Atlanta Needs a Refresher course

[blaknoize]

Actually, people who pick a lane and maintain a constant speed have a much smaller impact than people who constantly switch lanes trying to beat everyone else. For every person that gets cut off and has to brake it creates a wave of people braking or changing lanes behind them that builds until traffic eventually completely comes to a stop. Those "d-bags" aren't the problem, it's the fact that there's "20k" people all trying to go somewhere at the same time and a fairly large percentage of them probably have no business even having a drivers license.

But the driver going faster than those in the slower (driving lanes) would not have to switch if the constant pace drivers stayed in the (driving lanes). Generally speaking, the furthest to the left is the FAST(ER)(EST) passing lane and should not be used otherwise. The constant lane changing is caused by those driving slower than the fastest car in the fast lane, regardless of it's frequency.

As stated before, if youre traveling at 70 in a 65, you may not always be the fastest car in that lane at any given time, which is known. So... why stay there? The faster driver changing lanes is unnecessary when he is now the FASTEST driver in the fast lane. I dont understand this argument, driver courtesy never exists anywhere except in racing.

[quickdodge®]

driver courtesy never exists anywhere except in racing.

This is exactly right. And why does it not exist?

Simple answer. Because everyone is in too much of a hurry. Later, QD.

[Browning151]

But the driver going faster than those in the slower (driving lanes) would not have to switch if the constant pace drivers stayed in the (driving lanes). Generally speaking, the furthest to the left is the FAST(ER)(EST) passing lane and should not be used otherwise. The constant lane changing is caused by those driving slower than the fastest car in the fast lane, regardless of it's frequency.

As stated before, if youre traveling at 70 in a 65, you may not always be the fastest car in that lane at any given time, which is known. So... why stay there? The faster driver changing lanes is unnecessary when he is now the FASTEST driver in the fast lane. I dont understand this argument, driver courtesy never exists anywhere except in racing.

That was mostly directed at times when traffic is very heavy and the lanes are moving at nearly the same speed due to volume. The more people try to change lanes to beat everyone else, they just make the traffic worse. Next time you're in heavy traffic watch the lane behind someone who switches lanes, it's easy to spot the wave most of the time.

When it comes to times that traffic is lighter, yes, maintaining a slower speed in the left lane causes just as much chaos as the lane changers in heavy traffic if not more because you are causing people to change lanes at a higher rate of speed. If you're in the left lane and passing traffic you should move to the right once there is a break in traffic for you to move over if there are others behind you, simple common courtesy. My problem lies with the self-important "the left lane is the do whatever the fuck I want lane and you better get the hell out of my way at all costs" assholes, most people just get annoyed and say fuck you when you start all the light flashing crap.