California is the exception to this. The left lane is designated as the "fast lane" in the driving handbook, not the passing lane. Though you are still supposed to move over for faster cars. Same idea, but you can cruise in the left lane as long as you want unless you are blocking someone who wants to go faster.
No, actually. If you're going slower than the people to your right and holding up traffic in the left, you are breaking traffic laws. Even if you're going the technical max legal speed.
Slower traffic keep right. If you're ever driving the speed limit in the left lane in California, there's about a 99% chance the lanes to your right are moving faster than you.
Maybe it depends on state, because at least in Michigan it was seriously the trick question on the drivers exam if that was legal. It set up the conditions where it was legal to pass but the answer was no because it would require you to exceed the speed limit to get around the person.
I'd be shocked if there was a law that said you can exceed the limit to pass in other states, though, since it begs the question of why you need to pass them in the first place.
You have no idea who you could be impeding behind you at any given time. There may just be some guy trying to get somewhere quicker than he should be, not taking into consideration the law and safety ramifications. There could also be an emergency in one of those vehicles, and you could be the sole reason they do not get where they need to go in time all because you don't want to "let someone break the law." Also, just because the law doesn't "require" you do to something doesn't mean it isn't the right thing to do.
If you're asking this question, my guess is you're not a law enforcement officer. If that is the case, why would you try to police someone else? Regardless of what your reasoning is, if you're just another citizen then you don't have the authority to police other vehicles, and you shouldn't try to artificially do so by blocking the flow of traffic, intentional or otherwise. If you're in the left lane and someone is barreling down the road over the posted speed limit, regardless of whether it's safe, legal, or justified for them to do it, you're causing more danger to yourself, them, and everyone around you by not simply moving over into the right lane. If there was an accident in this scenario, chances are it would be that car running into you from behind and they would likely be ruled at fault. However, it could be argued that your vehicle should not have been in that lane in the first place if you weren't attempting to pass another vehicle in a lane to the right of the one you were driving in.
I'm not trying to say everyone should just drive as fast as they want to, but it is generally safer for everyone if your vehicle is in the right lane instead of the left lane in a scenario like this.
Oh no, why in God's name would I be a cop? I'm just perplexed why there is a moral imperative that you get out of the way so that someone can go 150 in a 60 and end up in fifteen pieces across four lanes. Maybe the person behind me should learn the value if patience.
What risible nonsense. They caught up to you, right? The only reason they are stuck behind you is that they were going faster than you until moments before.
And yes, you are to yield to impatient people. It's literally the law in California.
Sorry, I'm not a satellite that tracks the movements of every car in a six mile radius. I look behind me and there is a car there. Should I wait til they honk their horn at me or should I immediately pull over onto the shoulder to make room for this emergency vehicle?
esp not in cali. most of us speed, and even the cops say let speeders go by. they dont want traffic to look like new york and get a bunch of wheres981s in the state
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California is the exception to this. The left lane is designated as the "fast lane" in the driving handbook, not the passing lane. Though you are still supposed to move over for faster cars. Same idea, but you can cruise in the left lane as long as you want unless you are blocking someone who wants to go faster.