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[–] SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's just more comfortable to stay in the middle lane.

It's stil a dick move if the rightmost lane is free. Then you're effectively overtaking a phantom car at the exact same velocity (as nobody is allowed to pass right).

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

I agree but need to have "free" defined. If there's another truck 100/200m ahead then it's a pain in the ass because like the other said, others behind you won't do the same and will do a slight acceleration when you go in the right lane (because free space in front = accelerate hurr durr), preventing you from changing lanes again when you get to the next truck and so you have to brake and hope you get a gap again soon to overtake the truck.

If it's literally empty as far as the eye can see then yeah, move over!

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's like when a lane closes and people that merge in near the end get blocked for "trying to get ahead". But the road is closed there, not a kilometre before. They closed it there to maximise multiple lanes as long as possible to limit the bottleneck caused by the lane closure—use it so everyone can get through quicker. It must be painful to see for the people that set it up. Whatever the situation, traffic go faster when maximising available space and lanes.

[–] Username@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The rightmost lane is never completely free. And if it is, almost all drivers do use it.

What makes your right to go fast on the left lane more important than their right to go a reasonable ~120km/h in the middle lane?

[–] SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

What makes your right to go fast on the left lane more important than their right to go a reasonable ~120km/h in the middle lane?

Nothing, but that wasn't the created scenario. If the right lane isn't free, do stick in the middle lane of course (squishing two vehicles together isn't gonna make them go faster, usually). The scenario created was talking of an empty right lane, which should only exist on the left side, as we should drive on the right side of the road.