If you travel the freeway, Trans Canada, Hwy 99, 91, Hwy 7....there are signs that say, "Slower traffic use right lane"....hence it's a law. Right lane=travel lane, Left lane=passing/travel lane. If you're going too slow in the left lane, you must move to the right hand lane, especially if you're impeding other travellers. How fuckin hard is that to understand? Is it a pride thing, or just ignorance. I tend to travel in the slow lane, when there is no one ahead of me being slower, and if I'm overtaking someone, I pass them in the left/passing lane....then I move back into the right/slow lane....If there is an on ramp onto the freeway, and cars are attempting to merge, I move over if it's safe to do so and maintain my speed as the other cars merging make it safely into the slow lane....
If I am in the fast lane passing people, and there's someone faster than me, I get out of the way....when I can asap safely.....you wanna kill yourself, I won't stop you. When some joker decides that going slow in the fast lane or driving along at the same speed as the other car, basically blocking everyone else from passing both slower cars for miles and miles, I will flash you as a friendly reminder to look in your mirrors and realize you're not the only person on the road, and either speed up or slow down and get over. How hard is that to figure out?
Don't let your ego or pride as a man/woman/driver keep you from doing the right thing. If you're going too slow, and there is no one in front of you, for at least 10 car lengths or more, and there is a vehicle behind you, and you're in the left lane doing the speed limit, please just get over as soon as you can safely. Don't panic, just get over. No one is going to think you're a lesser human, actually the opposite...you did the right thing. Now, please, move over.
Of course, this also applies to city driving....in Vancouver, Richmond....please wake the fuck up and use your mirrors, check your blind spots, put down the phone, and have an idea where you are going, how you're going to get there. Don't turn right from the left lane, get over a few blocks ahead. Pay attention!! If you miss your street, don;t stop and try to make a u-turn, just go around the block....and don't block curb lanes to drop someone off if there is no street parking, for fuck's sake. You're blocking everyone....see it on W. Broadway alot, Cambie between Broadway and King Ed....also, if there is no one coming, you can go. If you see no traffic coming, then it's safe to go, hence if you see a car coming, don't just pull out infront of them, then slowly come back up to speed, if at all. The other thing...what the fuck is up with people who pull out from parallel parking on a busy street, from one space just to move up two spaces on the same block to park?, And again, to block traffic as gimpy tries to parallel park into the new space....what the fuck is that all about?
Please signal, wave if someone lets you in, be aware you're not the only one on the road trying to get somewhere too, and that there are people in the cars and trucks, who just like you just wanna get there....wherever that is. Take it easy, don't panic, don't freeze, traffic isn't scary, just be aware. I drive for a living....and haven't had an accident in all the years of driving that was my fault. Usually someone not paying attention would drive into my work vehicle, twice from the rear, once head-on at a slow speed, thankfully. All three were complete morons, on their cel, texting or in such a hurry that they ignore the safety rules of the road....as with the head on crash, in Richmond. He passes a slower moving truck after being on the truck's ass, he can't see what's coming the other way (me), and decided to pull out on a double yellow line without checking if it was clear, and crashed into me at around 60km/h, combine speed of the collision would have been around 110km/h. Idiot....was still yaking on his cel.
Please, everyone knows the rules of the road...written and unwritten....courtesy, awareness....don't be a fuckin idiot...make proper decisions. Be safe, as you like other drivers to act safely on the road....there, end of my monologue.
