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  Nope
context: Agreed but I'm downvoting because I'm fairly certain this is a popular opinion. >
  
  Fair enough, sorta thought more people would be like "just slow down you speed demon" >
  
  Well then that’s where you get to the nuance of it. I’m not moving over on a 50mph road when I’m doing 50 because the guy behind wants to do 80. >
  
  Then you're the one causing traffic. The passing lane is for passing, not sitting at exactly the speed limit and cruising. >
  
  OP isn’t just talking only about 2 lane roads. I’m not pulling over on a regular road to let some prick that wants to drive dangerously go passed whilst I’m doing the limit >
  
  Most of the 50/kmh speed limits where I live are near school zones. People can fuck right off with trying to go 80 on those.
  The school zones themselves have lower limits, but let's not pretend that some kids don't have to walk to and from school. Safety first. 
  A few years ago, some jackass was doing 80/kmh on a 50/kmh road, and killed a 5 year old's dad, who went out to grab ice cream for her birthday. I can't say I have sympathy for people zooming in residential areas anymore. >
  
  My dad does this and it makes me so anxious. He is the slowest driver on earth and I hate it so much, I can almost feel the anger of the other drivers behind us. >
  
  Does he know that he's annoying the people behind him by not just pulling over or speeding up? >
  
  I really don’t think he’s aware, that’s the worst part. I always have to tell him he’s going too slow. He’ll say “Well, they can pass me.” I’m like “Well, if everyone is passing you maybe you need to speed up.” Then he gets defensive. He’s just way too overly cautious >
  
  That's the thing is we can't always pass that person (at least not legally anyways) like if it's a one lane road. >
  
  I know. I always try to drive if I can help it. He’s the worst haha >
  
  It used to be a law in Wisconsin, back when i lived there, you had to pull over if you were holding up 5 or more vehicals. >
  
  5 seems like a lot, id say like 2 or 3 is reasonable because at that point you might get a guy that instead of going 10 below he's going 5 below which is also super slow >
  
  This is not an unpopular opinion: the only one who doesn't agree with it is the person driving slowly at the front of the line. >
  
  I feel these people lack awareness of their surroundings or they simply do not care. They are the same people that block aisles at grocery stores. >
  
  The worst is two lanes and both cars in each lane are just driving side-by-side 😫 >
  
  This is true, especially one 18 wheeler truck trying to pass another. Always takes forever >
  
  I fully agree it's so annoying to be behind someone being slow as hell and in my experience most slow drivers I saw were usually braking repeatedly which made their behaviour unpredictable it's more dangerous than someone speeding and passing me >
  
  Agreed, but......  If I'm already doing 65 in a 55 and 1 or more cars are tailgating, we will ALL be doing 55 Max for the next mile or 2. >
  
  Oh, if someone tailgates me, I WILL slow down until I’m actually at the speed limit. That shit is rude and dangerous. >
  
  Dangerous is tailgating someone at speed.  Rude is doing so when they are already doing 10 over.  All I would be doing is pointing out the fact that all this could be avoided if you just back off and accept that if I'm doing 10 over already I'm probably not going to speed up because you are running late or think that speed limits don't apply to you.  Minimum speed is usually 10 to 15 below the speed limit.  we could try that for a while if you like.  I suppose I could even just brake check you and then we'll get to sit on the road together for a couple hours and neither of us will get where we're going on time.  Sound fun? >
  
  Exactly. I can’t get over the mentality that other drivers on the road owe it to you to put themselves in danger of tickets, higher insurance premiums, or at-fault accidents...merely because they happen to be the car in front of you. 
  It’s why I make a point of slowing down if you are actually tailgating me on a highway. It’s my way of saying, ‘get over yourself.’ >
  
  Indeed 😏 >
  
  If its a 2 lane road no you DONT have to pull over... if its a multilane highway people have a left lane to pass you. If youre not comfortable gping the actual speed limit you shouldnt be driving. Unless theres weather conditions ie heavy rain or ice you shouldnt be traveling 10 under the limit... >
  
  Yes agreed, I was mostly thinking single lane roads when I posted this. In multi lane roads you shouldn't be in left lane unless you're passing >
  
  Which is weird though because then all trfgic gets backed up in the right lane... sometimes i just cruise in the left lane going 10 over. If someone is comming up ill get over tho >
  
  It boggles my mind that this is not more of a common courtesy. To go along with it, how the fuck do these people not realize the cars ahead of them are pulling away and gaining distance?! And then they also have cars stacking up behind them. How the fuck can anyone drive a vehicle and be this completely unaware of their surroundings? >
  
  Answer: selfishness. They just don’t give a rat’s ass about you or anyone else. >
  
  You’re right. The grocery store also really shows you peoples true nature like driving does. Pure selfishness and lack of self awareness. >
  
  Oh, yeah, I’ve got my head on a swivel because some soccer mom with 5 kids hanging off the cart decides that she and ONLY she has the right of way in every aisle.
  Don’t get me started, lol
  (This is why I go shopping for food at night past kids bedtimes when only single adults are shopping) >
  
  Agreed. I swear theres people that wake up every day and their first thought is "imma be a hinder to everyone around me". Just move aside. Dont drive way below the speed limit. Some of us actually do want to go places in times. >
  
  Everyone down voting this is the problem >
  
  Fuck that. Do the speed limit. They can honk their horn at me all they want to. If I'm doing the speed limit, they're the ones with the problem >
  
  Exactly. I will drive the SL, even 5-10 mph over it (because it is improbable that a cop will be bothered to pull me over for that). 
  If anyone has a problem with that, they need to ask themselves why they didn’t plan their route and time it better. We literally have apps that do it for us these days! >
  
  In most cases, it's not even just "you should" -- It's literally the law if you're in the leftmost lane on the highway.
  It doesn't matter if the speed limit is 70 and you're going 70mph. It does not fucking matter. You get over and let the people behind you pass. You're going to cause an accident because they can't get around you. >
  
  
  You're going to cause an accident because they can't get around you
  
  How? 
  If you are referring to people overtaking dangerously then that isn't the slow person's fault, it's the impatient person overtaking recklessly. >
  
  We aren't talking about who is at fault here, we are talking about preventing an accident.  If you can prevent an accident that wouldn't be your fault, you should obviously do it. >
  
  You allocate fault when you call someone the cause. The cause of an accident by a bad overtake is the person doing a bad overtake, not whatever they are overtaking. >
  
  Very popular opinion >
  
  if everything else were identical but the road sign said 20 mph slower and the person were going the exact same speed you'd probably be going slower than them.
  you're only mad because you want to go faster than them, not because of the speed they're going.
  if roads had no speed limit, would you constantly pull over for people who want to go 120mph all the time? >
  
  There is no reason beyond a fragile ego to not let faster traffic pass you. Why on earth would you want lots of cars held up behind you? It's more dangerous and promotes road rage instead of just letting everyone go about their day.
  Unless of course you feel the childish need to be important and act like a police officer that gets to decide how fast everyone else should be going. >
  
  Thank God someone said it. If you want to drive slow then fine, but if you want to hold everyone up then you're a problem >
  
  No upvote for you! I completely agree - these people are the bane of existence >
  
  This only applies on single lane highways for me. Otherwise just pass me normally >
  
  Yeah thats kinda what I was trying to get at >
  
  At least in Germany, by law, you have to drive on the 1st lane and use the 2nd for overtakes. If that one's busy as well, if available, overtake on the 3rd. So I'm downvoting this because the solution and approach is all wrong >
  
  I was moreso talking about single lane roads in a more countryside/rural setting. It still works a bit differently in America, where the left most lane is supposed to be used nearly exclusively for passing, and the right/middle lanes to be used for cruising and getting off at your exit. >
  
  So they should interrupt their already slow trip in a single lane road just because YOU have a car with a better engine, better speed, want to go over the legal speed limit and, for any reason, cannot overpass the slower car on the opposite direction lane? Is that what you're trying to say? Because we are able to just overpass onto the opposite lane if there are no cars incoming and if the section permits it >
  
  Those sections where you can overpass in the opposing lane happen few and far between. Plus it seems like you missed a key aspect of the post. Im not saying I want to go over the legal speed limit: if your car is going the speed limit and im behind you then I'm all fine with that. But if you're going so slow you're causing a huge line of cars behind you then thats a problem. >
  
  Or, alternatively, don't drive below the speed limit unnecessarily >
  
  You wouldn't believe how often I've been seeing it lately, it's insane. And I hate tailgating because then I feel like the asshole >
  
  Is it because it's the middle of winter and everything is like an ice rink? >
  
  I mean obviously if the road conditions themselves are bad that's a different story. I'll see it on roads that are completely clear of any snow, water, and ice. >
  
  I find in general driving has gotten about 20% worse since the start of Covid.  I'm not sure if it's from people driving less, or a loss of cognitive skills from long Covid.  But I see more people clueless on the road than ever before. >
  
  Where I live Covid caused a less intense driving test than usual so for my area I’d bet that’s why I find people worse at driving recently. >
  
  Oh wow, yeah that is massive. I don't think it caused a change here, and it's also a lot more bad drivers than just new ones, but I don't know. >
  
  Yeah no reverse, parallel, emergency stop, and they also shortened it by around 25%. It was pretty horrible tbh >
  
  Wtf. >
  
  I was driving once in a snow storm on a two lane freeway, a line of cars a mile long behind me. I was new in driving in snow and driving very slow. Normally everyone drives like maniacs here and I was tempted to drive faster, but then I thought, they could all pass I'd they wanted. The line stayed behind me happy of someone forging ahead.
  Long story short, it all depends. As long as you drive speed limit or according to circumstances you are fine. Don't let those rushing force you to something you are not ready. >
  
  Under that circumstance I'd agree with you, with a big part of it being a two lane road and they could pass if they wanted. Road conditions obviously play a big part into this. >
  
  No, bad drivers take the speed limit as "I must do this speed". It is not the speed you must drive, wtf can 90% of drivers not get this in their heads. >
  
  Yes which is why it's a speed limit. Unless the road conditions are poor you should be going close to the speed limit, not 5 to 10mph below. There's no reason that you should be holding up multiple cars because you want to drive slower. If you wanna drive slower then fine but let the rest of us who want to drive at the speed limit pass you. >
  
  5 below the limit is close to the limit, Fuck me how do you not get this. If I'm holding cars up by going 45 then I can bet my life they all want to drive above the limit. >
  
  It literally doesn't matter why they're all bunched up behind you. Regardless of reason, if you are holding up cars in traffic you're the asshole. Period. It isn't your place to decide how fast everyone else goes. You're not the police.