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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What is so hard about admitting that, if someone is coming up behind you faster than you want to go, and it is safe to move over for them, that you are supposed to do so.[/quote]

PP here.  I don't have a hard time admitting that.  I also rarely see this kind of behavior.  What I *usually* see are drivers in the left lane, passing slower traffic in the right lanes, but only doing so 10-15 mph over the posted speed limit, rather than 20-25 mph over the posted speed limit, as the occasional scofflaw would prefer.

Is failure to yield to an overtaking car "dangerous"?  In the sense that, when traffic is very light, and the lead car isn't passing cars on the right, and there's no issue with getting over, certainly that creates a situation that's marginally more dangerous than otherwise--and it's dangerous completely because of the impatience of the passing driver.

But in 90% of the situations that you see in this area (where 4-5 car lengths is what you *should* be maintaining at all times) it's far more dangerous to have cars constantly stepping in and out of the left hand lane to allow reckless drivers to pass than it is to simply maintain lane position, passing (albeit more slowly) cars on the right.

It's really a non-issue for me, and (like folks who freak out when a light-change isn't met with an immediate and violent acceleration by the lead car) is something that calm and reasonable adults simply take in stride.

The bottom line is that some folks like to drive 70-80 mph in the left-hand lane, unimpeded by congestion.  Unfortunately, that's not often possible because there's heavy traffic.  Rather than blame faceless factors like population growth, sprawling development, and the like, some would rather just project ulterior motives on their fellow drivers.

But sadly, things are just the way they are, and sometimes you have to get in line and wait along with everyone else.[/quote]

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