Hi guys,
I’m a new driver here(US) but I have had experience from when I was 12 in India (I’m 16 now). I normally go fine on local roads. The way I drive on the highway has me questioning this.
Here’s how I drive:
I get into the left-most lane
I do at least 70 mph (depends on the flow of traffic if I go faster or slower) (I will try to flash my lights first someone did that to me and I moved over)
I’ll pass on the right if the person in front is going slow and holding up the traffic behind them (me and other cars)
I change lanes more than the average person (I check the rearview mirror, side mirror, and my blind spot every time I switch)
If there is no one in front of me I speed up to 80 or 90 mph and I catch up to the next group of cars
This is a general list of how I drive on the highway. Is this being reckless?
you’re fine. maybe dont flash the brights because there are idiots with guns out there. if i pass on the fight i will abruptly get back over the left lane (once its safe) to try and send them a message of “hey left lane is for passing buddy, doesn’t matter if you’re doing 80, move over”
Stay in the middle or right lane when cruising. Pass on the left, then retreat back after you’re done passing. If someone is hogging the left lane matching the speed of the right lane, give em hell.
Not really. You’ll probably piss a lot of people off though. I would recommend not flashing your brights at people. A lot of people take it as an insult and will either go slower/not get over or road rage at you.
tbh, it’s how most people drive. i would not advise going fast enough that you are actively speeding past cars next to you for two reasons: police & if they want to merge over, they may not look correctly and go in front of you when ur going 15 faster than they r. I always aim to stay in the 70-75 range while i’m driving, and i find this to end up somewhere within the middle lanes.