• pjwestin@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Depends. If traffic is light, they’re not going significantly faster than the speed of traffic in the other lane, or they’re going significantly slower than the car in front of them, yes, they’re an asshole. If traffic is relatively dense, they’re passing the right lane at a good speed, and they’re matching the speed of the car in front of them, no, everyone shouldn’t change lanes just because you think, “passing,” lane means, “drive as fast as I want regardless of traffic patterns,” lane.

    Making everyone in front of you change lanes because you’ve decided the passing lane isn’t passing as fast as you’d like is just going to create slowdowns behind you as you continually cause other cars to change lanes. Also, no matter what, if you’re following someone that closely at highway speeds, you’re an asshole. Flash your high beams if you wanna pass.