Re: Passing/Lane Hogs

[shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields)]

> Scenario: Somebody is going 15mph less than the limit on a clear sunny
> day in the leftmost lane of a 4-lane highway. Are you going to pass on
> the right? Should everybody else just sit there at the same speed and
> seethe?
> 
> If there's room to pass safely on the right, the person in the left lane
> is doing something illegal. (In WA, the law is to stay right except to
> pass.).

Driving (at least in the US) is really an exercise in illegality.  Even
if you're scrupulously obeying all the rules someone else might not --
whether through arrogance, ignorance, incompetence, or inattentiveness.
So it's all very social.

Myself, I will pass on the right if and only if the slower driver has
had an opportunity to move over.
-- 
Shields.