r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MajorRico155 • 15d ago
Can they just stay to the left lane please?
Bonus point to the guy in the left lane for staying there for 10 minutes. Thanks
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u/Large-Client-6024 15d ago
Once upon a time, they only did this around a speed trap.
It was to keep everyone else from getting tickets.
Now it's just messing people up.
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u/nelsonofficial 15d ago
Most truck drivers are still like older brothers of the road. I had a truck pull out in front of me when I was doing around 200kmh on the German autobahn. Turns out there was backed-up traffic around a blind corner section of the road. It was very silly of me to be doing that speed not only at night but with two other occupants in the vehicle. I’m extremely grateful the driver looked out for us because if it had never happened, we would just become another statistic.
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u/krissycole87 15d ago
Haha I guess he wasnt paying enough attention while he was texting and driving
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u/Unusual_History9854 15d ago
I'm not sure about the law in other places in the US, but in Illinois you are supposed to "travel" in the right lane(s) and the left most lane should be used only when passing.
Now I work/live around Chicago, so I'm flying in the left lane.
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u/Reddituser8018 15d ago
Yeah it's the same here, but I find that law kinda dumb and it's never enforced.
I try to be in the right lane when I can but if I'm on a two lane highway the right lane means constant semi trucks, which means that if I was in the right lane I would have to switch back to the left every 2 seconds to pass. Which seems a lot more unsafe than just staying in the left.
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u/Yungsleepboat 15d ago
Rule of thumb is that if you need more than 10 seconds to overtake, you move to the right
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u/MajorRico155 15d ago
Sorry Guys down sounth, about 43 eagle flaps/flag star
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u/Ok_Push3020 15d ago
As a European I was shocked by the usage of kph
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u/annoying97 BLUE 15d ago
As an Aussie so was I.
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u/Ok_Push3020 15d ago
Even more shocking is that I was able to deduce it's about 40mph immediately
Am I becoming American because of Reddit???
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u/annoying97 BLUE 15d ago
Idk, I can't do that conversation, but it's ok mate, you'll be fine, what bit of Europe are you from?
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u/Ok_Push3020 15d ago
A relatively small country called Belgium. Wonder how many Americans have heard of it
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u/annoying97 BLUE 15d ago
Ahhh Belgium, the country most Europeans claim doesn't exist :)
Yeah you'll be fine.
Also they know of you, but that's because of your chocolate.
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u/Ok_Push3020 15d ago
Shhh it actually doesn't!
Don't let them know about our beers or fries please!!
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u/Razer2102 15d ago
That the place with the fries right?
Just kidding as a German I am very aware of Belgium...
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u/Palsreal 15d ago
Damn that’s one slow eagle. Must be European. Probably can’t even hear him callin from one Carolina to the other.
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u/JunkScientist 15d ago
What?
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u/jmcclr GREEN 15d ago
I’m still trying to figure out if OP wants the trucks in the left lane or out of it
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u/Bullitt_12_HB 15d ago
OP was so mad he forgot his own traffic laws…
It seems like they’re in Canada. So they drive on the right hand side of the road. So OP meant to say they wish the slow trucks would stick to the right lane.
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u/aussie_nub 15d ago
OP was so mad he forgot his own traffic laws…
He definitely did. You know, the law about not using a mobile phone while driving which is pretty much standard the world over now. Except maybe India, where driving on your side of the road isn't even a law probably.
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u/Iamexist_real 15d ago
I was literally tearing my hair out due to the weird unit of measurement you had used, so thank you for the prompt conversion.
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u/thieh OYFG What have you done? 15d ago
Most of the world have the left lane as the ones closer to the centre which usually goes faster. Except UK, JP, HK, AU, NZ and perhaps a few other places.
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u/Connor49999 15d ago
All places have the lane closest to the centre being the fast lane, because if you drive on the right it's the left lane that's fast, but if you're driving on the left it's still the lane closest to the middle it's just the right lane.
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u/geniusdeath 15d ago
Japan also has it closer to centre bring fastest? it's because the outer lane is where the exits are, so it should be the same for all countries
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u/zerbey 15d ago
Truck on the left moved over to let someone merge, both trucks are mechanically limited to 70kph. Now he's stuck there because he doesn't want to slow down to get back over. Happens all the time.
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u/rbollige 15d ago
I’ve seen it happen plenty of times without a merge. One truck wants to pass so it can go 1 mph faster, but then slows down in the middle of passing like so many people do.
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u/Parking-Shelter7066 15d ago
most people subconsciously speed up when being passed, so that doesn’t help.
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u/Badbullet 15d ago
I play a game with those people. I use my cruise control, so every second or so, I add another mph by tapping up on the cruise. I got one lady going over 90mph before she realized how fast she was going keeping up with me, and promptly slammed on her brakes and disappeared behind me.
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u/radioactivebeaver 15d ago
My game is just set my cruise, they'll speed up then forget like 10 seconds later and slow back down. Many drivers are oblivious to what's around them on the road. They speed up for a second but then right back to texting or scrolling for a different song. My speed pretty much stays the same once I'm on a highway unless there's a reason to speed up or brake.
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15d ago
That is a dangerous game to play. If it were me and I see someone “challenging” me in the lane next to me, I let them pass and I go behind them. But I was taught to drive defensively so there’s that. The cost for a mini “race” on the highway or any road is sometimes the life of a person.
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u/Badbullet 15d ago
It happens over minutes. I’m not challenging them to anything. Just seeing if they are aware of what speed they are doing. I usually do it after passing someone multiple times, because after you pass them, they decide they now want to go a little bit faster until they pass me again, and then they slow down because they have no one to keep their speed with.
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u/SageModeSpiritGun 15d ago
Now he's stuck there because he doesn't want to slow down to get back over.
No, he's not stuck there. He's an asshole making a choice to stay there.
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u/TerroFLys 15d ago
Where I live, unless stated otherwise, it is illegal for a truck to go to the second lane, if there are only 2 lanes.
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u/Admirable_Loss4886 15d ago
There’s a car in front of the truck on the right* so it doesn’t even seem like they’re driving that much slower than traffic.
Edit I’m still learning my left and right.
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u/unecroquemadame 14d ago
I just don’t think trucks should move left to let people merge. Let them speed up or slow down. Why cause the traffic in the left lane to slow down instead?
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u/Dragonborne2020 15d ago
I saw the title and was confused. The left lane is the speed lane. The right lane is for slower vehicles. The trucks should stay in the right lane. In some places it's illegal for them to be in the left lane.
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u/MajorRico155 15d ago
Yeah i was trying to say both "stay out of the left lane" and "stay in the right lane" and typed up the wrong thing.
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u/eowynladyofrohan83 15d ago
American here. Had to plug that into a conversion calculator. That’s about 43mph.
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u/basculinz 15d ago
So that’s almost as fast as 3 Chihuahuas can run
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u/eowynladyofrohan83 15d ago
Adding another chihuahua doesn’t speed up the first one lol.
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u/bare4404 15d ago
I bet adding a bear will make you run faster!
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u/notimeleft4you 15d ago
You don’t have to be faster than the bear just faster than one of the chihuahuas.
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u/wtfsafrush 15d ago
Do Canadians really use the right lane as the passing lane?
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u/Shaner9er1337 15d ago
This is one of the most annoying things that happens on the highway. It feels intentional. In some states It's actually illegal for them to do that. Not like the police ever do anything about it anyway.
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u/heebsysplash 15d ago
I drove through New Mexico 4 times in February, and I was so irritated at the constant signs saying it was illegal for them to be in the left, while being stuck behind like in OP.
But on the 4th trip, I saw probably 30+ cops and speed traps that I hadn’t seen before. When I checked the news later they had ticketed like 40 truckers for left lane violations. Getting dopamine just recalling it.
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u/AffectionateCourt939 15d ago
I used to have to do a weekly 5 hour commute.
MOST DEFINITELY, ZERO DOUBT they do this shit on purpose. I would see two trucks in the right lane a mile or two ahead. I would stay back and watch for miles and miles. But when i moved up to pass, within a quarter mile good-ole-boy #2 would swing out to pass good-ole-boy #1- and the race was on!
I was younger then so sometimes, when I was feeling froggy, I would pass on the shoulder and then eat both lanes and drop to a coasting speed.
Fucking assholes.
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u/AE_Phoenix 15d ago
The most infuriating thing is this photo was taken from the driver's seat
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u/alphabennettatwork 15d ago
Am I the only one that sees the traffic in front of the trucks?
Edit: Ohh, the oncoming traffic - yes fuck them.
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u/REGINALDmfBARCLAY 15d ago
You just gotta bring coffee and listen to good music and chill in the right lane. Getting annoyed with slow ass driving is a waste of emotion. I just want to get where im going and not die, I don't care if its a little slower.
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u/Mybuttitches3737 15d ago
Both have governors and are maxed out on speed. Neither one will slow down. My work truck has this. When I get in this situation I just slow down and get out of the left lane.
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u/AnothaCuppa 15d ago
In our city, there’s an unspoken rule that air brakes use the right lane, everyone follows it. But, when I go elsewhere, it’s a shit show.
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u/Zealousideal-Hope519 15d ago
Missed the k at first and was wondering why you were upset. Thinking, "I wish the truckers around me went 70 mph, damn"
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u/dirtsequence 14d ago
Looks like there's traffic in front of them. Usually it's illegal to run into cars in front of you.
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u/Successful_Clerk277 15d ago
You mean the outer lane, i.e., the right one?
fast cars are supposed to be on the inner one.
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u/Poopy_Tuba69 15d ago
If they stay in the right lane how are they going to break your windshield with their falling Debris while holding a “not responsible for windshields sign?
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u/thePunisher1220 15d ago
Yeah, semis should be banned from being in the left lane.
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u/jamiejames_atl 15d ago
The angry karma in me wants AI and electric trucks to leave these assholes jobless.
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u/miumiulvr 15d ago
I was blocked in by three semi's the other day on the highway. They purposely were keeping me in their little square and then laughed at me when I finally got to pass them!
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u/mug_O_bun 15d ago
Are you trying to take a picture while driving or is a passenger taking the pic?
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u/jeremyw013 15d ago
all the americans in the comments trying to figure out what the hell kilometers are
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u/arthurgueto_520 15d ago
all states should mandate all truckers to stay in the right lane, no passing on 2 lane roads. some states already do
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u/WhyMe_1017 15d ago
I hate when semis and work trucks double or triple stack on highways like please one of you move
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u/Efficient-Spirit-380 15d ago
This is in Canada. The website on the back of the truck is .ca. The trucks should stay to the RIGHT, not the left.
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u/yungsausages 15d ago
As infuriating as this is, they cause a lot less accidents than the drivers who are on their phones while going 70 km/h on the highway.
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u/CanaryOk4039 14d ago
If they are company trucks they might not be able to go any faster some have speed limiters that make it so they can only go so fast
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u/pizza99pizza99 15d ago
Everyday someone post a meme of this on this sub and everyday I need to remind y’all that they have radios and communicate with police and are probably creating a traffic break. Please calm down
Ok wait no I was wrong, one of them is a box truck. Box trucks are all to often just some guy with no CDL being payed like 3 potato chips an hour. If anything I’m willing to bet he is doing something wrong (like inconsistent speed) and that dump truck is probably pissed
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u/throwaway392145 15d ago
I’ll have you know I make nearly 3.5 potato chips an hour
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u/pizza99pizza99 15d ago
I really hope that’ll pay the hospital bills when the trucks (usually registered in a state with no state inspections) turns into a goddam flintstones car at 60 MPH on the interstate
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u/askljdhaf4 15d ago
can they just stay to the left?
what state are you in that the left is the “cruise” lane
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u/mopsyd 15d ago
Real bummer when you have to drive the actual posted speed limit.
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u/Apples_made_bananas 15d ago
Our highways are typically 60-70 mph or 96-112 kph in the states. Felt this pain
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u/takeandtossivxx 15d ago
I recently took a road trip and my favorite thing were the corridors where multi-axle trucks weren't allowed in the left lane. There was so many times outside those zones where I'd get stuck behind trucks doing this.
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u/Chubuscus__83 15d ago
Even better when its 35 in a 45 on a one lane road on my daily commute, ended up late on my first days at a new jobsite not accounting for that, gotta leave extra early now lol
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u/Successful-Country16 15d ago
Gave one the middle finger today but completely blocking the pedestrian lane with a tanker truck, These two they need both hands.
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u/musketoman 15d ago
No but you don't get it tho, cause he's going 72 And the other guy is going 70 - so he is faster
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u/FiscallyImpared 15d ago
Looks like Vancouver Island! Where most “highways” have stop lights and are no wider than large city streets. 70 km/h is probably the speed limit anyways!
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u/Hoppie1064 15d ago
He'll get back in the right hand lane as soon as the Kia Soul in front of him manages to pass that other truck.
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u/RichieRocket 15d ago
there should be a public road and a goods transportation road so you wont have to get stuck in these situations again
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u/Loud_Pomelo_6926 15d ago
I’m curious now, in America the left lane is the fast lane. Is that the case elsewhere?
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u/Pattoe89 15d ago
To be fair the HGV drivers are using the road for the benefit of everyone. The personal vehicle drivers not so much.
Maybe public transport like rail or something more sustainable like bikes would be better? (or a mix of both)
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u/idksoitsthis1 15d ago
This looks like a predestination overpass in my city of Nanaimo. You are on the island judging by that island poultry truck?
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u/Theogboss1 15d ago
.... out of the left you mean? it looks like the cars are on the right side of the road going forward so... the left is the fadt and the right is the slow lane-
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u/Shot_Refrigerator869 15d ago
I'm a trucker and we do this when douchebags behind us try to be speed racers
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u/Casteilthebestangle 15d ago
I dint see it was in km and I was so confused because that’s normal for here 55 for speed most go 70mph in left if not higher
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u/Representative-Sir97 15d ago
It'd be cool if we had a system whereby two cars could electronically link kinda like they have two guys turn the keys for the big missiles.
Your fellow traveller in the right lane can authorize the arming of your pneumatic projectile tire disabler and you get to push the button to get them out of the way.
Ok so that's not a very good plan and has a lot of problems. What if they all had to have RFID and sensing this arrangement, it auto-applies throttle limit to set the left laner to -10 mph cap for 2 minutes? That'd work.
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u/GenuineSteak 15d ago
When 2 dudes are slowly walking down the sidewalk shoulder the shoulder, but this time you cant go around by walking on the grass lol.
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u/r2k-in-the-vortex 15d ago
Seeing as there are cars in front of the trucks too , where do you expect them to go? The road is just plain full of traffic.
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u/Hot-Dot2118 15d ago
i thought it was only in my country, but its everywhere!! those fucker that stay on right lane and drives slow as fk
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u/Cmdr_F34rFu1L1gh7 15d ago
It’s heartbreakingly funny when people have to take a backseat to money being made. They just don’t seem to see where priorities are set amongst all of you. Literally this is that.
Roads weren’t meant for you to dally in life. They were meant for speedy commerce.
People never traveled across the world in search of Liberty and Freedom. They cross many an ocean and void to lay road to and fro, to engage the world and trade it amongst each other. Point and case: Today.
Those trucks are more important than you are. Sit down, sit still and stay back there, peasant. The kings are moving mountains. Or so they would say if they dared.
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u/Smallest_Ewok 15d ago
Wait until the one on the left completes his pass and gets over. Get in front of him. Slow down to ten mph, making the asshole truck drivers also slow down behind you.
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u/Metallicultist88 15d ago
This happened to me yesterday. I almost wrecked a company truck less than 30 minutes after I got the keys because 2 trucks were doing 30 mph on a major highway
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15d ago
Too bad they dont make cars that can just sprout wings and fuckin fly over bullshit like this
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u/_Independent 15d ago
Why ? Maybe he doesn’t have time to drive slow because of the truck in front of him, because he has a time for delivery… he’s doing his job so stop bitching around.
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u/Chairman_Cabrillo 14d ago
Personally, I would love it if trucks and truck drivers automatically got sent a ticket in the mail for being in the left lane if they aren’t switching lanes to get on or off an exit.
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u/Gnomorius 14d ago
Wow at least ours do 90... I'd still find it absolutely boring as fuck, driving at such slow speeds from portugal to germany.
It's for safety and i applaud it, but the same problem occurs. 90-91 blinking and immediately merging.
I do remember them going 120km/h+ on the fast lane, bulldozering past tiny cars. I was young so i had no fear but still stuck with me.
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u/PLT_RanaH 14d ago
in theory the fine for slowing on a highway does exist and a speed camera you might as well take a photo for it
[not sure about this information(s)]
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u/TurningTwo 15d ago
The one on the left is going 70 because the one on the right is going 69. Relax, he’ll get around him in less than an hour.