Left Lane LOSERS make US highways Dangerous and Inefficient
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2022
- How can you safely drive 180 mph in Germany and are stuck driving 65mph in the United States? See how left lane losers and idiotic lane discipline make highways in the United States dangerous and inefficient. When it's hard for a car guy to enjoy driving a Lamborghini Gallardo there is definitely something wrong with our roadways and driver education in America.
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Here in Germany we have something called 'Drive on the right commandment', you just drive on the left side when you're overtaking someone and after you've finished overtaking you go back on the right lane , that's probably one of the first things you learn here in driving school.In my opinion, most accidents don't happen because of speeding here on the Autobahn, but because of a lack of good judgment of speed by people who simply pulling from the right lane to the left.
Pretty similar in America. Some people are stupid though. Everybody knows that there is a lane specifically for passing but it’s either a lack of self awareness or ego drivers that prevent the flow.
Germany also has the zipper principal for merging lanes...over here it's whoever gets there first wins!
It varies from state to state, but that is often the posted law; it is in Texas anyway.
It's the law here as well. But, it's not emphasized by law enforcement or focused on in drivers' education. The public at large is more worried about speeding and other laws. So, people don't think about it and end up sitting in the left lane.
actually studies show that it isn't speed/speeding that causes accidents, its people driving slower than everyone else.
Unfortunately, this has become so common that people think they are correct in hanging there, as long as “they are doing the speed limit.” Then they accelerate when you pass them on the right
Nailed it. We could go on and on, gonna continue as long as dumb asses keep texting and using phones risking our lives.
@@donlemme898 you know you can edit your comment right?
That's because we are correct.
The posted speed limit is for all lanes of traffic. There is no such thing as the fast lane. You are not legally allowed to go faster than the posted speed limit even when passing.
@@bmoturtleco
Nothing magical happens when you drive exactly the speed limit. It entitles you to absolutely no special privileges or allows YOU to violate traffic laws.
Left lane is NOT the fast lane, it is the PASSING lane.
Nor do two “wrongs” make a right.
You are not entitled to sit in the left lane regardless of speed. What if I’m comfortable going 5 under? Is it ok to sit in the left lane? Maybe I’m doing a service to society by keeping traffic at a slower pace?
@@bmoturtleco do you tend to remain in the left lane even when the right lane is clear? I am very curious about this issue. You are certainly correct that posted speed limits are law. It is also law to keep right, pass left. Traffic flow is another factor in play here. Anything that impedes traffic flow raises risk for everyone. Safe travels.
the combination of stupidity and entitlement are ruining every aspect of life.
How I feel about loud ass Harleys!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀🏍🏍🏍🍺🍺🍺
@@artmchugh5644 how they feel about you Karen.
If they get more tickets the entitlement will stop.
Why doesn't law enforcement ever charge anyone for going slow in the left lane? Maybe tickets are more about stealing revenue from honest hardworking people and less about public safety.
You just answered your own question at the end there. Sad, but true. Same reason cops will tailgate you like NO OTHER just to intimidate & actually persuade YOU to speed, then pull you over.
I've had it happen many times, but never took the bait. Wish I was making that one up. My brother in law is a retired Sgt with the NJ state police.
Sad thing is they can :/
Yeah because if police departments started enforcing left lane laws they could make BANK. Why do we send officers out to speed patrol for over an hour when they could find someone slowing the left lane in the first 3 seconds of being on the highway?
on the right is not about public safety its just so speeders like him have a free lane to speed in withough hitting someing going the speed limit.
@@agees924I dunno if it's true, but my understanding is that they focus on speeders because people who have illegal material in the car or warrants out for their arrest tend to drive faster because they're stressed and want to get where they're going faster
Finally someone talks about this. By far my least part of driving in the United States
He’s already done this video before
@@paulcarmi8130 I must’ve missed it. Regardless it needs more attention called to it
@@Jebonglames Meh, sure, but I think Casey is running out of ideas. Lmao
He did like 3 videos last year or 2 years ago.
Absolutely agree. Lane discipline is the #1 issue on our roadways. Also closely related is failure to use accel and decel zones on entrance and exit ramps. Annoys me to no end when someone has ample room to accelerate to the flow of traffic entering the highway but instead they just amble into the flow of traffic well under the speed limit and then *maybe* start accelerating. On the other end they'll start slowing down well over a mile before the exit ramp actually starts even if the ramp is designed with plenty of space to slow down once you merge over into it.
In California, straight traffic has right of way on an on ramp. They never slow down for you, ever. As soon as their nose is in front of you, they KNOW they have right of way and WILL NOT BUDGE, once they are in front of you. California traffic laws SUCK and reward passive aggressors. I reward their arsehole behavior by cutting RIGHT in front of them when I run out of merging lane. Truckers are the absolute worst too. They won't get over for ANYTHING and they will ride your arse and play chicken like no tomorrow, even if they have space to brake/slow down.
That's a problem although another problem I have is that of course, sometimes even if you accelerate, the right lane happens not to have a gap for you to enter at that moment. I'm not about to run out of merge lane and go off road! So I may have to slow down or even stop to make it in. The fact people merging behind me think that means they can go around me first in the gap that should have been mine, or that drivers in the right lane don't use their brains to let people in, is really annoying. If you're in the right lane it should be common sense that you be aware of merging traffic and brake for them if the situation calls for it.
@hannah-6080 - it's up to MERGING traffic to merge safely. The people in the right lane Should give room if they can, but they don't Have To.
My uncle taught me when I was quite young.
We were speeding like crazy to get home, he was doing 90 the whole way, but he ALWAYS got over to the right to keep the left lane clear just in case anyone was going faster.
BTW, in the early nineties, 90 mph was kind of a big deal.😉
Same here. Your uncle is a good man.
I like your uncle. Your uncle is a hero.
W uncle
I rode with a guy on a road trip years ago on I-55 between Memphis and St Louis. He would regularly cruise ABOVE 100 in his Ford Taurus, but always stayed in the right lane unless actually passing someone. Luckily we never really encountered any left lane hogs so it all seemed fairly safe. And actually at one point some woman passed us in a Honda minivan!
@Patrick94GSR my wife's taurus will do 140 and it has been there on quite a few occasions!!!
I’m an ex-trucker. It would be nice to see this vid from a trucker perspective. Start with I-45 from Dallas to Houston. That’s an annoying stretch due to truckers hogging the center lane. Please make this video 😢
Nothing more frustrating than two trucks taking up both lanes in a 60 mph zone. One truck driving at 60 mph, and the other truck passing him at 60.1 mph, over the course of five minutes, completely blocking the highway for everyone behind them. It's obnoxious and unprofessional behavior.
It's even worse when truckers hog the left lane and take 65 million years to pass other semi's
I’m friends with a trucker. I think I could do that!
You got that right. If on a 3 lane and trucks not allowed in the left, which in an of its self is b.s. then they should stay out of the middle lane.
This comment thread has verbatim described my daily commute. If you ever find yourself on a hwy in South Jersey during the day, well, it's simply everything you have all said here. About 60-70% of the time.
Honestly tempted to pass in the damn shoulder sometimes which I'll of course never do, but good God why do trucks love driving in clusters?!
I live in Florida and complain about this everyday. Between the 80 year olds and the tourist it is horrible.
LOL, Florida driver, regardless of age are just as bad as the rest of the states. The problem is kids grow up watching mom or dad drive with no concern or courtesy for others and do the same when they drive. There are so many ways to improve Americas driving situation. Unfortunately, people think adding more lanes is the answer. No, educating the masses is the answer. The new technology only makes it worse as steering wheel holder rely on the car to do everything for them so they have free time to text, make a phone call, watch a movie, read a book, eat, etc. And yes, I have seen all of those on the hiway with adults behind the wheel, not young kids.
If cops would write tickets to left lane dwellers, word would get out and it would get better. However, I think cops have figured out that left lane dweller actually stifle traffic and naturally slows it down, so why fix it.
We as Americans always think we are the best at everything when all it takes is some international travel to see that we most definitely are not.
Especially Americanized women. I went to Costa Rica and felt like a desired male. Lol I live in USA I should be desired, wanted, loved by women who live next store lol not some sexxybass beautiful women in another country lol
@@seanguzy9601 Blame feminism for that which has completely fucked the dating market.
@@seanguzy9601You’re embarrassing. You are not entitled to the attention of women, and no, it isn’t your right to be desired by any women. American women are not doing it wrong, you are just UNDESIRABLE. The fact that you don’t find it suspicious that the only women who pretend to desire you are in poor countries? Why do you think they “desire” you? It’s because they’re doing it “right” and not because they are the most cut throat gold diggers on earth because they’re desperate to get out of poverty. You’re delusional and entitled.
My favorite part is when you try to move right to let a faster car pass, and they decide to slow down, trapping you behind slower traffic. I usually set my cruise and maintain pace, but often have to switch lanes for people that can't maintain a constant pace on the highway. That's about the time that I tend to get frustrated. It usually results in me dropping the hammer and getting around them when I can do so safely. That usually pisses people off too. Can't win anymore I guess.
I can't keep my cool when that happens. I tailgate them till they move out of the way at that point. I really do not like being stuck in dangerous crouds because some pinhead isn't paying attention.
I get it is not the good thing to do, but I hate dealing with crouds of cars, and tailgating someone is easier than getting trapped with nowhere to go in the case of an emergency.
@@someweirdoguy6633 yep tailgate and flash your high beams at them until they move over
Thats kinda part of the problem though, people tailgate in any lane and just drive like a jackass regardless of how or where you drive .
@@someweirdoguy6633 Love having loud exhaust and a car that can do sixty in second gear with another 2 grand to spare on the tach. I sit on their ass and let it scream til they move.
I love new cars nowadays with the cruise control where they automatically slow to the speed of the car in front of you. Handles the hassle of having to drive behind people that can't maintain a constant speed, which helps with the frustration 😂. Move over when I can and just set the speed higher to pass.
Regarding truckers, there's truckers and there's "Steering Wheel Holders." Those of the latter are being taught in CDL class to stay in the middle lanes if 3 or more lanes are available so they become rolling walls separating the hammer lane from the slow lane. Be aware.
Wow thats stupid if their teaching that now, I drive a truck and always try and stay right, see it every day, a semi going 63 glued to the middle lane
Iv had a autobahn experience here in the "Mexico"
One night coming home from a car show I took the "Mexican interstate highway" home and the entire left lane for miles and miles were clear, I may or may not have pushed my C5 corvette to 200 MPH.
I think The worst thing is when SEMI drivers decide to pass other semi's who are both doing ~65MPH yet one usually like a DHL or Estes truck decides they wanna do 66MPH And take 3 miles to pass the other semi
Also gotta love the Mach 5 shirt
I agree that it super annoying, especially on two lane roads. However, if we strictly adhere to "slower cars keep right", we gotta say its fair game...and hopefully in under 3 miles! lol
And I turned in a fellow driver to the safety department. If they want to be courteous you just have to tap the brake pedal and let it coast for a few SECONDS and let them get around and then turn the cruise back on.
Many, many times I would just reset the cruise to one or two miles slower and just stay back behind them. I would get to my destination a few seconds later.
@@paulshannon4576 imo truckers should only ever be overtaking or in the middle/ left lane near merges, near emergency vehicles or when overtaking vehicles that aren't doing 65
My father in law explained that in Germany, Porsche's would come behind him and blink that he should get out of the way. You can only pass when it's safe to do so, not hog the left like trucks do with 1mph speed limiter battles.
Here in Massachusetts on I-495, the left lane always has the highest density of cars going maybe 5mph faster than the other 2 lanes. The middle lane always has multiple semi trucks traveling with no intention to get back to the right lane when it is safe and appropriate. The right lane is mostly empty with a few cars (rightfully so) going slower than the flow of traffic.
It basically boils down to the middle and right lanes going about as fast as a semi's speed governor will allow, while the majority of drivers just camp in the left. Its so bad that you have to camp in the left lane so you can at least go 70, if you try to drive correctly you just get boxed out of the left lane by everyone else.
495 is my highway too. What you describe is what I was thinking about the entire video, it’s horrible.
I literally just decided to come this video to hear my frustrations vented out after driving on 495 to get to work. You described that highway to the letter!😊
Thats why the Left lane is called "the passing Lane"....What really grinds my gears is when Im driving home in the mountains on a 2 lane hwy where every corner you can take at 55mph in any car, and people drive slower and don't use the turnouts.
I completely agree with you. In taking to most people the most common answer I get is "the speed limit is 70 and I'm going 70 doesn't matter if i'm in the left lane you should not be going faster than me so I'm not moving over" for they just simply don't know or don't give a crap.
The speed limits are artificially low for revenue collection
The speed limit was supposed to be temporary and used for FUEL ECONOMY not safety
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary government action.
The highways have gotten so bad. Near me I deal with this all the time. Sometimes I even get the semi in the left lane going up a hill when they're not supposed to be. I always take back roads if I can and stay away from major cities
The reason why there's such good lane discipline in Germany and The Netherlands and most other European countries: We have proper and very strict driving exams. Without properly learning lane discipline, you will fail your test. Teachers are also pushing people to always stay right when possible. It is a thing that is necessary part of a driving exam and even the driving lessons. We have "keep right (or left in the UK)" ingrained in our brain. It's only the older generation that sometimes still hog the left lane.
And Manuel transmission make you pay attention more in the road
This needs to be taught in drivers ed.
it is. c
@@JoshuaDay0550I don’t know what state you live in, but it certainly isn’t taught here in Ohio.
@@nairb2 makes sense why yall cant drive then and never get over lol. took drivers ed in Michigan. Renewed license in FL recently after not driving for a couple years and even their test mentioned it.
@@nairb2it is taught in ohio
Hey Casey, I never took this problem seriously as I have never experienced it myself. Where I am from in Europe people have very good road etiquette and the left lane is actually left available for the fastest drivers. However, I am currently in the US for work and today we crossed Ohio from East to West on the I-80 and holy crap. We are in a BMW X7 with the 375hp inline 6 which allows us to comfortably cruise at around 100mph, and let me tell you that it is impossible to stay on the left lane. It's an endless obstacle course full of oblivious drivers going at no more than 65-70mph in all lanes.
Technically even at that speed and higher you arent allowed to hang out in the farthest left lane for long if your not passing
Well, 70 mph is usually the speed limit on interstate highways.
@@pikachuchujelly7628 that is where people goes wrong... they think that when they driving right at speed limit allow them to stay on passing lane... no, they shouldn't do that.
It’s due to the fact they hand out driver’s license like candy in the USA. You can’t fix ignorance.
If LEO's would focus less on speeding, and more so on these left lane hogs and people using their cell phones while driving... The roads would be much safer, though they'd generate much less revenue for their counties...
I would say that one of the byproducts of having such excessively low highway speed limits combined with poor lane discipline is outright lawlessness. When you have a system thats broken and doesn't make sense in combination with little regard for good driving habits, some people will simply dismiss all of the traffic laws entirely. That's why you have people speeding up on other's bumpers above 100mph in places like northern New Jersey. Just watch a wheres981 video to see what I mean.
Agreed
absolutely agreed
Aside from left lane hogging, another big phenomenon I noticed since moving to North America is people accelerating and braking so hard at the last moment to stop at a red light (not talking about left or right turns, just to wait for green and go straight). I've had people curse at me and overtake me just because I was gently downshifting my manual transmission car to stop at a red light. I hope you can make a video discussing this.
THANK GOD someone else notices this
i've had people get aggressive around me just because I let go of the gas approaching a red… It boggles my mind like why are you speeding to just stop?
The first time I went to New York City, I noticed that if you are sitting at a red light, and you can see the lights on the cross street going yellow, you better be moving before that cross light gets to red, or people behind you will be honking.
This happens allll the time around the Detroit, Michigan suburbs. It's ridiculous. A light turns red a quarter mile up the road, you let off the gas to coast up to it, and there's either a ***** raging on your bumper or flying around just to stop at the light that won't be green for another minute.
@@anthonyevich3836hii
Imagine being able to legally and safely drive 120mph to work on a commute or a trip. My car will go 160mph all day but I’m stuck at 65 to 70 depending on what freeway I’m on.
Imagine how much time you would get back in your day if you could cut that travel time in half.
I would love to see autobahn speeds in America. I could save hundreds of hours a year alone and imagine how many millions of hours the rest of America could save combined.
For real.
Idiots say "your only saving 15 min". Neglecting to say it's a 28 min drive normally.
If your getting to where you want to go twice as fast or more. Then it's significantly more useful to those who aren't jumpy morons that can't handle going past 40 without freaking out.
@@Kspice9000 “jumpy morons” had me rolling on the floor. Facts!
I couldn’t have said it better myself …..you hit on everything and nailed it! nice job Casey
Cheers and thanks
Can we talk about people who enter the freeway going well under the speed limit? Here in Texas, most freeways are at least 65 miles per hour and it's not uncommon to encounter people entering the freeway, trying to merge in, even with ample of on ramp lead in, at 40-45 miles per hour when the slow lane is at or slightly below the speed limit. (And I'm speaking about freely moving traffic, not congested)
This is one of the things in Germany that are taught at drivers ed too. When you enter a road, you floor it till you are at the speed limit, even in the city. Its against the law to make the vehicles already driving in the road to stop because of your merge
Was home in Italy for a couple of months and the highways there are heaven, no one hung out in the left lane, pass and move, pass and move.
Why doesn't the Trumper in the truck move over? No left lane discipline. I wish we could be more like the Germans in regards to lane discipline on the expressways.
One of the most annoying things is when it's a two lane highway and one semi merges into lane 1 instead of waiting for me to pass and then the two trucks are making a wall of idiot. If you're in a semi you should never be in lane 1 unless it's a one lane situation.
One significant reality is that there will always be a driver that’s going faster than you, unless you’re an actual race car driver or a speed demon biker. I thought I could travel in the left lane in New Jersey because I was going about 76, but drivers would still pass me on the right every several minutes. When a driver passes you on the right, you have waited too late, and it is time to move over. If you’re not driving suicidally, then somebody is going to pass you, it’s inevitable.
I commute 2 hours round trip for work, mostly interstate. I have seen people merge into the interstate, speed up to get in front of other drivers, work their way to the left lane, and then slow down. I think several things cause such a horrendous lack of lane discipline one of which, in my opinion, is people thinking they are the most important person in a given situation. They must be thinking “well I’m not driving in traffic so I don’t care” meanwhile there is a terrible conga line of cars stacked up behind them…all tailgating each other. (Dismounts soap box) 😂
They lack the most basic social ques. These people are like this in every aspect of their lives. My brother drives like miss daisy. He is so annoying when driving. He is so hyper aware lol like driving to slow thinking he's being smart by doing that. Lol always looking every where BUT right in front of him. Lol 😆
Casey always out here fighting the good fight, love to see it.
Youre spot on with your driving, I do the same exact thing. Everything you said and did makes perfect sense.
You should do a video on right lane losers. That would be people who tailgate you in the right lane trying to speed you up, even though the left lane is clear for passing.
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I am in North Dallas area and it is terrible. I rarely drive freeways or highways though. I swear people like to hog the passing lane. 98% of people in the U.S. don't know the left lane is the passing lane. It p*sses me off. Everyone in Texas hogs the lane. If you attempt to pass someone, they will honk at you and get angry. It makes no sense. Dallas has some of the worst drivers in the country. I wish I was driving in Germany or a different country so I won't be so stressed when I am driving. There is too much traffic for left lane hogs and slow drivers. Can you imagine the autobahn? My car would blow up from constant 100 mph. The United States of A-holes.
Great follow up vid Casey. Question: Do you "kick out" your side mirrors to cover the blind spot?
Since I've had a racing Kart for the past two years my driving on public roads has really mellowed quite a bit.
The return of the king, also Casey I love your speed racer shirt. Still have a box set of the old episodes.
Another thing you touched on but didn't go into that much detail on, is getting over as far right as possible. There are so many times when I see the right lane is the more open lane, and if people would get over as far right as they could, that would also help the flow of traffic a ton. Most are taught that on a 3 lane highway, the right most lane is the slow lane, the middle lane is for cruising, and the left most lane is for passing when, in fact both the middle and left lane are for passing.
I have noticed a newish trend of folks slowing down in the left lane to pass trucks, then speeding back up until they catch the next truck. Not only do they bunch up traffic, they cause huge speed changes.
That trend is not newish.
Have driven across most States in the US. Most drivers are lethargic and zoned out.
That's the whole problem, some people think going the speed limit in the left lane is fine, because they are going the "speed limit" really stupid - the whole "people shouldn't be going faster" argument
Yet they neglect the idea "people shouldn't be in the passing lane if they're not passing".
Left lane cruisers are my biggest pet peeves on the road.
And on the flip side, I'll be passing at a good pace of speed compared to the cars I'm passing. Then out of nowhere, some rando will just start tailgating me, so I move over into the closest free pocket to let them pass me since they seem to want to go faster. And then they only go half a mile per hour faster than you.
Those 2 are some of my biggest pet peeves on the road ever.
A good driver will occasionally miss an exit....a bad driver never misses an exit.
Yeah, good luck with that bro in the States. It's like folks feel like they have a right to block off the left lane entirely, just because. I also love the fact that folks will see a truck 2 miles off in the distance, and stay in the left lane thinking well they're going to pass...eventually.
I live in Washington state, where laws often "aren't enforced as much". One afternoon the majority of the traffic in the left lane was going 90 miles per hour. My friend and I were in a large pickup truck and we were traveling at that speed to keep up. The traffic in the right lane was going slower, though.
Taking a road trip is very frustrating because people just don’t understand how to use the left lane. Semi truck drivers are generally excellent drivers, but sometimes they are frustrating too and they hog the left lane too long…
Absolutely awesome video!! Needs more exposure! I don’t think many know the proper driving etiquette ❤❤
I know my family is tired of me complaining about this issue every single time I drive. LOL I drove from Ohio to Nashville once, and a driver in a Chrysler minivan from Michigan drove slowly in the far left lane, never conceding to a right lane, through at least three states. I got off for a quick break, got back on, caught up with him, and he was *still* in the left lane, leaving me in disbelief. I wished many more drivers understood what you’re sharing - great video!
I love this series.
Couldn't agree with you more Casey! My father and I have been saying the same for many years, lane discipline in this country is trash. This was recently re-affirmed on my 5,318.5 mile cross-country roadtrip on my motorcycle for the Get On ADV Fest in Sturgis. Terrible driving observed everywhere I rode...
True story. I have a friend who was riding in a car when some A-hole threw a cinder block off an overpass. It hit her right in the face and broke her jaw. The driver was very experienced, I believe he is ex-military, so he immediately got a casualty report and floored it to the hospitable. She recovered. Just consider how much poor lane discipline could have slowed them down. You don't know who is behind you and why they are in a hurry. They might have very good reason.
I love these videos. Thank you. It's sad because everything you say was taught in driving school. Driving a vehicle is one of the most dangerous things we do as humans (minus war and stuff like that) everyday. So many people don't pay attention around them. I worked a tree service job and a foreman I had said his eyes are always darting to the road, mirror to mirror etc. You'll have people not realizing people are coming up around them. It's crazy.
Also I feel like ANYONE towing or hauling anything, even those tiny ass grate trailers that are empty, or bikes, should stay tf out the left lane. They always chill there like that's where they supposed to be. It ain't
I’m from Toronto and I recently went to NYC. Drove down I90 and I87 and honestly can say there was almost no left hogs across nearly 7 hours( each way). Most people understood ‘Keep right except to pass’ with the exception of maybe 2-3 as I averaged 75-80 MPH.
The same could not be said as soon as I crossed the border back into Canada. It’s absolutely abysmal here. People blocking the left leaves constantly make faster drivers have to merge right to pass. Mind you the speed limit is 100 KM/H (62 MPH) but it’s commonplace to drive at 120 KM/H (75 MPH) but because these people are ‘going the speed limit’ they don’t move for anything. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve high beamed people to no avail
I live in california and the fast lane is the far right lane most of the time.. For some reason Prius and Jeeps with mud tires rush over to the left lane to go the speed limit or even 5-15 below.
Every time i see a trooper out, I ask them how many tickets they have given for left lane impeding traffic. They all have the same answer. Zero. This is the problem.
Probably difficult to prove in court. The DA would probably dismiss most cases. The bottom line is there's no money in enforcing it.
all we need a little awareness like conditioning for the npcs so they feel peer pressure to do the right thing they should have done for logical reasons
Great points about staying beside a truck too long, also if that big rig blows a tire, you're going to have that speeding tire go through your window
Great video. Can you do a video on the zipper method? People get so mad when you merge as late as possible but it actually helps keep the flow without jamming everything up
If you ever find yourself living in LA, that method is a 100% necessity. Otherwise, you just won't be merging at all a majority of the time.
@@RothBeyondTheGrave I have lived there before and yeah it's pretty important lol. Most people will block you from merging. People suck sometimes
Zippering is fine. Reading a "lane closed ahead, merge now" sign or an emergency vehicle blocking traffic and then getting over at the last moment/being let in at the end so you get ahead of everyone else is not fine. It's easy to manipulate, and most people associate zippering with this phenomenon. Worse, the same people complaining about left-lane entitlement will do this.
@@SALEENS7GTR5 the zipper method applies to both of those situations as well. The US just doesn't understand zippering like other countries do. People like you get butthurt when someone gets to pass you. You're the type of person to block someone from merging. Grow up, the world doesn't revolve around you
@@JustTheTip556 oh, so in other countries people just cut in lines at the movie theater? Sure sounds fair
Don’t let the negative comments get to you or more importantly change your style in any way!! I find your videos very entertaining,knowledgeable!, and keep more coming!!
I agree a whole heartedly as regards laying discipline now of course I also live in Texas where if a cop catches you driving in the left hand lane without passing well they pull you over and take it you for driving in the left hand lane without passing.
Thank you!!!! You talk about trucks, in Northwest Indiana and Northeast Illinois I-80/I-94, there are signs posted, "No trucks 2 left lanes". There are always trucks in the second left lane, which in turn, cause other trucks to come into the left lane to pass them. Now traffic is completed blocked. These people are professional drivers and should be held to a higher standard. I used to drive this every day and never saw law enforcement doing anything about this. Indiana even has their slowpoke law, (3 or more cars behind someone in the left lane = ticket, even if they are doing the posted limit). As you have stated this is a safety law for forcing people to pass on the right. As for law enforcement, they would rather sit on I-65 just north of I-80/94, where there is a speed trap of 55MPH to 50MPH right over an overpass with an open area to get the easy ticket. These people are just trying to get to work, and just making up time for the congested traffic from not policing the actual problem. Whether they are coming off of 80/94 with trucks in the left lanes, or the congestion on I-65 from the 80/94 exit being a traffic jam, mostly because of the trucks inhibiting the flow of traffic on 80/94. It's a disaster and proper enforcement of the posted signs, other than the speed limit would be so beneficial. Police can easily make their quota and bring in revenue while making the roads safer, also while improving traffic flow. Truckers talk, and if they knew this was happening, the word would quickly spread. After proof reading, it does sound like I'm picking on the police a bit, I would personally like to see them providing a service to "everyone", instead of the 1 or 2 idiots speeding in an open area. I do see cars off the edge in the part of I-65 frequently, so I understand the need, but these are just a few dummies and that is nature working its course. Hold the professionals to the same standard, please!!!!!!!
As many comments mentioned, this has become "accepted" to hug the left lane. When I took my driver's license, I was taught the left lane was the passing lane (and on 3/4 lanes highways, the right is the exit/merging lane, so you "cruise" in the middle lane(s)). Now, my oldest is taking his driver's license and being told to drive in the lane that's the safest versus the amount of traffic. Ego also plays a role. How often did you start passing a car that would suddenly match or exceed your speed? Anyway, thanks for making this video!
yeah you have to 'surprise' pass people. either consciously or subconsciously they will increase speed to match if you start passing someone. so weird.
It’s such a weird time where when you tell someone that they’re driving wrong by driving slow in the left lane they’ll look at you like you’re attacking them. Instead of accepting it and learning. My younger brother just got his license and the DMV test was to park in a huge box and do a U-turn. Unfortunately driver education has dropped severely and it doesn’t look like it will get better.
In SC the law states that slower traffic must use the right lane. Unfortunately this does not get enforced.
I live in SC too and these drivers are freaking idiots. Hogging a left lane going 65 in a 3 lane hwy when the entire left lane travel is 75-80+.
To illustrate this concept further, do a new video on a 2 lane divided highway. I have seen left lane trains as thick as 30 to 50 cars deep in some instances and it really pisses me completely off at the amount of pricks that don't understand how passing on the left works.
Casey, in 2 minutes of this video, you did more thinking about your driving and the general picture of what's happening around your vehicle, than most people do in their entire life. That's the problem.
This is quality content! Hey also... I know your really buissy with life right know but do you plan to revisit the King zero any time soon? I totally understand if you dont
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The proper metric to chase is space and predictability, not speed. Speed and acceleration are just tools to achieve those two goals.
We have a "no loitering" law here in the Buckeye state, but I don't think I've ever heard of it being enforced, and it sure never had an effect down here around the Dayton/Cinci area... if word got out that tickets were being issued, I'd bet a Benjamin things would get a whole lot better. Also, I lived in Germany for a number of years, and our licensing requirements here are an absolute joke compared to theirs. I've heard it described as the training (and cost) being akin to getting your pilots license.
Columbus drivers are terrible when it comes to this. Cleveland drivers are pretty bad with it too
A better drivers ed video than what my school offers
THANK YOU for also mentioning that the middle lane is another passing lane. Wish people realized that more. The middle lane is NOT THE CRUISING LANE. You could technically linger in it for longer and pass more people but if there's a good amount of space, we should probably be in the farthest right lane here in America.
The issue is so bad that the right lane has become a passing lane because there's always traffic in the left lanes. So then, you could cruise in the right lane and pass everybody, which is rather ridiculous in a right hand driving country.
In my country the left lane has less bumps and potholes and adding that I drive 10-20 km/h over the speed limit - I just keep it in the left lane, also I prefer to have no one in front of me, just in case. BUT.. I just pay attention all the time and always know when there is a car behind me and if it faster than me! It happens once or twice per year for me to not realize there is a faster driver behind me and that is when he appears from an intersection or the right lane.
Wide turns at traffic lights get my inner monologue about lane discipline going.
The problem I have is with people who like to match each others speed on the freeway when it’s a two lane and create a miles long train of traffic that can’t pass. Some of these people aren’t stupid they do this type of shit intentionally sometimes because their life sucks and they get a rise out of doing stupid petty shit that inconveniences others.
i see it all the time. i am just trying to make my way through miles of traffic and when i reach the end i just see one car sitting next to a semi in the left lane
These left line riders cost us billions of dollars, safety, and sanity.
How about a video about spacing of the vehicles. I had a discussion with a fellow RV’er. If you have two or more large vehicles traveling together, space them out.
What he would do was be right behind me and I felt he was too close to stop in an emergency. But he was complaining about a semi that passed him and cut in very close to the front of his truck. I explained that he left the trucker no option. It’s was either that or he was going to have to pass both RV’s. And both of us were about 60 feet long.
Leave enough space for a large vehicle to safely pass you and get back in.
When I was trucking I would have a faster semi come up behind me on a two lane highway and I would try to get them on the CB. I would tell them that when they thought it was safe to pass, turn on your blinker and stick your nose out and I would knock the cruise off. It made it faster and safer and I figured it added about 5 seconds to my trip.
Signage out on the road to remind people to stay to the right, and the left lanes for passing only would help quite a bit if they started putting signage out there, I think it would contribute to less accidents
Got my first ticket doing 45 in a 35...less than 10 years later limit was increased to 45 and still no apology or check in the mail. 85% rule of 2006 has made some limits illegal, and probably just a cash cow for 🐷
BRAVO 👏 👏, I'M very impressed with your safety video, again I wish everyone drove as safe and considerate as convenient as you, not to mention it's also simple common sense
Long distance courier, here. I drive around 75k+ miles a year. Just got back from a run going to Northern Georgia from Cincinnati, and the people in the Carolinas have quite a few left lane hogs. There were times where the left lane was clogged and we had to pass some slow shit in the middle, or sometimes even the right lane. Dingleberries that try to match your speed in the passing lane (because they know the cops will catch you speeding before them) without actually passing you is also infuriating. Don't get me started on when the highway has a steep downhill grade, and the heavy ass trucks start doing 90 mph while most of the other vehicles are still doing the same speed they climbed up the hill with. Need more videos like this!
Keep pushing Casey almost to 200k
If police enforced this one rule only (left lane only for passing), the roads would be significantly safer. Even more so than outright speeding.
Some states put up signs telling people to move over from the left lane. Yet, some people still don't care. It really sucks.
Speed limits on the highway are mostly just a revenue generator they’re not for public safety it’s to make money for the state
which is why after setting the limits in the 50's for unsafe boxes of metal we stil have to drive the same speed even though cars can go faster and are safer.
I couldn’t have said it better the current speeds were made in time where brakes where so small, most motorcycles now a day have better brakes than cars back in the 40-60s. Driving education has also dropped by a lot, I’ve spoken to people driving back in the 60s-70s who were taught proper lane education. My brother just got his license and the DMV test was basically to park in a huge box, and do a U-turn.
We have middle lane hoggers in the U.K. - plus we have what’s known as ‘Sunday drivers’ too who go way slower than the national speed limit and hog the road.
New England has the same term.
Go in the left lane then!
One big additional problem hanging out next to 18 wheelers. The truck driver's will sometimes maintain the tires on their own rig, but rarely do they maintain quality tires on the trailer, they usually just drag the tires until they explode; when these trailer tires explode they can cause serious damage and serious accidents!
Hey Casey, you should bring your Lamborghini to the Perrysburg car show! They usually have somewhere from 300-500 cars there each Friday. It would be awesome to see you there!
I’ve gone a bunch of times in the 31 Buick
Around here (Vancouver, Canada) we have 3 lanes + HOV (4 total).
The fastest lane is often the right most lane; most everyone sits in the middle lane at or below the speed limit. The left lane is generally quicker than the speed limit, but most people just sit in bother the middle and left lane. There’s a ton of tailgating in all lanes, though especially in those two lanes.
The worst though is the HOV lane. Technically the lane is limited to vehicles with 2 or more people, though if you’re driving an EV or a motorcycle you can also use it. However because the lane is furthest to the left people treat it as the ultra fast lane. Therefore if you’re driving a bit above the speed limit you will constantly have someone tailgating you and then passing you on the right. Of course, not only is the HOV lane limited access, it also has only select points to access and exit the lane, you’re not legally allowed to move in and out of the HOV lane outside of the indicated areas.
But because many drivers treat that lane as their ultra fast lane, moving in and out to go around drivers in the fast lane and HOV lane it’s become a lane I avoid. Only in heavy/stop and go traffic will I take it, and even then very cautiously because it often is flowing while other traffic is stopped and people will try to dart in the lane in front of you if you leave a proper safe following distance.
Realistically I can sit in the right lane most days, and just pass the occasional slower car, and be going as fast as most of the people in the left lane. This strikes me as the best example of absolutely piss poor lane discipline.
Having driven in Germany I know how much better good lane discipline makes travelling on the roadway. It’s less stressful for ALL tte drivers, since if you’re going a little slower than traffic behind you they can easily get around you rather than sitting on your bumper trying to push you out of their way.
I learned to drive in vancouver, and then moved to a smaller town. I am the first person to start honking and flipping people off. you think the lower mainland is bad the rest is worse because people have wider roads and less traffic. well aside from richmond, its hell driving though there, and people who live in BC probably know why...
curious as to how you get the camera to pan without a person sitting in the front passenger seat?
I live in metro Denver Colorado. Here’s a major issue with our left lane. People are A-Holes. I drive to Fort Collins almost everyday. Our traffic is sooo heavy all the time all the lanes are full. I choose to drive in the left lane, I drive whatever the speed of the traffic is going. When it’s moving good it’s about 85 mph. Everyone is following bumper to bumper. That’s extremely unsafe and why you constantly see multi car wrecks here. I give about 3 or 4 car lengths between myself and the car in front of me. OMG 😱 does that piss the people off behind me. Whenever they get the chance they pull out and race by me in the slow lane and flip me off. I usually get flipped off every single day 2-4 times on the drive. I’m being flipped off for not driving recklessly by tailgating. All that anger and frustration to get one car ahead of me just so they can tailgate one car ahead of me and still be traveling at the exact same speed they were behind me.
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The psychology behind this is fascinating 🤨
Seriously hate that. Like good job moron now you’re 20 feet ahead of where you would have been had you just stayed out. I think it’s time for population controls.
Speed limits are antiquated and are just another way for the government/cops to get in your car. Raise the speed limit. It will prevent people from using their phones because you HAVE to pay attention. Some people won’t drive and will take public transportation. Also, tickets can only be given by a law enforcement officer. Former CHP
the only time cops can go above speed limit is if they have their emergency light on
Why i think moving out off the left lane is important is because if your in a emergency and need to go to the hospital as fast as you can and can't wait for an ambulance. And some Karen decides you can't speed in the left lane to go to the hospital. They're seriously endangering the health off the person who needs to go to the hospital. And the others on the road
You gotta be kidding me! In an emergency, you just pass wherever there's room.
You guys just want the left lane for yourself so you can drive the speed you like. Understandable. But it's not going to work. There's always someone faster and someone slower than you.
Real nirvana is to find the speed that let's you cruise as consistently as possible. Most of the time - if not always - that's a little slower than the speed limit. After all it's a speed _limit_, not a speed commandment.
Of course, if you really want to _drive_ your car, you have to do it somewhere else.
@@YTOnceAgain anyone who drives SLOWER than the speed limit should go back to the 1950's when those speed limits were made.
@@YTOnceAgain if you pass anywhere when theres room your putting others in danger. By the way these are the rules in the Netherlands. Also its for emergency services. Have a good day!
@@YTOnceAgain Left lane is the passing lane, not the cruise lane. Move over and swallow your pride karen.
@@aimxdy8680 As if I gave a shit about the opinion of someone who calls people Karen. 😂
"Pass don't pace" seen this on the back door of a truck. Have seen this WAY too often. Long hill line of trucks in right lane. Half way up sevetal trucks cut over into left lane "Trying to pass" the others, only to effectively shut down both lanes.
I could care less if someone passes me going over the speed limit whether they’re going like 5-10mph over like 80 in a 70, or if they’re going about 140mph wide open throttle (unless they’re being extremely reckless and almost kill me or some family). It’s people who hold up traffic that piss me off.
People in Toledo can’t drive for crap. Really anywhere in the states anymore. I drive a semi for a living and see it all day long. I actually live by Genius Garage now, but I was stationed in Germany for a few years. What a difference lane discipline makes. I loved the autobahn and definitely miss it.
Dayton Ohio did the same thing
And still do send out tickets in the mail