I think you have missed the context here. The reason the gap needs to be left in the first place is because there is a slow driver in front of me, in the left lane. I don't move to the left lane unless I am trying to pass someone.
I agree with your statement, you just missed the meat of the point.
On a two lane highway, if you are in the left lane and someone is coming up on you, it is on YOU to move over, NOT for them to slow down, even if you are going the speed limit or higher.
Legally (and morally) the fault is ENTIRELY on the brake-checker.
If someone did that to me, and caused me to crash, I'd end up owning his house and the houses of his descendants for three generations.
MotionMan
Not at all. It just takes a closed minded very self involved person to brake check rather than speed up or get out of the way. It makes that person no better if not worse because he's being malicious where the other person is simply being irresponsible. As I amended above, the person doing the brake checking isn't concerned about safety or he wouldn't do it in the first place. It is a power play plain and simple.
Responsible driving is on the driver, not everyone else.
if people keep pulling infront of you and filling that gap and you are driving in the left lane, YOU ARE GOING TO SLOW AND BEING PASSED BY PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT.
get the fuck over to the right lane.
driving 101.
Not sure what state you are from, but last I checked ANYTIME someone is rear-ended it's basically a 99.999% chance it will be deemed their fault. It's pretty hard to be the one that hits and not be the person held liable.
Obvious exceptions being running a red light, stop sign, etc..
doesn't matter who is in front of you. if you're getting passed on the right while driving in the left lane, you should get over to the right lane.
if you get into the right lane, you can then get around the dumbass who is twiddling his thumbs in the left lane too.
win-win.
Other drivers being overtly aggressive means you're in the wrong lane? Nah, it means other drivers are way too aggressive.
Brake check aside - Obviously that's insane.
No person should ever drive faster than they are comfortable driving, especially when facing coercion from another driver. Guy was passing cars on the left and car merging onramp in right lane. He was 100% in the correct spot.
doesn't matter if people are being aggressive or not, if you are getting passed by people on the right, you are going too slow for the lane you are in.
how people cannot grasp this basic concept just bottles my mind!
You can't talk about one and ignore the other. He doesn't want to go faster? Fine, it doesn't mean brake check. Everyone (even the tailgater) will slow down to match his speed. He's in the wrong simply for instigating.
I agree the break check is wrong and insane. But you absolutely can talk about one without the other. There are two issues here, not just one. On one the tailgater was very wrong and on the other the tailgatee was very wrong.
In the US the person who brake-checked would be legally responsible for that accident.
Vehicle was merging i would not have gotten over either.
Yes, but a clear distinction needs to be made here. If I'm in the left passing someone going 70, because the cars in he right are going 60-65, it is completely unacceptable to ride someone's ass as if "OMG you arent passing them quickly enough!" A lot of people that tailgate are like that.doesn't matter if people are being aggressive or not, if you are getting passed by people on the right, you are going too slow for the lane you are in.
how people cannot grasp this basic concept just bottles my mind!
...and then you leave a safe distance behind that car.
Jesus Christ people. It's like you guys don't know how to drive the speed limit like the law abiding citizens.
On a two lane highway, if you are in the left lane and someone is coming up on you, it is on YOU to move over, NOT for them to slow down, even if you are going the speed limit or higher.
Legally (and morally) the fault is ENTIRELY on the brake-checker.
If someone did that to me, and caused me to crash, I'd end up owning his house and the houses of his descendants for three generations.
MotionMan
if people keep pulling infront of you and filling that gap and you are driving in the left lane, YOU ARE GOING TO SLOW AND BEING PASSED BY PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT.
get the fuck over to the right lane.
driving 101.
1. the brake checker was passing a semi.
2. nobody was passing him in the right lane
3. traffic was merging onto the freeway
4. he had no legal reason to move over
5. Interstates are not the autobahn.
Nope. What the break-checker did can be constituted as road-rage.
Driving to St. Louis every morning I can tell you that leaving a safe gap equals something just merging into that gap, and then you if you leave a safe gap again, someone else just merges into that space. Either way the driver behind you gets pissed because you're not letting them pass but you're letting people get in front of you.
I'd wager that if both were brought to trial, the tailgater would have a 100% unanimous guilty vote from the jury and it would take minutes if not seconds. Whereas the brake checker would be a hung jury with a potential for outright "not guilty" act of jury nullification.
Other drivers being overtly aggressive means you're in the wrong lane? Nah, it means other drivers are way too aggressive.
nope.
"officer there as debris in the road, its not fault dickhole was following at a unsafe distance and could not stop"
case closed.
wtf. Asshole is driving slow in the passing lane then brake checks a dude? Fuck him.