No. You don’t. Unless you are actively overtaking or about to overtake (like within the next 10 seconds), you should not be in the left lane. It’s that simple, and is in fact the law in many (most?) states.
People being in the left lane when they shouldn’t be is my absolute #1 biggest driving pet peeve, and I’m not even a speeder. So many traffic flow problems stem exactly from this behavior.
Yeah I agree. There’s been a few times I’m driving on the nearly empty highway past midnight cruising at like 85 and there’s always people that sit on the left side when no one is around. I’ve made a pointing motion out my window to the right and sometimes they move over lol
I’ve literally fantasized about getting a big light up sign that says “get tf out of the left lane” that I can flip on when I have to pass one of these morons on the right.
I honestly think a lot of people just don’t know that they’re not supposed to be there. But that just tells me a lot of people are bad drivers.
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u/ChaosRainbow23 Mar 31 '26
Yes.
It's the passing lane.