What's worse than a left lane cruiser?

[kpatz]

That's no excuse. Keep right except to pass!

I try to keep right but I also practice what I call "lane inertia". If I pass someone on the left, and no one is directly behind me, I don't immediately jump back into the right hand lane. I'll stay in the left lane for maybe 10-15 seconds, to make sure that I'm not coming up on another car in the right hand lane I'm going to want to pass. If I do, I'll stay left and pass. If not, I'll move to the right.

So in short, I try to balance lane changes vs. lane cruising vs. going the speed I want to go. Many times I have to be in the left lane to maintain my cruise speed, but if I see someone coming up faster behind me I will move over when I safely can. If I can, I'll speed up to complete my pass, so I don't hold up anyone.

Another benefit to *not* holding up someone wanting to go faster than you: after letting them pass, you can use them as a rabbit!

I guess, in short, I don't see anything wrong with "cruising" in the passing lane, as long as you're passing slower traffic (or are coming up on slower traffic that you will be passing soon) and as long as no one else wants to pass you. Oftentimes staying in the passing lane reduces the amount of slowing down/speeding up/changing lanes you have to do, making for a smoother drive. This is also why it's sometimes called the "fast lane"... faster traffic is passing the slower traffic in the "slow lanes". When I'm in the left lane, I'll go as fast as road, safety and traffic conditions allow. If I can go the same speed in the right hand lane, or if I don't want to go at warp speed for whatever reason, I'll move over.

But, if you want to cruise at or below PSL, join all your slowpoke friends in the right hand lane, please. I'll wave to you when I pass you on the left.

[voyager7]

2 miles later she pulls into a gas station not for gas but to go in the store.

Maybe she really had to go.

No public restrooms there.
They will not let you use the employee one no matter what, not even for little kids.

[snoopyc4]

This is the best solution:

What's worse than that? An LLB that speeds up to block you when you try to pass them.

Yes, this is very annoying. All of a sudden the guy you are trying to pass thinks you want to race.

[kpatz]

Yes, this is very annoying. All of a sudden the guy you are trying to pass thinks you want to race.

Then you egg them on, get them to speed up, then drop back and use them as a rabbit. This works best if your RD is starting to ramp up to a signal up ahead as you're doing the egging.

[<<JAZZY>>]

I spend most of my time in the left lane, pass on the right, and never use turn signals on the freeway so I guess you would hate me LOL.

If you're serious, then yes, I would hate you.

I doubt you would say close enough to me on the freeway to hate for long, so I'm not too worried about it. The one thing I don't do is hold people up.

You sound like me...nobody drives faster than me. I never get passed and nobody ever honks at me to get out of the way.

[OldGoat]

LLH are very annoying but, without impatience, not all that dangerous
Most annoying to me, is finally passing [a hog] on the right just to have him/her wake up and THEN get over.

Merging on the interstate at 25mph under the limit is REALLY dangerous and possibly worse

[Obsidian]

I spend most of my time in the left lane, pass on the right, and never use turn signals on the freeway so I guess you would hate me LOL.

If you're serious, then yes, I would hate you.

I doubt you would say close enough to me on the freeway to hate for long, so I'm not too worried about it. The one thing I don't do is hold people up.

That's no excuse. Keep right except to pass!

LOL, you know that's impossible in SoCal. Move right and you will get stuck.

[dmoney1988]

I think rolling truck road blocks are worser than left lane hogs. At least you can pass on the right when you come across a left lane crusier.

[Freebird]

Missouri has the worst left lane slow passers IMO!

[protias]

Stopping at the bottom of the onramp!