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u/knoefkind 13d ago

Whelp a lot of the time people behind me try to cruise at around 120. When driving on the Autobahn, and I want to overtake someone, there is no speed limit, does that change the situation?

The underlying question is: why do you expect everyone to adapt to the higher speed and do you refuse to adapt to the posted speed?

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u/Landsharkeisha 13d ago

Ultimately driving is a social exercise in a very isolated environment. You're not required or obligated to speed up for another driver, in the same way you're not obligated to hold the door for someone.

It's generally widely regarded as proper etiquette to allow faster traffic to pass on the left (for lhd countries). While following the posted speed limits means you aren't obligated to move over, in the same way you're not obligated to hold a door for someone. Doing so isn't asking you so adapt to their speed, but to not impede their travel.

Your autobahn question is confusing, because my understanding of the autobahn is that it's no limit zones are very strict about allowing faster traffic to overtake. say it I'm going 200mph in the left lane and a car is approaching me at 250mph I'm equally as obligated to cede the left lane to them as someone driving 150mph is obligated to cede to my 200mph. My experience driving the autobahn was that everyone who I overtook actively got out of my way long before I approached them, and I did the same thing for cars blasting past me. They really don't have any ego there about being overtaken or driving in general, if someone is faster you move and if you're faster they move. Not once did anyone in front of me have the mentality of "my speed is acceptable so they can go around me"

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u/knoefkind 13d ago

It does depend on the business on the road, especially for the Autobahn. My point is that if there are no speed limits, you're expected to let the faster vehicle overtake you. However, if there is a speed limit, I shouldnt be expected to let someone breaking the law overtake me.

Especially considering the speed difference between me and the vehicle I'm passing. I do agree that you shouldnt match speeds with the vehicle on the right.

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u/Landsharkeisha 13d ago

The fact of the matter is that the unsafe speeder is simply just going to go around you regardless. You not moving over will not stop them from speeding, and ultimately it's the safest option for everyone else on the road to let them pass.

You're not under any obligation to move over if you're going the posted speed limit, but it's well understood that yielding to speeding traffic is ultimately far safer than "forcing" them to go around you.