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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Eh, I think sitting in the middle is totally reasonable. The right lane is for exiting and merging, and everything to the left should be used only when passing. So as you go left, speeds should increase. The speed limit here isn't that important, the important thing is that you're never passing from the right.

Obviously reverse for backwards countries like the UK.

[–] FJW@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The right lane is for exiting and merging,

And for driving! If you see someone merging you can temporarily switch to the middle lane to overtake them, given that your speed will usually be higher.

Sure, but if there are enough lanes, I think people should travel in the next lane over. For example, in my area we have 6 lanes, so unless you're exiting, you should probably be one or two lanes over.

If it's a two-lane highway, the right lane is for travel and the left is for passing. For three lanes, up to you. For >3 lanes, the right lane should be left open since there's probably a lot of merging going on.

[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you see someone merging you can temporarily switch to the middle lane to overtake them

That's illegal in USA. People do it anyway, but if there's a crash and blame needs to be assigned, then the law says you're supposed to keep driving at the same speed, not change lanes, and leave it entirely up to the driver attempting to merge to regulate their speed so they can merge safely.