Originally Posted by
RobbieRunner
BAH HAHAHAHAHAH!
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My top pet peeve as I drive the Nation's Highways. Get OUT of the darn PASSING LANE if you are NOT PASSING! It's NOT a CRUISING LANE!
On the Autobahn, there is a very firm law "Rechtsfahren". Get right and stay right unless passing.
I love it, and would be totally in favor of such a law rigorously enforced here...sans heavy congestion areas like LA where nothing moves anyway.
Try getting on the Bahn and putting along at 60 MPH in the left hand lane.
It will cost you big time... if you don't get run over.
As a German having to drive here in the US, I cannot tell you enough how much I agree with that sentiment. It's incredibly inconsiderate. And the laws for it are different in every state.
The other thing is that passing on the right is allowed in many states. While this is not directly rude, it is very dangerous to allow passing from both sides. I am quite certain that the US would be able to have fewer traffic accidents, less road rage and less congestion if they introduced these two European rules, for they are not only German, even though they matter more in Germany because if you make a mistake at 120mph that is going to cost everyone very dearly.
Till