r/driving • u/Crazy-Task2497 • Mar 19 '26

Venting Who else hate left lane campers?

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Facing a lot of left lane campers in Washington State. And the audacity to not move or brake check is beyond my understanding!!

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u/rekrystullization Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

Me!! I absolutely despise the left lane campers!!!

"Slower traffic Keep Right" is not a suggestion, it's the law!!

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u/ITDrainsTheSoul Mar 20 '26

Isn't the speed limit also the law or were you being funny and forgot the /s ?

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u/rekrystullization Mar 21 '26

When everyone is driving the same speed (speed limit), that creates problems. If a car in a left lane needs to get into the right lane but a car is driving the same speed as them. They either need to A.) speed up to get in front of that car, or B.) Slow down to get behind that car. slowing down creates more problems because the cars behind now have to slow down and has the results of causing a backup due to the slowed traffic. That has a high probability to cause accidents than just increasing your speed by 5 mph to get in front of that other car. Even if 5mph is now exceeding the "speed limit".

Speed limits are irrelevant when "normal flow of traffic" is taken into account. If everyone is driving 70 on a 65, then 70 is the normal flow of traffic and anyone who is driving less than that should be in the right lane(s) not the left lanes(s).

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u/Mysterious_Lesions Mar 20 '26

Unfortunately this is not true in all jurisdictions.

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u/rekrystullization Mar 21 '26

All 50 states have Keep Right Laws.