# Left lane is for passing, GTFO!
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [October 20, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052 "2006-10-20T06:42:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/41 "2008-12-10T14:01:49Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#):
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> My biggest pet peeve is when I pass a police officer who is sitting in the median with his/her radar ON, and he or she is SLEEPING.
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> I’ve personally witnessed this on the thruways around here,.
I figured you would call that a good day…
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/42 "2008-12-10T14:26:09Z")
FINALLY.
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/43 "2008-12-10T14:26:41Z")
> [@ILC](#):
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> LOL… I’m surprised they don’t just wake up for you
I may or may not have u-turned on my bike and sped by them at XXX mph to see what happens…nothing…
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### Author:  [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/44 "2008-12-10T15:58:33Z")
I ride those left lanes like a little girl on a pony.
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/45 "2008-12-10T18:02:00Z")
The VERY first day I got my permit, i had my 5 hour in lockport. I had to drive on the 90 and 290 during rushhour, and my dad scolded me about driving in the left lane.
I don’t even like it when people drive fast in the left lane. If you are doing 80 mph and there is no one to pass…move over to the right lane.
left lane for PASSING only.
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/46 "2008-12-10T18:31:36Z")
Maybe they should start cracking down on tailgaters first. I hate that shit. Why the fuck does someone need to be driving up my ass when it’s 7:45am on the 190, and it’s packed with cars anyway?
I especially love when people drive like asshats in order to pass someone with inches of clearance, just so that they can be the very next car in traffic. Idiots…
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### Author:  [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/47 "2008-12-10T18:42:43Z")
If your in the left lane, and not passing, yes i will ride the shit out of your bumper. You can do your same slow speed in the middle and right lane with everyone else. Some people wana fuckin move, and your in the way. You have the right to drive slow, I have the right to see how close I can get to your bumper. You also have the right to brake check, but I have the right to sue. Gotta love the USA.
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### Author:  [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/48 "2008-12-10T18:52:32Z")
> [@n20junkie](#):
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> You also have the right to brake check, but I have the right to sue. Gotta love the USA.
? how can you sue when you are following too closely. good luck with that one.
and down on rt 17 the road is smoother in the left lane so i stay in that lane until i see someone then i move over to let them pass
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/49 "2008-12-10T18:58:33Z")
The main problem is people are fucking stupid.
They dont give a fuck about other drivers. If they want to drive on someone’s ass, they will. They could total several vehicles that way, they arent going to learn shit.
And the left lane is just another lane to most people. They have no idea that slower traffic moves on the right.
What pisses me off is when i PASS people on the right, and often im doing under the speed limit. Theyre over there chillin in the passing lane doing 55 in a 65, when i ‘blow’ by them doing 62 in a 65, in the middle lane. That shouldn’t even be possible. Stupid ignorant drivers make it possible.
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/50 "2008-12-10T18:59:43Z")
> [@travisn](#):
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> ? how can you sue when you are following too closely. good luck with that one.
Anyone can sue anybody for any reason.
Thats the magic of the US.
Was your coffee too hot? SUE! Ignorant assholes.
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### Author:  [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/51 "2008-12-10T19:01:13Z")
> [@ZOMGVTEK](#):
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> They have no idea that slower traffic moves on the right.
they have no idea because they are the slow traffic. lol.
and just because you sue doesnt mean you’ll win
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/52 "2008-12-10T19:02:57Z")
> [@travisn](#):
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> they have no idea because they are the slow traffic. lol.
I can understand how people go slow due to them not feeling safe at 65+… I have been in a POS with a incompetent driver at 70, its fucking scary. Simple solution, go on roads with lower speed limits.
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### Author:  [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/53 "2008-12-10T19:04:56Z")
i love when people ride my ass, a simple brake check makes them shit their pants
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### Author:  [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/54 "2008-12-10T19:07:33Z")
most people just drive like fucking cocksuckers and should be killed accordingly
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/55 "2008-12-10T19:09:06Z")
> [@n20junkie](#):
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> I have the right to see how close I can get to your bumper.
Oh yeah?
> [@NY State Law"](#):
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> **§ 1129. Following too closely.**
> (a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.
If I’m in heavy traffic, and I don’t want to be 2 inches away from the person ahead of me, that doesn’t give the person behind me the right to be a complete fucking retard by staying on my ass the whole way. What the fuck good is it going to do? That is the mentality that causes so many people to crash every year. Fucking retards.
And no, I don’t have the right to brake check. That’s called reckless driving. I would hate to see your driving “skills.”
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### Author:  [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/56 "2008-12-10T19:30:41Z")
last summer i passed someone one day on 104, i saw them yelling and screaming and waving their arms around so i slammed on my brakes and let them catch up to me, then they tried to pass me and i sped up and didnt let them. lol
ten mins later i was pulled over for 64 in a 55. lol
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/57 "2012-02-02T06:39:39Z")
Bump for potential Ohio law, although it might be a bit flawed:
> “Ohio would make it illegal to stay in a highway’s left lane if not passing or exiting”
> **[Bill restricts left-lane usage](https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2012/02/01/Ohio-House-bill-would-limit-use-to-passing-exiting.html)**
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> COLUMBUS -- Ohio would make it illegal to stay in a highway's left lane if not passing or exiting, under a bill that previously drew attention for another ...
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### Author:  [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/58 "2012-02-02T07:06:16Z")
It is already in most states, it just is not enforced.
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/59 "2012-02-02T07:50:29Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#):
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> Bump for potential Ohio law, although it might be a bit flawed:
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> [Ohio House bill would limit use to passing, exiting | The Blade](http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2012/02/01/Ohio-House-bill-would-limit-use-to-passing-exiting.html)
So hope this happens everywhere! Get so annoyed with dbags not moving over on the 219, along with one person this past trip talking on her cellphone doing under the speedlimit on the left lane blocking me from passing because shes going perfect speed with the car a bit ahead in the right lane.
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### Author:  [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/left-lane-is-for-passing-gtfo/19052/60 "2012-02-02T12:01:30Z")
I’m all for it.
x…
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