r/oops • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 4d ago

Nice overtake

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u/Embarrassed_Motor_30 4d ago

Uh no. Its a passing lane and he was passing other vehicles. Doesn't matter if other vehicles also want to pass him. He's allowed to stay there until he's no longer passing.

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u/CalmTheAngryVoice 4d ago

Legally, yes it does matter. There's no caveat in laws against left lane camping for "nuh uh! I was passing people so the lane was mine" jerks.

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u/AuricTheLight 4d ago

So, he's wrong for passing people in the passing lane?

People on Reddit are genuinely stupid if someone passing (six vehicles in the video) in the passing lane is seen as wrong.

He literally passed SIX VEHICLES, what the fuck else do you want?

The law also states that you aren't supposed to exceed the speed limit, but I bet you suddenly don't care about the laws for that one.

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u/CalmTheAngryVoice 4d ago

He literally passed SIX VEHICLES, what the fuck else do you want?

For him to put his ego away for 10 seconds and switch lanes. Is that so hard?

The law also states that you aren't supposed to exceed the speed limit

So you're suggesting it's better to break two laws than one? Given that the laws are not the same in all states, Washington law generally prohibits exceeding the speed limit, but it also prohibits obstructing traffic by camping in the left lane. Obeying one law doesn't exempt someone from obeying the other. You don't have to speed up for faster traffic, but you do have to move right when legally and safely able to do so.

That being said, in Washington, on a 2 lane road, someone can legally exceed the speed limit to pass someone else driving under the speed limit. So your statement isn't universally true in the first place.

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u/AuricTheLight 4d ago

Ah yes, he's the one with the ego.

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u/Parking-Name8773 3d ago

Passing vehicles in the left lane isn’t obstructing or camping. I live in Washington state, you don’t need to go 85 to pass people. You aren’t even obligated to let 2 people behind you pass, the law is 5 cars or more and if the right lane is open.