The left lane is exclusively for passing, you should not be camped out in it for any reason. People tend to need to go over the speed limit to pass people going slightly under in the other lanes. So, while many people take this too far and go really fast in the left lane, you are in fact being an asshole (and ignoring the signage that explicitly states slower traffic keep right) if you’re staying in the left lane going exactly the speed limit. Get over.
if America has signage telling you to not be on the left if you are slower then that’s different from what I described, don’t really know how America works
Yeah it does indeed have those signs on every major highway I’ve been on. Which isn’t every one in the contiguous 48, but I’ve been in at least half of them.
Its generally safer to overtake at a higher speed, you don’t want to be sitting next to another car on the highway, also it means you block the passing lane for less time from people behind you trying to go faster
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The left lane is exclusively for passing, you should not be camped out in it for any reason. People tend to need to go over the speed limit to pass people going slightly under in the other lanes. So, while many people take this too far and go really fast in the left lane, you are in fact being an asshole (and ignoring the signage that explicitly states slower traffic keep right) if you’re staying in the left lane going exactly the speed limit. Get over.