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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question here: what't the big deal with going the speed limit in the left lane?  I learned how to drive in a place where there isn't really any concept of "passing lanes."  Is driving fast/passing in the left lane safer for everyone?  It just seems to strange to me.[/quote]

Have you read this whole thread? Do that and watch the YouTube video someone linked. All will be explained to you.[/quote]

If you are following the speed limit (or the speed of traffic), why do you need to pass other cars? I just don't understand the whole point of passing except in rural areas where maybe you want to pass a very slow truck on a 2-lane road.  Why do you need to pass in an built-up area?[/quote]

If you don’t understand that some cars may want to go faster than other cars on a highway with multiple lanes I’m not sure you should be driving at all. And definitely not in any left lane anywhere.[/quote]

We don't yet have self-driving cars, so no car wants to go faster than any other car anywhere. Some drivers certainly want to go faster than other drivers. Some of those drivers want to go faster than the law allows.[/quote]

Not PP, but people can pass another car for any number of reasons:

- The road is clear ahead of them, with no congestion, so I speed up to give distance, then slow down to drive without as much congestion 
- They have too much physical damage and they are risky to drive behind
- They brake too much
- They swerve in lanes as if they are distracted on their phone
- They don't keep a steady pace of driving (speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down)
- They have a bumper sticker that annoys me

I have wanted to go faster than them. Maybe there is an urgent matter I am attending to, I am trying to make it to the hospital before a loved one passes away. Maybe I am late to pickup from pre-school, and I am willing to risk a ticket for going a little faster than normal. Who knows any reason why someone goes faster than another?

Why does it matter to you?

What matters is that you read the road, use good sense, and follow the rules of the road.[/quote]

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