to break the law just because you’re in the left lane.[/quote]

Just because you are an ignorant moon does not give you the right to create hazards for everyone else.

https://www.progressive.com/lifelanes/on-the-road/driving-in-the-left-lane/#:~:text=Driving%20in%20the%20left%20lane%20can%20be%20risky,weave%20between%20lanes%20to%20pass.

https://www.vox.com/2014/6/16/5804590/slow-left-lane-driving-rules-us-traffic-illegal

https://living.geico.com/driving/auto/car-safety-insurance/left-lane-driving/

https://www.g3helpme.com/blog/the-dangers-of-driving-too-slowly-in-the-fast-lane

And thousands of others.

Don't loaf in the left lane.  Period.[/quote]

You’re still wrong.

The left lane is used for passing, but to pass someone you must not exceed the speed limit.

So, if I’m in the left lane and going the speed limit, it’s not interfering with anyone’s lawful use of the road.  I will be passing anyone going under the speed limit.

You’re not entitled to break the law just because there is bare pavement.[/quote]

Honest question. Why do you think the law was written "speed of traffic" instead of "speed limit" with regards to left lane campers?

Do you think it was an accident in the wording?

Or do you think lawmakers are practical and know that driving is nuanced and that sometimes going above the speed limit is safe and normal?
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The law refers to "the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions existing," which means how traffic flows under the existing conditions. So, in heavy rain or a snowstorm, the normal rate of traffic under the existing conditions is going to be less than the speed limit, which is the maximum speed the law allows regardless of the conditions. You aren't required to go the maximum speed if it isn't safe to do so.

It's still "reckless driving" to go more than 20 miles per hour over the speed limit or over 80, so the's no way the legislature intended to give left lane drivers free rein to drive as fast as they want in the left and force anyone looking to pass or exit to the left to also engage in reckless driving. In addition, the law states that drives should stay right "except when overtaking and passing another vehicle or in preparation for a left turn" so again, if you are pissed off because that left-exiting driver is preventing you from going 100, you are totally in the wrong. The driver exiting to the left who is going the speed limit or above is doing nothing wrong. [/quote]

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