Topic: Left Lane Drivers - non-scientific observations

[tpl]

Good survey I think. Thoughts on why you are observing this?

Regardless of other factors or segments, the kind of person who would block others' progress might be someone who is unaware of their surroundings, self-centered and arrogant, thinks the world revolves around them in terms of importance, and therefore other people are not thought of, hardly ever, or is someone who has "causes" and wants to change the world/other people/whatever, or could be described as mentally frazzled or should I say in today's world, "mentally challenged"?

Now you might say that, while this could describe anybody, it frequently describes females driving Toyotas.  " "You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment"     

There are certainly people like that.  There are also many people who don't think at all.  They obey the speed limits and never consider that they are in anyones way.  These are NOT the people who officiously drive in the left lane at the limit who believe that it is their road and they can use any part of it. You see them all the time on expressways and they are also the people who don't pull over for firetrucks/police etc because that rule was never pointed out to them when they did drivers ed behind the school at age 16.   They used to be called 'disassociated passive'.

[neil]

I find it funny to be on the highway out here. Only one car on the horizon. As you approach, you can see he's sitting in the left lane.

I used to travel the 11 between S'toon and Regina frequently, back in the day the maintenance was not good, and the right lane was quite rough from truck traffic, so if no one around I'd sail on in the left lane for the sake of my sanity and fillings.    I'd always pull right if someone came up behind me, but frankly I was a bit of a lead foot, so that was rare.

[pi314]

Yeah that's a bit of an exception.

Like the section from Moncton to Sackville, where the right lane is absolutely terrible.

[valuator]

Yeah that's a bit of an exception.

Like the section from Moncton to Sackville, where the right lane is absolutely terrible.

I was just about to post that 

[jumpingjump]

What's worse is that if you even try to pass some of them on the right, they'll (for some unknown reason) speed up to NOT let you pass...
But why? You weren't going anywhere anyways, what does it matter that I speed up so we can get out of each other's business.

[No H2O]

What's worse is that if you even try to pass some of them on the right, they'll (for some unknown reason) speed up to NOT let you pass...
But why? You weren't going anywhere anyways, what does it matter that I speed up so we can get out of each other's business.

I'll tell you why. Control because they have so little of it at work or at home over their own lives, so they can at least control another driver.
At least according to a human behavior expert on a talk show while driving home.

[Mike-NB]

Yeah that's a bit of an exception.

Like the section from Moncton to Sackville, where the right lane is absolutely terrible.

Yeah, you're right about that stretch.  I don't fault anyone for driving in the left lane there...

[Seafoam]

Yeah that's a bit of an exception.

Like the section from Moncton to Sackville, where the right lane is absolutely terrible.

Yeah, you're right about that stretch.  I don't fault anyone for driving in the left lane there...

Yeah maybe when they put the toll booth at the border that section will get repaired?

[pi314]

No Toll booth apparently... They're raising HST, tobacco taxes, and increasing debt