What is this "passing lane" of which you speak? All I've ever seen in America is the fast lane and the slow lane(s).

Mfs hitting they brakes because they TAPPED the speed limit and dont want to go over

And all these far lane fucks that hold up an entire line of traffic because they want to pull into the far lane and can't comprehend using the close lane to pick up speed to just get over

True, but the vehicle in all likelihood was purchased out of "fuck you i'm rich/leveraged to the tits, I deserve a gas guzzler the likes of which Mansa Musa would find ostentatious" mentality.

Most “soccer moms” only transporting a couple times a week at max capacity. Rest of the time it’s solo travel between work/groceries/“me time”. 💀

🚘 🧠 people, I guess. Most people are just born/live in areas where it’s nearly impossible to get around their area that’s not by a personal vehicle.

Getting groceries? Hop in the truck/SUV, drive 5+ miles to grocery store

Want to eat out? Hop into the SUV/truck, drive 10+ miles to restaurant

Visit friends? Hop into the SUV/truck, drive 10+ mi to friends house in the exurbs (and they already live in the suburbs 💀)

Going to work? Hop into the SUV/truck, drive 20+ mi to work.

Going to the bars? Call a rideshare, pay $50+ for one ride, get drunk. Most people probably think they can still drive while under the influence and get home safe.

Only describing 1-way travel, by the way.

These people trying to imagine there’s a more scalable and safer way to transport people is a foreign concept in their mind — despite the rest of the planet figuring out how to properly move people.

drive on southern roads long enough. you will encounter them. Either they have 0 awareness that they are driving in 2 lanes (or swerving between lanes); or they are deliberately doing it to be assholes

Either way. Fuck them

And only end up being farther back than if they had just stayed put, as everybody else had the same thought, making the new lane the slower one.

90% of the time the bumper to bumper traffic only exists because some fuck taps their breaks every 15 seconds

If I'm stuck in rush-hour traffic on a 65mph limit interstate going 5 miles an hour in the left lane, I'll be God damned if I'm going to move over to the right lane so someone can pass me. An emergency vehicle? Sure. But some asshat that is swerving in and out of every lane just to try to get a few cars ahead? Fuck 'em.

The land of the rich

But that's literally what induced demand is. More lanes might mean more throughput but it's still jammed because more people make the decision to use that road. Wow.

You aren't stuck on Reddit. You are the Reddit.

So did I, but I absolutely did not expect internet culture to radically change.

Wait it's all internet

YoU'rE bReAtHtAkInG

No man, I am the shit

Completely agree! Its why in addition to making relatively lighthearted insults on the internet, i actually advocate for such changes by regularly attending government meetings and contacting my elected representatives.

Hell, just this week, i participated in a meeting to change my city’s zoning code to allow more density, wrote to all of my representatives (granted this week, my email to them was about the lack of worker protections associated with PTO…) and researched all the agenda items for the upcoming city development and transportation meetings.

If there is anything im missing that would help advocate for such changes, im all ears! No really… i actually enjoy going to these meetings as dull as that sounds and would love to know more! Its been kind of an emerging hobby for me lol.

Its the dryest and dullest thing ever, but for some reason, ive been really into that! As a perk, the people watching at such meetings is amazing. Id love for more people to experience the wonders that is a local government meeting.