Driving in the middle lane of a 3 lane hwy.

I preferred running in the center lane of a three lane for one main reason, I'm out of the way of the idiots merging onto the highway.

 

There is less merging and ramp traffic in the middle lane, but you must keep up the pace to avoid being a rolling roadblock.

 

I can understand being in the center lane if your in an area of alot of merging traffic. But when your in that lane you should atleast be moving alittle faster than the speedlimit.

What really bugs me is when you have some driver in the center lane not doing the speedlimit in an area of no merging traffic. There is no reason to be there!

 

I will agree with you on that! It happens with the dang 4-wheelers and rigs both. If traffic is really light, then I would tend to stay in the right lane (every rig I ever drove was governed, so I selected the lane based on traffic speed and my top speed). If it's rush hour, and you're lucky if you reach 35 mph, then I'm definitely in the middle lane unless I'm near my exit.

 

I'm sorry, but I find this reasoning completely unacceptable. To say that you should be moving faster than the speed limit in ANY lane is unprofessional at best, and to EXPECT others to break the law is the worst part of that line of thought.

Being a company driver in a governed truck, I rarely find myself in a situation where I even have to worry about speeding. However, being in the situation I am in (which probably the majority of other drivers are in as well) I can say that people who speed are the biggest hazard on the road, period.

Here is some food for thought...

You are driving along at the speed limit and come up on a slower moving vehicle. You check your mirrors to pass on the left and all is clear. You signal, begin to switch lanes, and out of nowhere some ####### pulls out and speeds off around you causing you to slam on your brakes and swerve your truck back into your lane (I am in a tanker, so this is particularly dangerous for me).

More times than not, you cannot even get into the left lane b/c it is occupied by all those who think that going 5 mph over the limit is the acceptable practice since "everyone else does it."

The worst of this is when either something happens in your lane that causes you to hit the brakes, or a particularly inept driver hasn't learned that to merge you have 2 choices...gas or brake. Slamming on your brakes or swerving when driving a tanker is probably 100% more dangerous than with any other load due to the surge. When even one of those options is taken away (swerving to another lane), your fate is up to the ####### who created the situation in the first place. Stopping short in a loaded truck is one thing...try doing it in a tanker.

I have to say, this is my number 1 gripe on the road b/c it happens to me every single day no matter where I happen to be in the country. The cause of the problem may not be the speeders who keep me out of the left lanes, but if an accident occurs in this type of situation I can guarantee it played an enormousness role. I suppose being in a tanker increases my awareness of this issue due to the surge and the constant possibility of GETTING BLOWN THE #### UP IF I ROLL!!!!

So, it bugs you that I'm in my tanker in the center lane going the speed limit or slower due to being in a governed truck...tough ####!

I dunno, maybe its just me...

P.S. I'm also that guy that your cussing at who is going through town in the left lane from stop light to stop light backing up all the city traffic :snicker:

 

I ran the middle lane for that reason and also because basically you can keep up with traffic without slamming on your brakes all the time. Other vehicles can get around you more safely too.

 

I run the middle lane because if I need to get off to the left or right them I will not be jumping alot of lanes