• Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s a great argument actually. Speeding on the highway is generally expected. Going 20 over in front of a cop is unlikely to get you pulled over in most of the U.S. The cops are more than likely doing the same thing. Passing on the right on the other hand is very likely to get you pulled over if a cop sees it. It’s a very dangerous move to pull because it’s not something other drivers can predict that you’ll do. The last thing you want to do is turn a middle or right lane into a passing lane. Then the slower drivers that just want to cruise will be pressured to move, possibly into the left lane which is now no longer a passing lane which compounds the issue, and you just get chaos where different lanes are all going different speeds at random.

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      8 months ago

      They should pull over the person who got passed on the right instead. If someone is able to pass you on the right you’re in the wrong lane.

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      8 months ago

      In California passing on the right is expected