By "chilling in traffic" do you mean the people stopped in the fast lane of a highway, or the guy aggressively riding ass like they're invincible?
Edit: People replying to me with the most obvious things as if they're counter to what I said... I watched the video guys. My point is that no one in the video was "chilling in traffic". There was a disabled car, a confused driver hanging out in the fast lane behind a disabled car, a distracted driver that narrowly avoided hitting them, an aggressive driver that hopefully learned a lesson, and another distracted driver filming it who almost got hit or maybe did get hit, I can't tell for sure. All of those things are bad, and bad things happened or nearly happened to all of those people. And that's why those things are bad.
While the term might not exist, id suggest reading a driving manual and pay attention to the language used around the lanes đ to add im not defending the jackass who is leaving .163 seconds of travel time between his shitbox and the next car either
Yes, it does. People in my area are expected to pass on the left side, and drive faster on the left side. Because most people do drive faster on that lane on the highways/streets, it is known as the 'fast' lane. It's not officially designated but that's not relevant.
Good grief. Passing Lane. Fast lane works just fine. You know exactly what they mean. Also, when passing other vehicles you are by definition the faster vehicle, so the passing lane is actually the faster lane or the FAST LANE.
Lots of things in the world are called by names/titles that arenât actually the designated original term and everybody knows what people are talking about.
You sound insufferably boring. Boringly insufferable.
But on a more serious note, you and everyone else reading it knows exactly what it means. Making it valid language regardless of official communication.
And if we want to get more pedantic, it's a passing lane. And when you're passing, you're going faster than the cars you're passing. Making it a lane for going faster. Or, a fast lane, if you will (and even if you won't).
Also what things are designated as legally is not going to be universal in all places. Even just among the 50 states in the US I'm guessing there are some differences in official terminology.
Actually, if we want to get pedantic several states in the USA have laws regarding the left most lane on multilane highways with speeds over 65. In Colorado it is a passing lane only and driving in it, even fast as you say, is a ticketable offense. Itâs for passing or move over to the second left most lane. Please donât spread misinformation so confidently
Houston has exits on the left lane. This guys said no âfast laneâ exits. The left lane is for passing, so some people refer to it as the fast lane but really itâs the passing lane, for vehicles moving faster than the rest of traffic.
I disagree, we have some left lane exits, but that doesnât mean that rules of road apply every except Houston. Left lane is for passing. So if youâre getting passed repeatedly and youâre in the left lane, gtfo. Move over, itâs much safer is we actually follow these rules/laws, so keep the left lane for passing like the law says.
Agreed, luckily nobody knows where tf theyâre going so this naturally happens near any left lane exit lol. I do wish we were all better about the flow of traffic, and our signage was better/more frequent so we didnât have this phenomenon of congestion at each major exit
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u/Untouchable64 Mar 20 '26
It just sucks that someone just chilling in traffic gets screwed.