No more warnings to left lane drivers
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Two new driving laws across the state went into "full" effect Friday.
One law requires everyone in the car to click it or ticket. The driver, passenger and back seat riders are all required to wear a seat belt.
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I drive for a living and I'm on the road for 8-10 hours a day and I have yet to EVER see anyone pulled over for doing this. I live in the Boston area and people here are among the worst in the country for doing this crap. They drive in the left lane all day long in a stupor, then they realize they missed their exit and suddenly veer across four lanes of traffic to make the exit ramp.
Not just Boston. Happens a lot in Phoenix as well. Damned near had an accident yesterday on the highway for exactly that scenario.
If the Chicago area had a law like this 99% of tickets would be issued to Africans.
Such a maneuver also occurs when a driver blows out their Depends.
Have you ever driven in Florida? This is VERY common practice there. People go the speed limit in the left-most lane!
Massholes😅
Funny the guy talks about speed limit as the law but he doesn't want to obey the other laws such as proper lane usage which has a bigger fine than speed limit penalty and more points against your license, but people talk about the speed limit ”Because it's The Law” and ignore everything else that's "the law"
The law says keep right and don't impede faster traffic not keep right and don't impede non speeding faster traffic.
Slowpoke law says there's an additional fine if you feel that they were speeding and you knowingly block them on purpose.
plus if you are just going the speed limit, why do you have to use any lane but the middle or right? Why do you care about the left lane so much? OH BECAUSE OF SLOWER DRIVERS IN THE OTHER LANES lmfaooo, his stupid hypocrisy makes that toothless redneck sound like more of an idiot lol.
Lol, exactly, flew right over his head that he was acknowledging not following all of the traffic laws.
I know there are so many people who think they are helping the cops by slowing everyone else down. Get out of the way or I'll ride your bumper until you do. If you slam on the breakes better have a reason cuz the camara will catch you and it will be your fault. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Riverrockphotos Tailgating is illegal (and dangerous) regardless of what the driver in front is doing.
That's methed up.
People are going to drive at the speed they are comfortable. It's not your job to block the traffic because of the speed limit. You're doing exactly what the law tries to prevent and that's road rage.
well said. wish people would just let other pass them if they can switch right lane. honestly I am more scared of crazy people changing lanes over and over.
Wait you're saying that people who obey the law are annoying and that's what causes road rage? Because there are people out there that take exception to being forced by other motorists to obey the law and it causes road rage? You're saying that these law abiding motorists should move out of the way of law breaking motorists so the law breaking motorists don't get mad? Do you realize how ridiculous your argument is? That's like blaming a mugging victim for not handing over his shit quick enough and pissing the mugger off. In your government you'd just tell people to give their shit to thieves so they don't get mad. We dont' steal in your government but some people do so let them steal so they dont' get mad. You sound like a walking talking San Francisco. Let's not upset criminals. Are you a law abider or law breaker? I have a suspicion which camp you're in.
See. This is the problem right here. I don't know why people can't comprehend this. Drive however you want but keep your slow a$$ in the right lane! It's that easy. Thee end.
@@kornphlake79if you’re not passing, move over, it’s simple and you don’t need to be all pansy about it. Grow up
@@Chilliedogs Some of us have actually driven in areas where there are three or more lanes, congestion, and traffic is backed up for 25 miles out of the city. Like it's cool you live in the middle of nowhere and don't have a real grasp of how stupid this new law is, but worry about yourself first. People in the left lane should generally be passing but we don't need to give the government more power to micromanage and ticket people at a whim. Like it's cool if you want to live on your knees and lick boots, just do it on your own time and leave the rest of us out of it.
What drives me nuts is while passing the car in the right lane it repeatedly speeds up and down extending your left lane pass.
Speed up and put your turn signal on the lane you are getting back on to. That tells them that they need to yield now.
@@astro-ascensiontarot60 Not if you are already at top speed in a semi truck.
That is also against the law. You are required to yield to someone in front of you signaling for a lane change. Laws can't prevent jerky behavior, only define a penalty for it.
@@astro-ascensiontarot60 No, putting on your signal does not obligate another driver to yield to your dumb ass. Make a safe lane change or don't do it at all. And safe means you don't hinder the other drivers around you. Basic driving skills 101.
@@louabney Wrong, theres no law that says someone making an unsafe lane change gets a free pass just by turning on their signal. Well maybe in Alabama, but not in a normal state.
I really wish we had strict enforcement on this throughout the rest of the country. It is super aggravating.
We have way more important things to worry about !
@@christophermatkins like what? going 1 mile over the speed limit on an empty road?
DEFINITELY. I wonder if this is still standing. I haven't seen it put into effect anywhere with any sort of efficacy.
socal is ridiculous with this, whenever there's traffic it's literally better to just ride with the semis because everyone is taught and thinks it's a "fast lane"
so you just get everyone rushing over to the passing lane just to tailgate the fuck out of each other. its why we have so many accidents
I finally asked my Mom why she always drove in the left land. "It's the through lane," she told me confidently.
That's what she'd been taught, and in a time with much lower population and fewer cars it might make sense.
I explained to her that it's the passing lane now. "OK," and she moved right.
End of problem.
Drivers on the Autobahn take this to heart, because no matter how fast you're going in the left lane, there is always someone gaining so hard on you they make you feel like you're parked.
So the slow pokers in the right hand lane will have to move on to the shoulder next Law . From Texas 🤠🤯
I would love to move over to the right lane if every motherfuker were not passing me on the right and not letting me get over
Left lane is for passing. There is always someone who wants to go faster, let them by. Dumb citizens thinking they're traffic enforcers 😂.
I hope all states put this into law.
@@rustynail8622 "Left lane is for passing". Exactly, but the issue at hand is people are not just passing, they are speeding and expecting everyone to just get out their way while they do it. People like you are not using the lane to pass, your using the lane to speed.
I hope they put it in all states too, so you can get plenty of tickets for speeding and reckless driving. :-)
Dumb citizens thinking they're NASCAR drivers 😂
@erich6860 they are still PASSING.
That guy was the epitome of a selfish driver. You can drive he said "all night long."
Hopefully he will mess with the wrong person soon and they put his a** in the ditch or hard into a roadside tree or concrete abutment...
He’s one of those Karen’s who think it’s his duty to enforce speed limits. He’s a complete moron.
If someone is speeding, just get over and let them pass. It’s that simple.
Exactly. He knows better than the world.
That guy is one of those that don't get the point - hogging the left lane has nothing to do with the speed limit really... these kind of guys ruin it for everyone!!!
@@dwightrenfield2241I bet he was a Hall Monitor in grade school!!
this is why i absolutely love to drive in Germany. strict, strict adherence to "Pass Left" and get the F outta the left lane when not passing
my mom is French and in France this is also very strict on this. which I love
It's only the US that does this.
i agree, Germany had the best freeways
Why are you watching American news?
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We need that law in NY. It's become my newest pet peeve because so many people will just travel in left lane no matter how many times they get passed on the right.
We have the same illness here in Atlanta GA, cruisers who sit in the left lane. Sometimes you get 4 - 5 car cruising together in a line forcing the speeders to zig zag around them.
@GamingandMusicWorldpeople don’t know about it, because it’s not taught or emphasized enough.
It seems pretty clear that you have not driven in Charlotte, SC / SC in general. LOL. It's SO dangerous. Literally EVERYONE drives in the left lanes and leaves the right lanes open no matter how much "traffic" there is (that they are causing). Doesn't matter if there are 6 lanes on each side. This causes people to have to pass in the right lanes and deal with traffic merging onto the highway. It's SO bad. Drives me absolutely insane.
@@Malcolm_LaFlare Excessive lane changing is also against the law.
I moved to the States from the Uk and soon realized that the law was different with some lanes of the road, the UK had a law where we used one or more lanes for faster traffic or over taking only and not to just sit in them and block others or cause others to become annoyed when they could not pass, this law should be used in ALL 50 States, the introduction to this law shown here is great news and to be honest is common sense which I have noticed many drivers seem to lack.
To Left Lane Campers: Lack of lane etiquette is the reason for this law. The "passing lane" is called that for a reason. You are more than welcome to travel at your speed all day long...in the cruising lane. When faster traffic closes in, you MUST yield! It is your sense of entitlement that causes road rage, passing via wrong lane, brake checks, Karen attitude when being flashed to yield, and keeps you in the Dunning-Kreuger mindset. The sheer safety improvements this law provides cannot be opposed regardless of your endless Karen-opinionated feelings. From this day on become a better motorist and GTFO of the way!
I agree unless I'm doing 80 in the left hand lane and some a-hole comes riding right up on my ass doing 90 or 100!! THAT causes road rage with me, too!!
@@williamwilkins3084 or you could move the fuck over and then follow the person that is going faster than you.
Calm down.
@@jomac8101 You're right. I'm over here getting road rage just from looking at these comments.
I hate it when my dad cruises in the left lane and gets upset at "speeders" and tailgating. That's not it Dad, they are just trying to pass.
“Keep right except to pass” shouldn’t be hard to comprehend. It’s the passing lane. If you’re not actively passing, you don’t belong there.
It empowers people who have nothing else to do than to cause a queue in the left lane for 1/2 mile. Not sure why they feel the need.
I tend to be a left lane rider, because I’m flat out passing everyone, and if it works PROPERLY with other people using the lane to PASS, I would be able to finish my pass and move along, but with how it goes, I hit a wall of people who can’t comprehend the idea that 15 under in the left lane is a poor decision.
@@ApolloTheDerg And people who are moving along quickly should stay--like you do--in the left lane because it eliminates needless lane changes and makes you easier to see for motorists looking to change into the left lane to pass.
@@annoyedatthis1 Not entirely, if you can move to the right lane at the head of the pack, do so, because I may go faster than most doesn’t mean I will be the fastest after-all, and I may need to allow others through, lest I become the blockage.
@@ApolloTheDerg Right. My thought as well. No matter how fast I am traveling, if another vehicle is getting larger in my rear view mirror, I move over to the right lane for them. Common courtesy.
A speed limit is a speed limit, but its not anything a driver should enforce. Thats the law enforcements job.
These left lane slow pokes fail to grasp that passing on the right is more dangerous. Even if someone is recklessly driving well over the speed limit, allowing them to pass you on the left prevents that car flying all over the place cutting others off and putting more innocent people at risk.
Just move over.
I agree! I was chastised by an Ohio State Trooper; whom I unknowingly blocked on the Ohio Turnpike. There were signs stating "right lane ends, merge left" and everyone was speeding up to get ahead of everybody else. I got tired of it so I straddled both lanes blocking traffic on both sides.... my problem was that the next car was a trooper, lol. He chastised me, told me it isn't my job to enforce the law, to which I totally agree with and I don't worry about that anymore... but I know plenty of other people still do.
It’s illegal to pass in the right lane in Oklahoma.
@@LayzeeGiant I'm having problems finding that it's illegal to pass on the right in Oklahoma, but I do see the new bill that passed a few years back about making the left lane the passing lane. That just targets the left lane campers that impede passing traffic .
There's verbage in what I read that shows that they're supposed to pass on the left, but it doesn't prohibit passing on the right with lanes that are going in the same direction as the car being overtaken .
@@7777xm Our law states right lane passing in only permissible in dedicated areas. I’ve been all over the state and have yet to see one.
@@LayzeeGiant I can prove it's not. Say you're cruising in the right line going the speed limit on cruise control, and a moron that can't maintain a constant speed passes you on teh left going 5 over, then slows down to 5 under and you go on by minding your own business still in teh right lane....
Maybe the left lane driver was hitting the brakes due to backed up traffic in his lane, or dodging a deer or other critter.
You don't have an obligation to slow down just because there is an idiot in the fast lane.
I don't ever drive in the left lane unless I am passing. I complete my pass then move back. I don't understand what is so hard about this.
A problem sometimes arises when trying to pass. Sometimes the car you are trying to pass speeds up. Then you risk getting a speeding ticket, and you know as soon as you get back behind that car they will slow down again. Sometimes you just can't win. Cars speed up when they are not using their phones; then they slow down when picking the phone back up. I hate being behind distracted drivers.
and the left lane camper in front of you thinks you're trying to compete for being in front of him, so he slows down and you're stuck behind two cars that have now formed a wall
Who gives a f about speeding? Anything 9 over or less is perfectly fine and everyone should have no problem doing it (on a Highway)
Nice try. I got a ticket for going 8 over.
1:22 literally the garbage self-righteous mentality in a nutshell
Already know he one of those driver that love to ride in the life lane and love to pissed people off just for the fun of it
@@make-it-happen3552 Along with heroin and meth, it gets him high.
The cause of accident, when other car pass him from the right lane.
National security problem, when concealed officer need to go fast, past speed limit.
Yep he's the type I encounter here in Georgia on a daily basis.
This guy should have his license revoked and everybody else that thinks like him
Now we know who's blocking the left lane. In that state anyway.
There are morons like him in every state. I get stuck behind them every single day.
Cops blocking proper use of the left lane
Yeah, stupid moms like my friends who think they are entitled to the middle lanes, and make everyone pass them on both sides. Punishing others for you not following the law, yeah makes sense. I'm embarrassed of my friends.
@@DelphineTheWorstBladeEver You're mom is a smart woman
@@idmhead0160your” and no she’s not. The middle lane is statistically the most dangerous. You don’t own any of the run off options from the middle. If you need to evade something in the road you have to hope you’re clear both sides. Also he said his friends’ Mom’s not his own.
The guy who does not like it is clearly one of “those” people who love to F with people by just staying there. This is so fantastic I may have to move to Alabama.
Maybe he just identifies as an Englishman...
Or a Prius driver.
@@STho205 That's funny because almost every Prius I see on the interstate is pulling down at least 90 MPH!
@@good4jg almost every traditional Prius I see and have ridden in is going 65mph which is the hypermiling sweet spot on the video game dash...and will do anything to avoid acceleration or deceleration...especially due to entering and exiting traffic and trucks stuck at 65mph due to their corporation Big Brother trackers.
Others may weigh in with their observations.
@@STho205 That makes sense to me, especially on the west coast, but most of the ones I've seen are in the Midwest where I live. BTW - 65 MPH was the sweet spot for MPGs on every vehicle I've ever owned.
@@STho205 A lot of the megacarriers' tractors are speed regulated for fuel economy (and "safety") just you mentioned. Fuel economy is a valid concern for a large fleets, but may not always the primary concern for a smaller company. That may be the reason they are pushing the NHTSA to enact limits on ALL class 7 and 8 trucks - to make it take longer for independent drivers to compete. My niece's '22 Cascadia is not restricted and gets about 9.2 MPG at 62 MPH - where she voluntarily drives.
I never imagined I’d see so many comments defending being in the passing lane while not actively passing. This law is for people like you. Enjoy your tickets while the rest of us are passing properly.
I learned how to drive on a divided highway as a teen in Germany when my dad was stationed there in the 60s. On the then no-speed-limit Autobahn, you were at risk of being run off the road if you poked along in the left lane. Faster cars would bear down on you at high speed, headlights flashing. You were well advised to get the eff out of their way or else. I have very good left lane etiquette to this day. Never understood why the interstate highways tolerated slow driving in left lane.
Saves their lives, even if they rage on in their car, play with their headlights, about it.
We need this left lane law in whole country!
It already is.
We do it should be enforced .
no we don't, it is a stupid law.
@@MinhTran-fc7jl Just any one that feels they are entitled to dive in the left lane are the stupid ones. Idiots like you end upside down in the median. I’ve done it once and it was a great feeling. And even better the dumb ass I put in the median got a ticket for it because he told the cop he had every right to cruze in the left lane. 😂 He took it to court and lost. I laughed at him. I got my ticket from a different cop and he didn’t show for court and my reckless driving ticket was thrown out. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds like you cruise the left lane at the speed limit.
The "but I'm going the speed limit" speed enforcers of the left lane, make road rage a thing.
WAAHHHHH IF SOMEONE MAKES ME ANGRY WHATEVER I DO AS A RESULT IS THEIR FAULT WAHHHH I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ANGER WAHHHHH
@@comfysituations3566 But you shouldn't be held responsible for you making the roads unsafe for everyone, and not be held responsible for your actions and emotional desire to block the free flow of traffic?
Love those double standards. Problem starts with you lingering in the left lane. Fix your feelings and your actions first, before blaming others that are reacting to your lack of responsible behavior.
@@hegeliandetective1034Dude, if someone makes me mad, and then I do something reckless, that's on me, not them. Sure its annoying, but it's still my responsibility.
And I don't linger in the left lane, I just think blaming other people for something I do is insane.
@@comfysituations3566 The left lane lingerers that claim "but speed limit tho" are mad at other drivers and doing something reckless, that's on them, it's their responsibility to correct their bad behavior and control issues. If you're not the problem-maker, then why'd you even comment? You think I want to blame other people's lack of emotional control on other people? Just because I observe it in others and commented here?
@@hegeliandetective1034 The left lane is not a speeding lane, it's a passing lane. If you're not actively passing someone, move over to the right. You shouldn't be in that lane for more than like 30 seconds at a time. Flying down the left lane at 90mph for 10 miles at a time and expecting everyone to yield to you like royalty is entitlement on another level. People like you wipe out families. Get over to the right if you're not passing.
in europe we do not have these problems, we always keep the right, and if I ever find someone behind me and I am in the left line I have the obligation to pass it, it's called RESPECT TO DRIVING
In europe everyone's not a selfish a-hole like here. That's it, I'm moving. Lol
Exactly but here in the US everyone is self centered and the world revolves around them.
We have a bunch of dumb drivers here in the US.
@@grady.stu.8300 facts.
Meanwhile, in California, people who impede in the left lane brake check those behind them and they get away with it too as the driver who got brake checked is seen as speeding, tailgating, weaving, flashing, and driving recklessly.
Right lane slow, left lane pass!….the people who refuse to yield represent what is toxic in our society.
thank you, thank you thank you. That one guy in the video is the very REASON for the law.
Lol, he even talks to slowly.
I received my drivers license in 1980 at age 16. I was taught that the left lane is to be used for over taking slower traffic and then move back to the right lane. Out of curiosity, I went online a few years ago, and read my State’s online drivers manual from our DMV. Yup, it still states that slower drivers are to remain in the right lane and the left lane is for over taking that slower traffic.
If anyone has any doubt about the left lane rule, the next time you’re on an interstate take notice of the signs that tell slower drivers to keep right.
DMV in California has the same rule. Incidentally, I do have a German driver's license. If anyone there feels entitled to drive in the left lane without passing, enjoy the Porsche kicking you right off the Autobahn.
I am 79, and it's always been that way.
An interstate is not the same since it's federal
@@wlonsdale1 Meaning what?
Using the left lane for passing slower traffic to your right is not the same as passing AND THEN VACATING THE LEFT LANE. So is the law saying you can’t use the left lane EXCEPT FOR PASSING? I have always traveled in the left lane because I’m going 5-10 miles over the posted limit and so are most of the people in that lane, but if someone is coming up in my rear view mirror i yield over to the lane to my right and then resume using the left lane. I thought that is the purpose of the left lane. passing, and going over the speed limit😂
Why am I only seeing this 3 years later? I'm glad they're giving out tickets for this
Exactly, its a speed limit. It's not a "stay in the left lane" limit. Some people will continuously argue their point to the teeth no matter how wrong and incorrect they are.
That one guy doesn't understand that people often Drive above the speed limit in the left lane, and to a certain degree this is normal. He's one of the drivers that this law was put into effect for.
The entire country needs to do this.
If you're not passing traffic you don't need to be in the left lane. Period. It really is that simple. In fact, if Americans actually used the left lane for its intended purpose traffic would be 10x better all around. I can't tell you how many times I've seen slow left lane drivers cause accidents.
@@JohnnyRep-hz5qh - LOL - obey the speed limit & don't tailgate, as you never know when traffic may slow down suddenly.
(And if you reread my original comment, I already agreed that the left lane is indeed for passing.... but NOT excessive speeding).
I'm all for shutting down those traffic jam sandwich shops on the freeway.
@@dopstudentengineering7832 Highway speed limits on US freeways are archaic. I’d say a good 95% of traffic, even in the right lanes, moves faster than the popular 55 mph speed limit. In the end though it really doesn’t matter what speed you’re traveling at, if you’re not clogging up the left lane it doesn’t matter because someone can always safely pass on the left
Although I believe the fines are a bit too high, this is definitely a law that should be enforced.
It will never be enforced except for very slow traffic.
They should revoke their licenses.
Williard is that your goofy slackjawwed yokel self at 1:25? Sounds just like you.
The fine should certainly be annoying, but not outrageously high. I completely agree.
The fine needs to be high enough to hurt. It needs to hurt enough to bring about compliance. I'd say 3 tickets of $200 each would make most people stay to the right. But I would like to see escalating fines, mandatory court appearances and a slap across their face from the insurance company.
Fun fact from the future. They never enforced the law and driving on the interstate is worse than ever. Seems like people actually protest by driving in the left lane. Please enforce this law.
There is a bit of a flaw with the left lane driving rule:
- If you drive on the 2nd leftmost lane you will need to pass.
- Often there is enough traffic that you could be constantly passing.
- And yet... if you are in the left lane passing (often for miles on end), even at 5-10 miles OVER the speed limit you will accumulate a tail of people riding your bumper because they typically drive 15-20 miles over the limit and find you annoying for not speeding enough.
So, you have two laws fighting each other. Either you respect and drive at the speed limit, or you become the slow driver who is passing for many miles on end.
Damned if you do and damned if you don't. But maybe this was exactly the intent... to raise revenue even from those who try to follow the law.
As an American in Germany, it's like that over here and I like it a lot better. It also helps emergency vehicles.
Commonly when I move to the left lane and attempt to pass a very slow car all of a sudden the car rapidly speeds up. Then to avoid having to risk a speeding ticket I have to slow down and get back to the right & behind it again. Then of course the car slows down again.
Yeah, I despise these people. My mother is famous for doing this because she refuses to use her cruise control, and then when the car gets beside her or in her blind spot and just lingers there because she sped up she complains about them like it's their fault.
I took driver Ed and training in high school in 1972 and was taught then that the left lane was for passing. The arrogance of some people astounds me.
I agree, the guy at 1:32 is clearly ignorant as to how the road works. While yes there is a speed limit, I was always told in drivers ed that each lane should have a slightly different pace so that you do not cause congestions. If people in the right lane are moving at 70MPH, the people in the left lane should be moving slightly faster so that people that need to merge into another lane don't get stuck.
I remember 1972.
@@JustSimplyRobert Exactly, it's about creating flow and space for everyone - that's what makes people safe - not merely forcing everyone to go the same speed and piling up.
Yep, this has already been the law for decades
Did they teach you that was the "speeders lane" too?
I loved driving in Texas. When we moved there we found out pretty quick that people will move over and let you pass then go back into the left lane. Some would even move over if they were in the right lane and you were going faster. It was so refreshing to have people simply move over and then move back and we reciprocated when someone came up on us going faster. It made driving so much easier and no road rage.
I bet you haven’t been to Dallas yet lol.
WAsn't that way in Calfornia huh?
@@ricksmith4736 California is infested with Prius and Tesla's doing 10mph under in the left lanes. I can't stress enough how much I hate having to go to that state.
@@scipher99 I was born and lived in Oregon for 57 years... They ran me out of my state and look what it is now... Messed up, just like California.... Stop em at the border people, DO NOT let them move to YOUR area....
@@LayzeeGiantor El Paso. Between Austin and El Paso, they are the worst!
Now let’s enforce tailgating on the interstate and passing in the slow lane. People drive like maniacs these days… especially those idiots in lifted pickups who think they’re in a sports car.
I love this law and wish they’d bring it to NC. The white man they interviewed in this clip is a male Karen. You can hear it in his voice. Has no regard for anyone other than himself. If you’re in the left lane and someone comes up behind you going faster, you need to move over. You don’t get to police the speed of other drivers. Just be courteous and stay in the right lane if you’re not passing.
1:27 Very IGNORANT driver being interviewed happens to be wrong and feels he's above the law. He may not like the law requiring left lane for passing only, BUT he and others should be cited for choosing to break the law and blocking faster traffic. He should go to his state capital and lobby for the law to be changed to allow drivers to block faster traffic. Good luck.
Black man tells it like it is 😂
Exactly
Exactly. Because it’s common sense.
1:22 Using this logic there should only be a single lane.
how can u pass with 1 lane
1:22 makes me want to startup GTA 5 and let out my frustration from that comment they made.
@@altayayay that's the nifty thing: you don't...
It’s a great law! Left lane was never meant to be “the fast lane”….it’s always been intended to be used for passing only. It is not and never was a lane to make way for speeders
Define "slower drivers". Sometimes I get caught behind someone in the middle lane going under the speed limit. Then when I use the left lane just to pass the slow car I immediately get an a**hole on my bumper coming close to hitting me because they want to go 90mph. I always go back to the middle or right lane when I'm done passing, buy I don't go 90mph to do it. Then you get the ones going 90mph in the right lane.
Point of my comment is that cops need to enforce ALL bad driving.
The crappy state I live in doesn't, they're too busy hanging out at road construction sites.
it does cause road rage when you can't pass a slow driver. I think less road rage is better
so many trash people. it's about being letting other pass if they want to. you blocking their way with your ego is why we have even more dangers on the road.
I don’t get it either. Why the addiction to anger and frustration.
It’s much easier to let the speeders pass and be on their way. People can be incredibly stupid and stubborn.
It’s ok. A.I. is going to awake and kill off the human race anyway. 😂
Impeding traffic in the left lane needs to be a criminal offense, a misdemeanor. I’ve watched so many police response videos and these inconsiderate drivers delay emergency services and others.
in TN we have had a SlowPoke Law in effect since 2016. Literally NONE of the jurisdictions actually pull people over and ticket for it, ever. Summer of 2021, it was announced in the news that "Operation Southern Slowdown" was gping to take effect, where "100 days of officers aggressively cracking down on slowpokes, speeders, and drunk drivers in effort to reduce the number of FATAL traffic accidents in TN"... THP only did it for about a week of those 100 days and back to business as usual(Keeping the coffee fresh between 5am-8pm at gas stations just off of the interstates until a call about a wreck comes in, THEN they go out on the roads.
Chattanooga Police and Hamilton County deputies were actually out in traffic and actively pulling people over for all of 4 days of those 100 days, then back to reassigning traffic enforcement officers to being solely accident investigators basicly.
CPD literally does no traffic enforcement when they need to the most, when everyone is out on the roads. Instead they set up speed traps and checkpoints after 10pm when only a handful of mostly gas stations are the only thing open, and you might see 10 vehicles on the main road in 2 hour time frame.
Hell no. It need to be a felony. Punishable by insta death no questions asked. "Misdemeanor" 🤣🤣🤣
I was watching a bodycam video of a cop on pursuit in the Seattle area where I live and I DEFINITELY felt that cop’s frustration from getting slowed down by left lane hogs.
It is shocking how oblivious most American drivers are. I mean driving is still the 3rd highest cause of deaths, yet people don't even pay attention at all when they're driving around at 70+ mph! I think driving tests need to be much stricter and license taken for genuinely bad driving. People act like going over the speed limit is the worst or only bad thing to do when driving, when in reality, being manipulative or negligent is what's really dangerous.
@@Bristecom
Agree 100%, driver license is too easy nowadays and does not teach a single bit of road manners, merging speed, etiquette or defensive driving.
But this law shouldn’t have been implemented before a law against distracted driving “cellphone anyone?” which it is as bad as drunk driving.
Like Germany this should be the standard across the states!!! No passing on the right and the left lane is for faster/passing traffic. End camping in the left lane and reduce confusion by not allowing passing on the right.
Wish this left lane law was country wide. The left lane is a passing lane period. If you are not passing and there are people behind you most likely tailgating you move over. You are not the road police, it doesn’t matter if you’re driving the speed limit, just move.
If only they had this Law in California. People will constantly drive in the left lane just so they can feel like they're in control. It's one of the main causes of road rage from these drivers.
People in Cali suck. Everyday it's GTA! What irks me is the clowns not signaling/merging onto highways without looking and doing it in front of semi's. But their signals "work" after they're on the highway with nobody near. Plus the taking the offramps from the middle lanes within 50 feet.
@@dosbaggos5575 People suck everywhere man. We do have an impeding traffic law but we don't have enough highway patrol to enforce anything. Including guys going 100+mph in the slow lane....
OMG if we had this law in Cali the state would make SOOOOOO much money! Top that with enforcing the right two lane code for trailers (IF they would ever enforce it) and these damn big rigs driving like they own the road they would make revenue also. But hey, what do I know, that's non of my business!
The main "cause" of road rage is when jerks think they are god and the entire universe should cooperate. A person driving at or slightly above the speed limit is not obligated to move over into a lane going slower than the limit just so that you can speed.
And then they move to other states and do the same there....
We need this in Florida
We have this in FL
fl needs to lower the gd speed limit,worst drive and weave drives in the U.S
@@jetpipe28 not really
@@mikeflanagan825 "lower the gd speed limit"
um, go phuc yourself? we don't need slower drivers, idiot
We need left lane enforcement everywhere there would be less traffic accidents on highway/freeways.
Traveling often from Oregon to SoCal the drive is made way more dangerous by people who insist on cruising in the left lane! I ALWAYS use the "fast lane" only for passing slower traffic and it'd be much safer if everyone did that.
Mountain driving is different, in that many want to be as far from the edge as they can, especially if the right lane is the drop off edge. Also semis need to be in left lane if that's where the safety runoff lane is located.
Oregon has the slowest drivers in the US. That's because Oregon also has the slowest speed limits in the nation. The limits were set in the 1970's to save fuel.
We need ALL three lanes in NY and NJ, We'd be forever in traffic.
I appreciate that you shouldn't be in the left lane if people are trying to pass you. Lots of people refuse to move.
Hell yeah! Way to go Alabama! Keep the left lane open for passing.
I moved to Alabama just over six years ago….this went into effect three years ago, and this is the first I am hearing of it. Way to get word out, Alabama. 🤨
@@naomihatfield3015well it was on Channel 10 News in Mobile three years ago. Likely the same soft news story the same week on TV5, NBC15, and the rest of the big markets BHam, Montg Huntsville at the same time as they get press releases from ALdot.
There are signs on 65, 10, 85, 20 that say "Slower Traffic Keep Right" and those signs have been there since the 70s.
So what does it take to INFORM YOU.
When driving through a city with plenty of on-ramps I find it safer to stay in the left lane. When a vehicle comes up from behind I move over. The police use seat belt and left lane laws to give them justification to pull over a vehicle not breaking road laws, but suspect them of some other crime.
Good for Alabama, now if only Missouri would follow suit...
The State of Arkansas truly needs to pass this law!
Missouri is the worst violator for left hand lane 'Road Hogs'. These people will drive below the posted speed limit causing traffic to back up resulting in traffic jams. They don't care, they're oblivious to all other drivers. They need to be ticketed and ticketed hard.
“Slower traffic keep right”. If I a going faster than you - you are slower traffic. It’s really that simple. The driver complaining about speed limits gets a ticket. It’s about time. Forcing traffic to pass on the right is infinitely more dangerous than exceeding the posted limit.
How can you be going faster than me if you are behind me? What you mean is "If I want to go faster than you, even if you are at or above the speed limit, you are slower traffic. WRONG! No one can "force" you to speed and pass on the right. Obey the speed limits, stop thinking you are god and are above other people, and you will be much less stressed. Otherwise you are your own worst enemy.
@@donblosser8720dude. It's very simple. If you are holding people up while going 10 over, get out of the way. You are not law enforcement and you are not doing anything to avoid an accident by pissing people off. You are in fact going out of your way to play police officer and you're pissing people off intentionally, which very commonly turns to road rage and accidents. Get over yourself and let law enforcement handle speeders. Get out of the way and leave the law enforcement to the professionals.
Especially if you're passing an 18 wheeler on the right. Their blind spot is about 60 feet long, almost as long as the truck is.
@@donblosser8720 You're right! Everyone can make their own decisions. No one can force anyone else to do anything - no one can force you to move, and you can't force anyone to stay behind you by staying in the left lane. As another RUclipsr put it, "freedom is scary".
*“Slower traffic keep right”. If I a going faster than you - you are slower traffic. It’s really that simple.*
Well, no - if I am in a passing lane, I am passing slower traffic on the right, if you want to go way over the speed limit, therefore, I don't HAVE to do anything because it's a passing lane, and I am actively passing with intent on getting over when able.
QED.
A friend of mine was badly injured in the backseat because another passenger refused to wear a seatbelt and was thrown on top of my friend in the accident. No one else was seriously hurt. Everyone should wear a seatbelt.
People think I'm weird for wearing a seatbelt in the back seat but I've seen the crash dummy footage of rear passengers without seatbelts and it ain't pretty! Ok, it's slightly less dangerous than the front seats but still pretty dangerous!
When there is risk there MUST be choice. Seatbelts carry a hazard of deadly entrapment. While the use of belts is USUALLY best, there is still a risk and therefore MUST be a choice.
It's not only the left lane. Move out of the middle lane if no one is in the right lane!!!
This law should be across all 50 states. Also, passing on the right should be illegal as well. If everyone did this (like on the Autobahn) then this would minimize driver fatalities. I always move back to the right lane after passing and I never pass on the right unless I am forced by the left lane hogger. I have seen instances where semi trucks try to pass another vehicle and before they can move over you already have cars that can't wait 5 seconds and try to pass on the right before the semi can even get out of their way. Dangerous situations.
This law should be strictly enforced in every state the way it is world wide. Idiots are so entitled in this country driving slowly in the left lane and refusing to change lanes.
the people thinking that they should be able to have a left lane to drive as fast as they want are the entitled ones
At least Greybeard knows the rules and understands why they exist. That other guy doesn't understand he lives in a society with other people.
The Goof at 1:25 is the reason why there has to be law.
Exactly
I wish they'd enforce that here in Ohio. We have the law but it's not being enforced.
Comment for the algorithm. Ohio needs to follow suit and start holding people accountable for this. Two lane highways are frustrating in the NE. Seems to be better more south.
“Slower traffic keep right”. If you’re doing 55 mph and someone behind you in doing 56, you’re the slower traffic. Move over. Same goes if you’re doing 100 and someone behind you is doing 101, move over. I don’t recommend that speed. Drive safe.
It's a great law. Self appointed state traffic officers are the cause of many accidents and road rage incidents. You can tell they are pissed off when you finally are able to go around them because they can no longer bully you. Other left lane drivers who cause crashes are so oblivious they leave the chaos and carnage behind as they drive away like Mr. Magoo, without a care in the world.
Left lane campers should be JAILED for 1 year with NO early release, and their car sold in action, after release they have to pay a $5,000.00 fine.
bruh no way ur serious
@@boeingtre4218 At that point I don't see why he doesn't just say firing squad lmao
You're a funny clown
Goddam!! Send it.
Please, xmann610, never get into lawmankng. That goes for others who suggest radical idea like this, you clearly lack the nuance needed.
Truly a sign of a civilized society, when they have to make a law to enforce common courtesy
wrong, a civilized society wouldn't need such laws.
Speed limits need to be raised and there needs to be zero tolerance enforcement.
Speed limits need to be enforced with radar cameras every 2 miles.
National speed limit should be 80. Go 85 and it's a mandatory 1 yr jail sentence, but go 70 and get a 1 yr jail sentence.
@@VladimirBlarp That's stupid... I think we just need to be more strict with who's allowed to drive in the first place with stricter driver's tests and loss of license if they cause an accident or keep driving poorly or drive drunk. Also, large vehicles like big SUV's or trucks need a more difficult and expensive license like a CDL because they are more likely to kill others on the road, and right now it's mostly little girls that hate driving that buy the biggest vehicles available so they become doomsday machines. "Speeding" is not a problem if people simply drive properly. People go 200+ mph in Germany with the autobahn and there are rarely accidents. It's these egotistical maniacs like those who purposely block others on the highway that deserve to have their licenses taken. But going to prison for a year for going 5 mph over the limit is beyond retarded.
I have been Trucking long haul for more than 15 years. If you drive with courtesy you will often find others reciprocate .Drive on the right and pass on the left. Don't take it personal if someone passes you. Mind your own business. Drive safely, so you and others can share the road.
Refreshing, Old school long hauler. Not like the new ones that started 4 years ago and would even get on the single lane express lanes driving 15mph under the limit (How much I despise them).
The left lane is only for passing another . If you are not in the process of passing, regardless of the speed limit, then you have no business in that lane. You can still get charged for going the speed limit in the left lane. People don't get it, like that first commenter they showed in the video
In Oregon, where I drive there's no law against driving in the left lane without passing except for trucks and busses. The good news is that's it's legal to pass in the right lane. I do it all the time.
Passing in the right lane is unsafe
@@danieldaniels7571 Statically, it's not, at least for me since I've done it thousands of times over the years. Give it a try. It's fun.
@@99bx99 where I live it’s illegal.
@@danieldaniels7571 It's illegal in most states.
@@99bx99 in most of Europe as well. Because it’s an unsafe practice. Anyone with a CDL or any professional driving experience knows this.
It tells you not to drive in the left lane right in the driver's manual handbook. I live in Fla, and everyone drives in the left lane way under the speed limit. I can't take it anymore. They cause so much traffic jams and if you honk your horn at them, they give you the finger and tell you to go around.
"...in the driver's manual handbook." Have you seen what gets behind the wheel today? Reading anything is out of the question.
Its the NEW Yaukuhs mving to Florida.... RUDE people
I try to stay out of the left lane as much as possible.... but sometimes I need to TURN LEFT. The speeders and tailgaters make it very difficult for us senior citizens to get into the left lane! The problem is the speeders and tailgaters. Of course... some guy driving way too slow and for too many miles in the left lane is a problem also.
Them tailgating is a sign that you should move over.. it’s simple. You’re going to end up in a road rage incident some day
*but sometimes I need to TURN LEFT.*
That's the thing Left lane = passing lane is for highways and freeways. City streets, roads, don't have "passing lanes" (unless I misunderstand your point).
@@Swayze_S.L Or maybe their tailgating is a sign of them being impatient as well.
@@gondoravalon7540 They could be impatient, they could be late for a flight, they could have an actual emergency.. it could be anything. The point is if someone is tailgating you and you are able to move over, you should. Why would you intentionally try to create road rage incident? Some people are crazy and it’s best to just let them pass instead of risking your own safety trying to be a traffic cop.
About THIRTY YEARS AGO when working on a Traffic Committee, on this very topic we came to similar conclusions. First of all, a TWO lane roadway, we considered that the RIGHT Lane was for entering, exiting, slower than posted speed traffic, and Trucks. The LEFT was for passenger vehicles that intended to drive at the posted speed. This is how I have driven for over 55 years, and only deviated when there were little or no other vehicles near me.
On a THREE LANE Freeway the Left lane was intended for those passenger vehicles that intended to drive at the POSTED Speed”, the MIDDLE Lane was intended for slow lane drivers passing Trucks, slower vehicles in the Right Lane, or traveling faster than the traffic in the “slow lane”, but not as fast as the “posted speed”.
Our conclusion was based off the possibility that the LEFT might be considered a “SPEEDING LANE” or at least encouraging drivers exceeding the speed limit.
The left lane is meant for passing. Then move back into the right lane, unless you are going to pass another not too far up ahead.
Prius drivers. You better watch out
Jeebus, I had no idea there were ANY states that didn't already have a "seatbelt required" law. The Left Lane law is going to cause so much trouble for people not understanding the rule. Hopefully in time it will go a long ways in preventing road rage for those particular types of cases(someone getting mad because someone in the left lane is going slower than the speed of traffic).
No. Jerks will always be jerks, till natural law for being jerks, makes an end of them.
01:25 This person right here is the reason for this law. PEOPLE LIKE THIS ARE PART OF THE ROAD RAGE PROBLEM. They talk about driving the speed limit, yet completely ignore the specifics of the DMV exam rules about driving on the right except during passing.
When the drivers who are going to be passing are lawbreakers, go ahead and help the police enforce the traffic laws.
We need this law nationwide. Florida needs this law desperately with all the senior citizens and people visiting from other places. People drive in the passing lane at slow speeds forcing drivers to pass on the right. This results in many accidents.
Left lane “bandits” who purposefully obstruct the passing lane need to be getting pulled over and ticketed
We 👏 need 👏 this 👏 in 👏 WASHINGTON 👏 STATE 👏
Wearing a seat belt is of course a good idea, but it's not the government's right to force me to do so.
Freedom to stupidly die in a car accident
@@hash8169 Ok Wokester, maybe you should read the post again.
Left hand hoggers should not be allowed on the road… keep right at all times unless passing.
I’ve not spent much time in Alabama, but Florida seems to be the worst state with the left lane loafers. It is the most maddening thing about being in Florida. In France, a car will not pass you on the right, and they will let you know about it in no uncertain terms if you are loitering in the left lane, or even the middle lane on a 3 lane highway. I like this system and think it’s far safer.
Florida has its share of bad drivers but at least they often seem to be going decent speeds. Up north in the midwest like Indiana, there are tons of people who just go 10 or more mph under the already slow speed limits and they all have egos to control everyone else like liberals or they are completely oblivious to other cars on the road. I'd take a road full of fast "reckless" drivers like people claim they are in the west over the controlling and/or oblivious drivers of the east/midwest any day... But regardless, we need stricter driver's tests and license rules.
How do I let left laners know that I’m trying to pass them. I try flashing my high beams and honking but nobody ever moves
@@rqlk I’ve not figured that out. But I was just driving through Alabama this past winter and was slowed up by a car in the far left lane of a 3 lane interstate. I moved from the left to the middle and as I did I noticed a cop cruising in the far right lane, going no faster than the speed limit. So I slowed down and gradually passed the cop and then moved over in front of him. As soon as I did he immediately bolted into the middle lane with flashers on and went after the dude that was cruising in the left lane. So satisfying to see that, btw! So it might take time, but if the cops keep doing this people will get the message.
@@Pseudify good to hear they are enforcing it, I live in NC and it’s a big problem there so I hope at some point more states will follow suit
Wish California would get back to "Stay right except to pass".
1:24 to that guy and guys who agree, yes you are correct, you cannot travel above the legal speed limit. That’s the law. It’s also the law that you cannot travel in the left lane unless you are passing. This law is not about allowing people to drive fast. The law is the law, if someone is speeding they will get a ticket no matter if they’re in the right or left lane. So travel at the speed limit and in the right lane, except to pass. It’s the law.
Slow left lane driver should automatically get 150 ticket impeding traffic is the cause of road rage.
back in the 70's in MA. there used to be signs on the highway that said, "keep right except to pass". they started disappearing in the 80's and were gone completely soon after
And 3 years later, left lane driving is still a problem.
First. Seatbelts have been a federal law before this video was made
And what about the semi camped out in the left lane passing cars
There is always someone who wants to go faster. Let them in and out of your life as quickly as possible. No egos on the road.
LOL, no more satisfying feeling when on the road, than seeming some speeder who blew your doors off going past, sitting on side of road with those blue bubble lights flashing, as they get to meet the local police force, and the road "present" of a ticket, and the later court date assigned.
Love driving in Germany! Left Lane is for passing and Right Lane is for driving. Works great .
Some interstates have left lane exits. Yet there are people who still think it's their right to go 10 mph over the limit in the far left lane and block exiters
I can’t stand MF’ers that refuse to move over from the far left lane, idc if ur doing 80 if someone comes up doing 90 then gtf over, it’s more dangerous to make them go around😠
Somebody please send the Highway Patrol to El Paso, TX. They are some of the worse. They even drive below the speed limit in the left lane.
on the OPEN ROAD the LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING and RIGHT lane is for driving (in the city the left lane can be used for driving as well but if you want to go 10 or 15 miles under the speed limit you better have your butt in the RIGHT LANE)!
I am tired of having to put up with the dirt bags that they think they own the road because of the brand/model of their car and drive at 40 on the left thru the city!! Or the IDIOTS that buy the BEHEMOT V8 and later find out they cant afford the gas and want to drive at 45 or 50 on the Left lane as well!