Audi Caravan

[Jacob Behm]

> > If you are in the left lane and don't move over for a
> > faster car, you are impeding traffic and you are in the wrong.
> > You don't own the road, you only rent it. Very little irritates me
more
> than
> > people who dawdle in the left lane and refuse to move over.
>
>
> While I mostly agree with you, some tolerance needs to be given for
> situations where say, traffic in the left lane is moving at 60 on a
> 65mph 2 lanes each direction road and you move over to pass at say 75.


Thank you.

As is often the case in a populous area (near Minneapolis), the left
lane of a two lane highway is not "reserved for passing".  It's the fast
lane.  There are too many cars on the road all traveling at different
speeds.  Of course I am familiar with the principle of staying right
unless passing, but as I was going faster than most of the traffic, I
would have been switching lanes every 30 seconds.  Wisconsin state law
requires drivers to "stay as far to the right as practical."  The term
practical is left up to the driver's discretion.  As such, no one has
the right to demand a place in either lane.

Additionally, a group of 6 cars going 100mph can't expect the entire
left lane to clear out of there way.  One would expect to do a lot of
weaving around traffic going closer to the legal speed limit.  In fact,
the first three courteously switched to the right lane well before
catching up to me.  As far as legality goes, a driver caught going over
100mph in WI can lose his license, so I don't think this driver was
concerned with getting caught passing on the right, a recommendation
more than a law in this state.

Finally, I know the difference between a polite request to pass and an
obnoxious demand.  This driver was less than 30 feet off of my rear
bumper and flashing his light continuously for the 10-15 seconds I
waiting while another 100mph Audi screamed by me on the right.  This guy
went out of his way to be a jerk.  Nothing irritates ME more than
someone being rude and obstinate about what he considers his 'rights' at
the expense of someone else.

Incidentally, the request for apology was made in jest.  I'm not taking
it as seriously as some of you.  We can all relax now.

For those that make more reasonable comments/request, the cars were all
different colors and as I recall, they all had regular state issued
plates.  They all appeared to be the same year/model although I'm not
sure.

Jacob