How to Drive?

Or if people kept more space between them and the car in front. There would be far less traffic...

Also if anyone is interested. Basically this is a traffic flow video based off 4 lane intersections. Was a share a year or so ago...I throughly enjoyed it toward the end


ofc the biggest issue with new traffic flow methods is drivers not being used to it and colliding. It seems we may be at an impasse.

I was driving steady down a road I hadn't been down in years and almost panicked when I hit a new roundabout in the middle of the night.

ATL also has a Spaghetti junction.

I wish the U.S. drivers would display the same driving smarts Europe has, where you stay in the right lane except for passing. It would cut down the need for some of these 6-16 lane highway/freeways. lol

Get over, or get pulled over, Alabamians.

Alabama state troopers want more people to know that the left lane on the interstate is not for long-term travel. In fact, using the lane for anything other than passing is illegal.

“If they need to pass a slower moving motorist than that’s when they can use that left hand lane to pass that motorist and safely get back over into the right lane,” State Trooper Cpl. Jess Thornton told WBRC

Alabama troopers warn left lane drivers: You're breaking the ...

I wish the U.S. drivers would display the same driving smarts Europe has, where you stay in the right lane except for passing. It would cut down the need for some of these 6-16 lane highway/freeways. lol

That is how it is in AU......stay left unless overtaking.....they will fine you in a New York second if you are lolly gagging in the passing lane and not passing someone.....I also fully believe that ALL big rigs should be bound to the slower lane and find $5000 if they get caught in the passing lane and or speeding..............

You drive at the speed that is the safest. In both scenarios.

When traffic is flowing fast it is best and probably safest to at least stay with the speed of traffic.

In the winter time it is hard to find a safe speed. 40mph can be too fast for sure. I try to not go slower than the big rigs.


Both of these scenarios are not following the law exactly. But I view the safety of myself and those around me to be more important than a sign on the side of the road.

That is how it is in AU......stay left unless overtaking.....they will fine you in a New York second if you are lolly gagging in the passing lane and not passing someone.....I also fully believe that ALL big rigs should be bound to the slower lane and find $5000 if they get caught in the passing lane and or speeding..............

In Florida it means that the interstates are now a parking lot.

• you commute down a busy interstate with a posted 55mph maximum speed limit. traffic is dense, almost bumper-to-bumper, and the average speed of the vehicles you share the road with is over 70mph, with the slow lanes moving steadily around 65mph and the fast lane near 80mph and some vehicles moving closer to 90mph as soon as they can.
  • what should you do?

• you are driving down the same interstate in winter, and cold snap has turned the entire road surface into a dangerous mix of slush and solid ice. the lanes are not visible. there is a posted minimum speed of 40mph, and although not as crowded, most traffic is creeping under 25mph.
  • what should you do?

I've seen plenty of signs here saying "NO TRUCKS LEFT LANE"...and yet I've seen them do it plenty of times also.

If it's 2 lane highway I can understand, but not for any other reason. If you have a truck in front of you doing 10 under for a long haul that's considerably less money per hour.

I was in Traffic school some 35 years ago and this similar scenario came up. The Officer doing the class said that here in California one can theoretically get a ticket for going the speed limit...if the flow of traffic is moving 10+ mph faster. The key, according to him, is move with the flow of traffic.

i went to a driving class once to get a ticket expunged.
i asked the officer about this subject, and that's what he said too, more or less -- that driving safely outweighs the letter of the speed limit sign, so that you should keep up with the flow of traffic, trying to keep space between you and the other cars. which can, situationally, include speeding because the mass of traffic is speeding, or in order to pass someone quickly and get out of the way of other drivers in the fast lane.
he agreed that the attitude our dear friend Ouliphant expressed can create dangerous traffic conditions, and encourage road rage and more dangerous behavior by frustrated drivers behind you, which are worse for the safety of everyone than driving 5 or 10 mph over the limit to keep up with the flow of traffic.

suppose the posted speed limit is 55, and the actual average speed of the traffic is 65.
and suppose the traffic is fairly dense -- there's not all kinds of open space where anyone can easily pass without waiting.

am i sinning against the people i share the road with if i go 55, impeding the highway, so that i create a pile of tailgating traffic compressed behind me, all trying to get around me? it's not like i don't know what i'm doing.

am i doing them all a service by slowing down the whole interstate? by creating a line of a dozen cars bumper to bumper behind me, all stewing and muttering about 'whoever it is in that car up ahead' ?

or am i doing good to them? if i'm doing good, should i get in the fast lane and block the progress of the 'biggest offenders'?

While in the Army, and having to clean up the carnage left after accidents where the direct cause was speeding, and believing what God/Christ said when He said to "obey the Laws of Caesar for the Glory of God," I obey the posted Speed Limits.

If folks don't like it, they can pass, OR, we can pull over and discuss it...….makes no never mind to me either way.

Christians who habitually speed when driving are habitual Lawbreakers...…..not too many other ways to describe it. I do enjoy the various excuses they come up with for doing so though.

Preacher Jon driving down the street in his Town on a 45 MPH Speed Limit area. Preacher Jon's in a bit of a hurry and is driving 55. Driver behind him turns to his wife and says: "Ain't that Preacher Jon? I thought he was suppose to be some wonderful Christian, and he's driving like a crazy man."

Preacher Jon, on same street driving 45 MPH. Driver behind him turns to his wife and says: "Ain't that Preacher Jon? He's driving like an idiot, don't he know EVERYONE drives 55 or more on this street?" His wife responds: "He's a Christian you know. He's obeying the Law."

Doesn't matter what question a person asks, or what scenario they come up with to try and justify Christians breaking the Laws of Caesar or the Laws of God, they are wrong, and may well end up dead wrong.

The whole world is watching professed Christians just begging them to slip up and do something that is wrong......in this way, the world can justify their unbelief and sinful life styles.

I obey the Laws of Caesar, and the Commandments of Christ that He gave us while here on earth during His Ministry. But, now, that's probably just me.