If were talking about a situation where there is only one vehicle to pass in that second lane, then sure. However, I find that that's often not the case. There is often several cars in that second lane that I want to pass, and I don't want to get in that lane and slow down to 60 just because the guy behind me wants to go 80 instead of the 70 that I want to go. There is no preference to whoever is overtaking faster rule that you're claiming. None of us are the police, sure, but no police officer is going to claim I needed to switch lanes to accomodate someone going 80, when I am using the passing lane for what it's designed for...passing.
You are talking about something different now, which is people just driving in the left-lane and not passing anyone. As far as tailgating, there is never a time when it's ok to tailgate someone. It's not a matter of of being polite, it's a matter of safety. If the vehicle in front of you needs to brake quickly, you won't be able to stop in time. The idea that it's ok to tailgate someone because they won't get out of your way is just wrong. I'm not saying it's ok to drive slow in the fast or passing lane, but it's not justification for tailgating.
You were stressed out because the cars in front of you wouldn't let you go as fast as you wanted? Traffic sucks, yes, and I get annoyed by slow drivers, but stressed out by it?
Many of the people I see driving slow in the fast lane aren't ********, there just idiots or naive. Regardless, I don't think that one person's poor behavior justifies anyone else poor behavior, specifically tailgating.
I will if I'm not currently passing someone. If I am passing, but not fastest enough for the guy behind me...that's his/her problem, not mine.
When you said:
I usually find myself going up to 10 mph over the speed limit on highways, if traffic allows.
I thought you meant that you're already driving 10 mph over the limit and therefore don't need to give someone the way because the second lane is slower than what you want to drive.
But if you're passing and someone is passing faster than you, then you still really need to give them the way by safely moving into the second lane - despite them going slower than what you want to drive.
Yes, it's frustrating when people inconsiderately break the law by hogging the left lane, forcing me to break the law by either overtaking from the right or tailgating.
If I don't break the law in those two ways, I'm literally stuck bracbehind them.
I rarely tailgate. I'll either be forced to break the law and overtake from the right or I'll move over and let someone else tailgate them to infinity.
I live in a cosmopolitan city and spend the weekends in an even more cosmopolitan city. There's always traffic. And life is fast paced - I make it fast paced because I keep myself happily busy.
My time is precious.
Naive or idiot is one thing.
But looking at me him the rear mirror then not moving over is inconsiderate.
We've all seen that person who knows very well they should be moving over because they're hogging the passing lane while the second lane is is free. Sometimes they'll even aggressively gesture to me that I should overtake them from the second lane lol.
It gets frustrating because I've seen people overtake that person then brake check them.
This one time on the highway a frustrated range rover driver brake checked this lady in a mid size saloon so hard that she slammed on the brakes, slid into the shoulder lost control and did a 720°. All because she angrily gestured twice that she wasn't moving over and that he should overtake from the right.
She was very very very lucky that the cars behind her were so far away that they had time to slow down and not crash into her. I was in the second lane watching all this happen.
Which reflects the fact that even early in the day when there's no traffic, people will unnecessarily hog the left lane.
