Don't get me started. The signs say, "slower traffic stay to the right". What speed is slower? It only exists when there are two vehicles in proximity of one another and then it is the vehicle that is not moving as fast as the other. It is not 45, 55, 65, or even 90. It is the slower vehicle.
Next, the law says you are to pass on the left. Unfortunately it is rarely enforced here in the US. When I was in driving in Germany on the autobahn, you only were in the left lane to pass. When you went to move into the left lane you made darn sure there was nothing approaching as there was no speed limit in places. A dot in your side mirror could be a Porsche on your side, in a very short time when they're doing over 100 MPH, (161 KMH) You never passed on the right or you would be ticketed. When someone flashed their lights you moved over and if you didn't, you were in the wrong.
I wish they would enforce the law like they did in Germany. Perhaps there wouldn't be quite as much gridlock and road rage. You shouldn't be mad if someone is doing it right.
Now for a true story.
I'm on my way to work one day and going down a divided highway, 2 lanes on each side divided by a grass median. The car in front of me is going exactly the speed limit and won't move over. Despite me flashing the lights and also driving close enough to make clear my intent, he just keeps his pace and doesn't budge. Finally the traffic in the right lane opens and provides me a chance to go around this :cens0r: idiot. To my disbelief, when I get along side of him it is my own brother. We did not live together so the fact that we were both on the stretch of road at that time was purely coincidental and this predated cell phones. When I got to work I called him at work and tore him a new one. He argued that since he was driving the speed limit he was under no obligation to move over.
In the words of Willy Wonka; "Wrong Sir, wrong! You get nothing! You loose! Good Day, Sir!"
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