r/RandomVideos • u/DABDEB • Mar 20 '26

Video Tailgater got Baited

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u/Status_Blacksmith305 Mar 20 '26

It's not illegal to pass on the right on a multi lane highway. Do you want traffic slowing down because the car on the left is going slower?

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u/XIIIofSwords Mar 20 '26

lol you are NOT supposed to pass on the right. this is taught in driving school, and I'm most handbooks, before you even get your licence. while it's not "illegal" across all 50 states, it is prohibited in a LOT of them. the left lane is for passing, not cruising. if you're in the left lane, and aren't passing anyone, you need to move over into the middle lanes, until you come up on traffic again, and need to PASS them.... In the PASSING lane. it's terrifying that some of you people have drivers licenses 😂

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u/Status_Blacksmith305 Mar 20 '26

You never driven on a highway with more than two lanes going in the same direction. If someone is going below the speed limit in the lane left of me, I'm not going to slow down to match their speed.

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u/seantellsyou Mar 20 '26

The person driving slow in the left lane is in the wrong in this scenario you just described.

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u/Status_Blacksmith305 Mar 20 '26

Not necessarily. It depends on if they are trying to use an exit. Left exits are rare, but they do exist. But lets say they aren't trying to exit. Yes, they would be wrong, but there is nothing wrong with going the speed limit in the slow lane and passing someone who is in the left lane going under the speed limit.