Ulmo
Active Member
People should go no slower than cars to the right of them in any lane (even if it is the express or carpool lane), and no more different than 45MPH between adjacent lanes to reduce speed differential. People should move right out of a lane if they are blocking traffic behind them.
(It's quite dangerous to pass a Prius going slow in the Express/Carpool lane by having to get in what are supposed to be slower moving lanes to do so. Driving slow in the fast lane is not safe.)
On one lane (in a direction) roads, the standard is to pull right someplace safe and safely to allow traffic to pass if you are blocking it, and the law recently was passed to specify "5 or more vehicles" you must do so, but I'd do it even for less than 5.
As we age or when we are sick, our brain and senses operate slower and with more errors. As a result, we encounter situations in which we need to match our driving speed to our ability to take in the information that comes in at that speed. There's a slight increase in information sensing and processing necessary when one gets out of the fastest lane into another lane, but then all you have to do is move more right until you can go slow enough to match your sensory and processing speed at that time to the conditions. This could easily end you up in the rightmost lane, and even off the road, either to let others pass or just to stop driving.
Every day there is a time of day we are not able to physically drive. It is being called tired. We must get off the road before then. However, many of us experience a slower reduction in physical abilities leading up to that time that also requires better positioning and speed of information flow on the roadways. Don't be afraid to get out of the way to the right side lanes. Or off the road in a safe neighborhood.
(It's quite dangerous to pass a Prius going slow in the Express/Carpool lane by having to get in what are supposed to be slower moving lanes to do so. Driving slow in the fast lane is not safe.)
On one lane (in a direction) roads, the standard is to pull right someplace safe and safely to allow traffic to pass if you are blocking it, and the law recently was passed to specify "5 or more vehicles" you must do so, but I'd do it even for less than 5.
As we age or when we are sick, our brain and senses operate slower and with more errors. As a result, we encounter situations in which we need to match our driving speed to our ability to take in the information that comes in at that speed. There's a slight increase in information sensing and processing necessary when one gets out of the fastest lane into another lane, but then all you have to do is move more right until you can go slow enough to match your sensory and processing speed at that time to the conditions. This could easily end you up in the rightmost lane, and even off the road, either to let others pass or just to stop driving.
Every day there is a time of day we are not able to physically drive. It is being called tired. We must get off the road before then. However, many of us experience a slower reduction in physical abilities leading up to that time that also requires better positioning and speed of information flow on the roadways. Don't be afraid to get out of the way to the right side lanes. Or off the road in a safe neighborhood.
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