r/AskReddit 28d ago

What is that 1 thing that angers the fuck out of you?

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u/NotUniqueUsernameee 28d ago

Slow drivers in the left lane.

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u/Frobromojo 28d ago

This makes me want to jump out of a window. The fast lane is for CRIME who goes in the fast lane and does the speed limit??? You should be doing at least 10 to 15 over in that lane sometimes I push 20 over

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u/NotUniqueUsernameee 28d ago

You’re my kinda fast lane driver

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u/justsomeplainmeadows 28d ago

On top of this, it doesn't tmatter how fast you're going, if someone faster is coming up behind, you get the fuck over and let them keep going

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u/Frobromojo 27d ago

Oh my gosh thank you!!!!!

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u/Meowlik 27d ago

My biggest pet peeve about the left lane are the folks who swerve past you when you're trying to move over for them.

I cannot tell you the amount of times I've seen a car moving faster than me coming up behind me, put my turn signal on, look to move, only to not be able to because the faster car zoomed into the right lane to pass me.

Like, my guy. I'm moving for you. You wouldn't have to do shit other than keep driving straight if you just waited the .3 seconds it'll take for me to move. Chill.

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u/Frobromojo 26d ago

Oh yeah I’m definitely not that kind of left lane driver I am patient I’ll wait but if it’s been like a few minutes and you haven’t moved I gotta swerve around

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u/Oohwshitwaddup 27d ago

This goes both ways. I hate people that pass me with 15-20 over the speed limit. If I want to overtake someone I gotta floor it in my old ass car. Just to make DAMN sure Chad showing everyone he has a tiny weewee doesn't rear end the fuck out of me.

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u/Frobromojo 26d ago

Lmaoooo tiny weewee

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u/ForgettableUsername 28d ago

You really shouldn’t be exceeding the speed limit at any point. That’s why it’s a limit. If someone is going the speed limit in the left lane, you have no need to pass them, they’re already going as fast as you should go.

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u/Frobromojo 28d ago

In some states I don’t know if it goes for all, if you are in the farthest left lane (the fast lane) and you don’t move out the way for a faster car you can get pulled over it happened to my mom it’s a safety hazard slower traffic is supposed to keep right

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u/ForgettableUsername 28d ago

If that’s true, it’s incredibly dumb. The faster car is exceeding the speed limit. The safety hazard is the fault of the car that is going too fast.

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u/AysonUnique 28d ago

It's the law in a whole lot of places. If someones catching up to you and you aren't currently passing someone, get out of the left lane and let them go. Staying there as a pace car is just making the dangerous situation of speeding even more dangerous. Not to mention you put yourself even more at risk of being involved in an accident that way. Move over, let them pass, and everyones happy

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u/ForgettableUsername 28d ago

That’s nonsense. Society shouldn’t tolerate speeding, and I know I certainly won’t. It’s not the end of the world if you have to slow down and drive the speed limit.

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u/AysonUnique 28d ago

What's nonsense about following the law? If you wanna follow the law and not speed that's your business. But don't be a hypocrite and break the law by blocking them.

Where I live 10-30km/h over the 110km/h limit on the highway is normal, some people still sit in the left and force people to pass on the right. I put the blame on them for any accident more than the speeder in that situation because driving safely is about awareness, not about being right

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u/ForgettableUsername 28d ago

Nobody is ever forced to pass on the right. You cannot force another driver to pass you while driving the speed limit. Other drivers are choosing to exceed the speed limit, and in so doing, choosing to pass unsafely. The consequences of that are on them.

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u/AysonUnique 28d ago

I mean if someones already breaking the law and speeding and someone wants to block the left lane, they probably won't have a problem passing them on the right. If that causes an accident then it would be both drivers fault because they both broke the law

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u/TheOoms 28d ago

Despite going the speed limit, its still contradicting what you learn in driving school. Left lane the passing lane, right lane is the driving lane. How are emergency verhicles going to pass you if you are driving in the passing lane and other people are driving in the driving lane?

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u/AngryEagles 27d ago

Youre gonna have a real bad time if you take this mentality on the road and get rear ended because you wanted to be stubborn

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u/Frobromojo 27d ago

Or if they get pulled over for holding up people, the cop explained to her why she had to move this person is just gonna have to get the same lesson since they can’t comprehend it

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u/ForgettableUsername 27d ago

Read-end collisions are nearly always the fault of the driver that rear ends the other car. I’m not concerned, it’s your insurance that will go up.

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u/AngryEagles 27d ago

The graveyard is full of people that had the right of way. Is this really the hill that you want to die on?

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u/_1_4 28d ago

If you dont want to go 5 over, at least stay out of the left lane or else cars will constantly pass you. It's better to speed with everyone else than make yourself an obstacle.

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u/ForgettableUsername 28d ago

Maybe everyone else should stop speeding. It’s not my problem that they are the problem.

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u/BringBackMakgeolli 28d ago

You're advocating that civilians should enforce one law by breaking another. Even if you believe that nobody should ever break any law for any reason, you still need to let them pass, otherwise you're being a massive hypocrite.

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u/ForgettableUsername 28d ago

I believe that nobody should speed. The idea that there is a legally designated speeding lane is absurd. If it is a law that speeding is forgiven if you speed in one lane only, that law does not deserve to be respected.

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u/HugDispenser 28d ago

Lol I can’t tell if you are trolling at this point or are just incapable of even elementary self reflection or critical thought.

In 3 sentences you went from “don’t break the law”, to “this law shouldn’t be respected”

Nobody cares what you believe people should do. You are literally making roads more dangerous than people who go 5-10mph over the speed limit. Toxic mix of entitlement, narcissism, hypocrisy, and single digit IQ.

Congrats, your wrong AND an asshole.

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u/ForgettableUsername 28d ago

No I am not. Speeders are making roads more dangerous. They need to stop. They’re the narcissists.

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u/HugDispenser 27d ago

People going 5 mph over the limit are not making roads more dangerous. We aren’t talking about people going 20mph over the limit here.

Blocking lanes of traffic just results in people having road rage and tailing others. That is what’s dangerous.

Also the left lane is for passing only. Please read that again since you don’t seem to understand that. If you are in the left lane and going the speed limit then you are fucking up the entire design of our road system and probably making traffic and road conditions worse.

On any major road/insterstate you should never drive in the left lane unless you are currently passing someone. That’s why that lane exists. Period.

It’s honestly impressive how you can be so self righteous about this and yet be so goddamn wrong.

Just understand that, as a driver, if you are not letting people pass because you are cruising in the passing lane that every driver that deals with you on the road fucking hates you. Everyone. You are “that guy”.

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u/ForgettableUsername 27d ago

You don’t need to pass if traffic is already going the speed limit. If I wanna drive slower than the speed limit, I’ll let you pass.

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u/HugDispenser 27d ago

Well I hope traffic gets the better of you.

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u/BringBackMakgeolli 27d ago

People won't stop speeding just because you try to hold them up, as I'm sure you already know. They will find a way to get past you, in a potentially hazardous manner. If your concern about speeding is due to safety concerns, you're only making things worse by holding up the left lane. Don't pretend that you're making people safer; you're just being a self-righteous dick.

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u/Pyrhhus 27d ago

Bullshit. Speed limits have been stuck in most places at 55 for decades now despite cars being a million times safer and handling better at high speeds. With modern cars, most highways in America should have a limit of at least 75-80.

The only reason they're still at 55 is because speeding tickets have become a source of revenue.

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u/Nope99998765 28d ago

This is logical, but people who speed expect you to follow move over laws so that they can ignore posted speed limit laws. I'm sure hivemind won't like it.

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u/ForgettableUsername 28d ago

People who speed are gonna be disappointed in any kind of high traffic scenario.

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u/soop-guy 28d ago

I go 2007 Nissan Altima mode in the fast lane... Or the highway in general

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u/privatehabu 28d ago

Slow drivers, hesitant drivers, people who cannot change lanes, people who cannot merge, morons who have no clue about the size of their vehicle.

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u/forselfdestruction 28d ago

When you’re behind someone at an intersection and even being behind them can clearly see there is absolutely nothing on the street- nobody walking or biking and no cars moving at all and they take a full 3 seconds to decide it’s safe to turn. I’m pretty sure I get about 136 cuss words out, very loudly, in that time they’re making up their mind.

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u/Bluebird-Sandwich 27d ago

Ah, I've seen you've driven in Utah

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u/DingoPleasant 28d ago

I have a fear of changing lanes and merging because i suck at driving and always think i’m gonna crash

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u/ScorpioActual 27d ago

Stop driving. Please.

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u/DingoPleasant 27d ago

Ok il fly a plain to work hopefully there will be no towers

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u/Mysterious_Lunch2180 28d ago

Every. Fucking. Day.

Worse, the slow asshole in the nice empty HOV lane. Bitch get with the other people then.

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u/zoomie12 28d ago

Legit my city. It's like fucking opposite town. Slow drivers in the left lane, and fast drivers passing them all on the right. So many people drive 10km below the limit. Also, so many people do a full stop in the merge lane to the highway.

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u/madness816 27d ago

I was on a long drive recently in Texas where the speed limit is 75, 6 lane highway. This dumb bitch was parked in the left lane and I approach here going 85, she's just cruising along at 60. I can see her aggressively motioning at me to go around her on the right, like wtf? Cars are passing her on the right side with nobody ahead and I can't even get over, so she starts fucking break checking me, really smashing her brakes. Of course I do my due diligence and cut her off and hit the breaks in return but I was livid. She finally got over after that.

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u/good-witch- 28d ago

oh my GODDD it pisses me off so much. i'm not even a speedy driver, but some people will be going 10 under the speed limit in the PASSING LANE and people will be passing them on the right... and they still won't take a hint and move over. goddamn. i'm getting angry just writing this

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u/randomnameandanumber 28d ago

I'm okay with this, I do live in Australia though.

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u/Frobromojo 28d ago

Thank you

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u/shiguywhy 28d ago

My grandpa used to drive 10 under in the left lane because "I pay my taxes so I get to drive in whichever lane I want."

I miss him.

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u/TheFirstSpadee 28d ago

I’m sorry for your loss

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u/SupernovAMan17 28d ago

Nah fuck your grandpa, sounds like an entitled prick

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u/shiguywhy 28d ago

You're not incorrect, but the funny thing about loving someone is that you can keep loving them deapute the shitty things they do.

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u/Pyrhhus 27d ago

On surface streets- the asshole fucks that come to a complete stop to make a right turn with a green light. It's almost always some soccer mom in a gigantic 3-row SUV she can't fucking drive bringing traffic to a halt because she's terrified her boat of a vehicle might actually lean a bit in a turn if she doesn't make me miss the green light

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u/NotUniqueUsernameee 27d ago

Love to see it

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u/dramafurbelow90 28d ago

Fast drivers in the right lane are worse. They make merging and changing lanes so fucking dangerous. You should usually be driving slower than the cars to the left of you, because they are the passing lanes. If you’re merging off, slow down and merge behind the people getting on because they need to be speeding up to get into the left lanes. No one does this because everyone is too important to not be first, even if it doesn’t make sense.

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u/Bellriley04 28d ago

This lane is for CRIME