Why American Highways are So Slow and Dangerous - BMW M3 POV Drive (Binaural Audio)
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- čas přidán 4. 03. 2021
- Left and Middle lane hogs have made American highways unnecessarily congested, slower, and dangerous. Most Americans do not even know they are driving in the wrong lane and I hope we can clear that up with proper lane etiquette.
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Like the video if you hate lane hogs. It's ok if you're guilty of these wrong lane sins...Just do better and tell your friends. Highways can be more open, safe, and relaxing if we use the correct lanes. Edit: My blinker was used on EVERY lane change. Shocking for a BMW driver yes. But please look closely before commenting that "he didn't use his blinker."
I think the biggest thing behind the poor highway driving because nobody is ever really taught these things. This coming from a relatively new driver (3 years).
I invite you to visit Maryland for a good laugh, no situational awareness on our highways lol
I am not from the US. I have been to the US and have driven in the US though. I did use observation as my teacher when using the highways, unfortunately lol...now I know the right way to use highways and will apply the knowledge if I visit the US again.
Plase do more of these to spread awareness!
In Germany we have the "Rechtsfahrgebot" or "commandment to drive on the rightmost lane" for exactly that reason. It also is ignored often but the left lane is almost only being used for overtaking and people move at least into the middle lane after that in 95% of cases. Also overtaking on the right is not allowed here except in cities but I do overtake mid lane hoggers occasionally just to remind them of their mistake, often enough they move to the rightmost lane after that. However the right lane is often full with trucks and people tend to stay in the middle lane because of that which is allowed because that negates the commendment to drive on the rightmost lane.
I drive a lot because of work and drove the A2 to Berlin the other week, if you are lucky and people keep moving to the right like they are supposed to you can easily drive over 200kmh on the left lane without much problem. Top speed from Berlin to my hometown was 231kmh on the Autobahn, but those high speeds are often interrupted by drivers that don't use their mirrors properly and thus you have to use the brakes.
German here: Never thought I'd see the day an American BMW driver would correctly explain lane etiquette and use their turn signals.
Amazing times we're living in
EU driver here, i don't know wtf are they doing on the left lane, if you pass you move right, we have 2 lane highways and yes i am a fellow bmw driver, but still, wtf murrica
@@theslobotfather Nobody cares about the EU, you're irrelevant
@@theslobotfather it is like this everywhere though, people do cruise in the middle lane because often the slower lane is used by slow trucks and all so instead of switching lanes all the time, you keep in the middle lane, it is safer than overtaking all the time.
@@fs5866 it all depends, if everyone follows the pattern yes, else it's safer to stay right
Bro comparing Germany to America we have bigger population, more cars. Also switching lanes repeatedly is one of the highest reasons accidents happen. If you want to pass people use the passing lane. If somebody is going the speed limit you can’t get mad at them they are following the law.
This video actually has one the rarest occurrences in all of natural history...a BMW driver using turn signals.
the irony of this comment being the most common on every BMW post
😂😂😂
Haha original
Only haters that can’t afford expensive cars say that. The brand does not make the driver. I drive a van at work, a BMW and a Honda motorcycle at home. So i give signals when I’m at work and on my motorcycle but not when im in the BMW??? 🤨 If i don’t regardless, then your logic makes even less seance. The funny thing is that you are probably one of the people that, that video is targeting. 🤣
@@DirtyRaveMind its called a joke
Something the government doesn't understand is that adding more lanes won't solve the lack of education among drivers.
JuSt OnE mOre laNe 😂
Adding more lanes isn't aiming to fix lack of education lol it's to fix congestion. Maybe make public transportation more ubiquitous and there would be less bad drivers on the roads...
@@aaaccc7173 'adding more lanes fixes congestion' is a monstrous century-old lie. The YT channel 'Not Just Bikes' has a recent video on this.
@@Hadgerz Yeah, I know. That's why I said more public transportation is better than blindly inducing demand...
3 lanes is way better than 2 lanes when there’s enough traffic for it
Cars’ speeds differ enough that 2 lanes causes a bunch of problems
When you’re a driver wanting to go 5 above the speed limit, you’re constantly going back and forth between right lane traffic going 5 below, and left lane traffic going 15 above
You either go back and forth between this or pick one of the two and go with the traffic
Having a 3rd lane solves this problem and largely eliminates the need to ever slow down or speed up
It's also road design. Having exits on the left means that slow drivers need to move into fast lanes just to make their exit.
Having exits only on the right removes this element and increases flow.
WHAT!? thats so silly
Exits on the left is very rare though... you only see that in a few cities where they don't have room to exit on the other side and in those cases its often in an area where the traffic is always relatively slow.
Never seen an exit on the left
Yea idk where you live but here we have like 1 exit on the left
We have left exits all over Texas highways. It's not rare but more like, uncommon.
Here’s the irony. Since these incorrect lane use practices are so ubiquitous, using the lanes correctly is unpredictable and confusing to those around you.
He already said that
it's like changes in language, basically enough people have to speak it incorrectly that it becomes part of the language and is now correct
@@zhawk18she likely made the comment before hearing him say that.
He's a douche who is clearly going like 10 over the speed limit.
Omg just pass the guy on the right if he's going a reasonable speed in the middle lane. You're being dangerous as fuck dude.
There is no 'losing' on the highway. It's not a fucking race.
Holy fuck I hate this guy so much.
As a German driving in the U.S I'm surprised I'm not dead yet.
Go drive in Florida for a little while.
There's a reason why there's no American drivers in f1 and never a legit winner. Mario Andretti was born in Italy. Never had a competitive manufacturer either.
@@annunakian8054 Phil Hill?
@@Redslayer86 worst drivers and heaviest enforcement of all traffic rules. If a cop stops you he'll literally scream at you!
@@acerusea5156 Phil Hill won the championship with a lead of one point. His opponent died during the second last race. If the season would have had no dramatic accident and if Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips would have had the chance to participate at the last race, Phil Hill would not have won the the F1 championship.
Many of our highways have such short on ramps that "middle lane cruising" is essentially using it as a passing lane to pass people merging/exiting.
it's not rocket science, if you wanna help people merge on, then move over, then move back. American roads are a dream to drive on, yet you guys have some of the highest fatality rates among developed nations per capita. Some of the slip roads (on-ramps) near my house in Europe are 150ft long at most, yet you don't hear us complaining, we make do. These particular on-ramps are so short you will often find people have to come to a complete halt and wait for a gap to merge with traffic going 80+, yet accidents rarely happen because European drivers are trained to MUCH higher standards. Much, MUCH higher standards.
Especially when 70% of people decide that entering the highway 20mph slower than the speed limit is safe.
I agree-obviously depending on the context. What some people might not realize is that there are freeways with two or more exits per mile-mostly in urban areas that had their freeways built so long ago that engineers didn’t know better, or had political pressure to add an excessive quantity of exits. It makes the right lane so chaotic that freeway engineers sometimes create dedicated “weave lanes” where the only people allowed in the right lane through the densest part of an urban area are those exiting or entering in the next 3-5 exits. Downtown seattle has 2-lanes dedicated to continuing south, and 3-lanes dedicated to weaving south.
Well yes, but at least 70% of Americans have high displacement, high horsepower vehicles. All you gotta do to merge at the right speed is put your foot down.
Yeah-unfortunately probably that same 70% of Americans leave a following distance the length of a popsicle stick between cars. Not only does this lead to a ton more traffic and rear-end-collisions, but it makes merging so much more challenging where there are no gaps between cars.@@GTDpowah
I'd love to always pass on the left but because of the issues you described, we are often forced to pass on the right. Otherwise we just add to the line of cars blocking the left lane.
too many slow drivers in the middle lanes, forcing people to pass on the right too, it creates a mess for everyone
You are never 'forced' to pass on the right. You choose to pass on the right and become part of the problem.
Literally have to do this everyday. Enter the highway into a dedicated entrance/exit lane, pass the slow cars in the right lane, pass the slow drivers in the right middle lane asap because the right lane ends in 1/2 a mile, then move over to the left middle lane because the right middle lane ends in 3 miles. Then eventually into the left lane because all the semis are going 50 in a 60 but getting in the left lane is near impossible and dangerous because like 60% of the traffic is in the left lane and everyone is driving between 50-80mph for no reason.
I'll drive wherever the fuck I want, commie. Stay outta my way if you want to live.
As a german I really can’t imagine how it feels like to feel unsave on the highway. I mean we’re driving 130mph and have less accidents than in america. I think Rechtfahrgebot should be mandatory everywhere
hab jetzt erst verstanden dass er Rechtsfahrgebot sagt XD Danke
@Yoo Wat No the american highways are way mor dangerous than the german autobahn
@Yoo Wat nope Germany has the lowest rate at car accidents World Wide and that with higher speedlimit (normal roads its ~60 mph… thats almost the max speed the US can drive on their Highways)
@Yoo Wat wrong
@@blackchecker2009 not the lowest, but yea it's pretty low,(3.7/100 000 inhabitants) swiss for example (2.2/100 000 inhabitants)
Germany: This lane is for this, that lane is for that. You pass there, then go back here...
SoCal (in any lane): You either let me merge or we both die.
And there is Denmark which is a combination of both
In large Italian cities we mostly use indicators to mean "I am gonna go this way, yes I know I'll be cutting you off and no I don't care, see to it that we don't crash."
(Proceeds to ignore them in my 7k lb diesel pickup)
This is so true
Texas: if you don't drive an F-250, a Silverado, a Tundra, a Beemer, Benz or a Lambo, you're not allowed on the freeway anyway.
This is the only YT video that's ever made a notable difference in my day-to-day life. Watched this two years ago, and I've been driving in a safer manner ever since. Feels good to be part of the solution rather than the problem.
Thanks for making a difference, Ted 👍
I'm sure it feels good to be completely alone and stuck behind slow ass drivers. 👍
German here, the german word Rechtsfahrgebot stands for driving on the right and is translated: Rechts(Right)-fahr(driving)-gebot(command). The instruction to always drive on the right side. In germany, switzerland and austria you will get pulled over for being a lane hog. Absolutely enjoyed this video of yours Tedward
But "middle lane = cruising lane" at three-lane motorways seems to become slowly the social norm now as well.
SCHEISE!
@@gargoyle7863😢
In Ostdeutschland, Berlin, Hamburg, Niedersachsen oder Schleswig Holstein kapieren die meisten Leute das Rechtsfahrgebot. Baden Württemberg oder Bayern ist das Gegenteil da benutzt niemand die rechte Spur. Hast du auch die Erfahrung gemacht?
@@niwelezlusch9610 ich fahre tatsächlich überwiegend in Süddeutschland 😅 (ob es im Norden/Osten besser ist, kann ich gar nicht sagen)
In Slovakia, we use lane with least amount of potholes. So basically it seems like everyone is drunk as we are going from side to side
I heard that in Slovakia you get pulled over for driving straight because you must be either drunk or crazy
Here in Brazil too lmao
@@monke7156 yes. That is popular joke. Sadly, based on true story :D
I like your system of driving
🤣🤣🤣
My biggest fear in life is getting seen by Tedward in the wrong lane.
hahahahahahah
... and caught on video
Read your MANUAL
Same especially cuz I’m in mass
LMAO
It's exactly the same in the UK. Hogging in the middle lane is a plaque. Some people are completely clueless about driving. Sometimes two right lanes are completely congested and the left lane free from traffic for miles.
people in my area don't travel in the right lane because often the right lane dissappears into an exit ramp that'd be unavoidable,and good luck on those exits where the 2 rightmost lanes turn into exits
Yeah. This sounds like it makes sense but it doesn’t work in America and having two passing lanes is pointless(I think it’s pointless anyway?). Staying in the far right lane on I5 is a total nightmare. Honestly the way he’s driving in the video feels kinda dangerous and unrealistic for those driving hours each day. It may be different in Germany but in America 3+ lane highways have been designed with the intent for the far right lane to only be used for merging in and out of the highway. The far right lane disappears at every single exit in some areas and if you are in that lane you typically (in larger areas anyways) will not be able to switch to the middle lane and avoid disappearing into an exit. I agree with the whole left lane passing lane thing but not this, it just doesn’t work with our road design. There aught to be a lane where you don’t have to worry about constantly merging with dreadful city traffic or having your lane disappear and not having the space to turn into another lane.
And the example country quoted in the vid is also a country with pretty decent passenger rail. That's why Germany is able to afford having the standards be so high to begin with
This a problem of improper following distance. If vehicles were using adequate following distance, merging over from an exit only lane would not be a concern, no matter how congested it is. I'm a truck driver and even when at a complete standstill I try to leave plenty of space ahead of me. Some assume it is so I can get rolling faster... or that I'm being a nice guy so they can cut in front of me to gain two inches... -it is niether. Its just in case EMS/fire has to get through quickly to the scene of a crash. Too many drivers are inconsiderate of the fact that their life and the world in which they live it is not always about them.
It is always about me. My convenience is infinitely more important than your life.
In the US, those lanes are marked differently than through-lanes that continue on the freeway. There is usually plenty of time to notice the lane is becoming an exit-only lane and merge over to the normal through-lanes to the left. Lanes that are on the right and designed for entering or exiting the freeway are called auxiliary lanes. Instead of the normal long white dashes separating the lanes, they have much shorter and usually wider white dashes to let drivers know the intended purpose of these lanes. If you're cruising along in the right lane and the dashes change from the normal long narrow dashes to short wide dashes, that's a sign that you should merge left unless you intend on exiting the freeway. This change is also accompanied by a large green exit sign with the name of the exit that also contains a white arrow pointing down at the dedicated lane with the word "ONLY" highlighted within a yellow box to let you know the right lane (or lanes) are going to exit the freeway. If a driver does not notice either of these obvious clues in order to move into the left lane to stay on the freeway before they reach the exit, they are clearly not paying enough attention and probably have no business driving a car.
The trouble with this is it requires more driving and paying attention to the road which will distract me from scrolling through Instagram.
True.
Looking at your phone on the highway is extremely inconsiderate
@@sebastienjul6223 he’s joking
@@tegandteginus7767 he's joking.
@@sebastienjul6223 he's joking
American logic: speed is dangerous, lets make it slow, call it job done.
German logic: slow moving obstacles are dangerous, lets manage the way they position themselve, no obstacles no speed limit required.
slow moving objects are not dangerous...speed differential is.
@@TheNitroG1 🙈
@TheNitroG1 slow moving objects are not dangerous by itself, in Germany the trucks are driving maximum 90km/h (56 mph) at all times next to other cars that have no speed limit. But slow moving OBSTACLES are dangerous, please don't be an obstacles and stay on the maximum far right lane when possible.
Except that the speed limit in the US is one of the highest among countries with speed limits. Heck, even the German autobahn has an advisory speed limit of 80.8 mph, which is not far from the usual 70-80 mph we see in most US states. In practice, most drivers often drive 5-10 over the speed limit.
The speed limit will usually lower inside cities mostly for safety reasons. Yes, safety reasons. There may be sharp turns, many freeway exits/entrances, minor hills that obstruct the traffic ahead, etc. It is absolutely wise to lower the speed limit in these areas.
You also cannot compare Germany with the US. The US is in charge of a much larger population and also diverse population. Yeah, we might very well have more knuckleheads over here. To protect lives and prevent future lawsuits, we need to put “reasonable” speed limits in place. People need to stop seeing freeways as race tracks.
We have more "knuckleheads" because "we" have removed so much decision making from driving. Drivers don't pay attention anymore, which causes issues when oblivious / aggressive drivers do something unexpected. If we allowed uncertainty back into driving (removing speed limits would be a good start), drivers would be forced to pay more attention and work together, leading to a safer and more pleasant driving experience for everyone.
There is a recent book called "confessions of a recovering engineer" that mentions some inherent problems with US highway design and differences in speed and time savings between our cities. Highways with frequent onramps and exit points are part of a larger design philosophy that is relatively new (1950's onwards) and for several years now has been showing its problems. Your video and the book I referenced both have some excellent insights for small, practical changes that might help to change our roads for the better.
I have also read this book and am a big fan of strong towns. I appreciate the pointers outlined in the video but a lot of people want to translate this to urban highways where there are many conflict points and entries from multiple points on the corridor, not just the right. When you take these rules outside of a limited access highway with high soeeds and no local destinations, all the rules laid oit above should go out the window. In places where you can turn left to access a business, the correct lane to be in is the one that will actually get you to your intended destination, regardless of whether or not you are passing anyone.
@@Mdb8900 yeah you're right it's hard to follow good driving principles on "stroads" essentially. An urban highway where you can make an unprotected left turn against oncoming traffic, in order to access a business is rather dangerous and inefficienct. It does both jobs poorly. It can neither move cars efficiently at high volumes and high speeds, and it also doesn't provide safe access to local businesses.
So to survive in a poorly-built stroad environment, I agree with you we have to use whatever lane gets us on the relevant side. Ideally, we'd build less stroads and make clearer delineations between local streets (designed to build wealth and provide access to shops and businesses) and roads (designed to move cars quickly over long distance). Skip the in-between portions of 55mph double lane + neutral turn lane setup that we see in the US everywhere. We are so used to them, even though they are inherently poor designs. If we could decrease conflict points on those corridors, it would help. But it's super hard to do retroactively! Until then, we will drive inefficiently and hog the left lane, in anticipation of our upcoming left turn, even if we're not passing slower traffic and the right lane is open... Darn stroads.
Here in the Netherlands you have to pay 270 euros (roughly the same in dollars) if you unnecessarily stay in the left/middle lane. Overtaking on the right hand side will cost you 300 euros.
as a 16 year old new driver they don't teach us any of this when getting our permit or our license, they actually teach us something completely different. so to be fair those cars are only doing what they were taught to do but this was extremely helpful information and I'll definitely keep this in mind while on the roads!
As long as folks only use left lane to pass and move right after we’re golden!
that's bull lol. Use the right lane for driving, and left lane for passing is driving 101. I don't know how'd you get your license xD.
This was absolutely taught in American drivers Ed. Quit making excuses. Left lane: pass. Right lane: slower traffic
Sincerely,
An American that got 100% on his license test
Idk what school you go to but im in Utah and for my school they taught us almost everything to know about driving enough to where I was confident to drive with only 4 hours of driving
POV: You failed the drivers test
I gave the German method of driving a shot earlier this week up and down the Mass Pike, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much safer I felt on the highways! Not to mention how efficiently I was moving through traffic! We really need to teach people that this is the most optimal way to drive.
You felt safer because you actually had an escape route to your right by keeping in the right lane. If you cruise down the center lane, you have no escape route to either side, but in the right lane, you can at least go to the break-down lane if you need to avoid something.
It shouldn't even be called the German method. It should just be how everyone drives all the time, everywhere.
Everyone in europe drives like this
@@paubayes2002 Yeah, Europeans are actually taught how to drive. Americans don't really learn from qualified instructors, but are taught by, and pick up all the bad habits of, their parents.
Most driving schools in the US don't even offer to teach driving on a manual car, for example. Just a few basic lessons in an automatic before sending you off to learn with your parents.
@@paubayes2002 except on the south-west going, 3-lane highway from Oslo, Norway. Nobody but trucks and buses use the right lane there.
The fact that people don’t know how to drive on a three lane motorway is a big reason why “one more lane bro” fails miserably. If people don’t use lanes properly, all the rules set forth for road design go out the window.
There's two reasons that people hang out in the middle lane.
1. Cities have way to many ramps, so yes, avoiding the merging traffic.
2. Slow passers. If you are in the right lane, you might be blocked by a slow passer and the left lane is empty and unused, while meanwhile you can't get over because you're blocked in. So better stay in the middle so you always have 2 places to pass.
Totally agree with you on speed limits. I hate them!
want to move to the left to overtake but are blocked by someone in pacing you in the middle lane? slow down a touch let the block car get in front then move into the middle lane behind them, now you can use the left lane to overtake both vehicles. remembering to move back to the right lane after.
These are both true, but not a good excuse for doing it.
This would drive me absolutely insane! Love the Autobahn even more now. Keep teaching them 😅
hoi
You’ve got a great thing going over there, that’s for sure!
They don't understand roundabouts either
Or you use sirens instead
Autobahn is fantastic if you do not mind a road system that is paid for by high taxes and less freedoms.
Having a nicer home, better finances and living in a country that is willing do defend itself is far more important.
“The left lane is the cruise lane for me... at 100MPH.” - Every lifted pickup truck driver ever.
Any pickup driver ever😭
and if you come to Saudi Arabia, rules for you as a Saudi,
1- full speed
2- don't care about your and others safety
3- don't wear seatbelt
4- 1.hand on steering wheel
5- hajawalah
6- remove speed sensor
7- remove numberplate
8- blast music's
9- snap chat it
10- sit with your cars seat as back and lower as possible
And brake check any car that’s behind them I swear every big suv or pick up has brake checked me
@@kevinmorelikekevout3639 the one thing I miss about driving a shitbox car was that, if anyone ever hit the car it was expendable and I didn't get brake checked much cause I think they knew this.
@@kevinmorelikekevout3639 nice I drive pick up on right lane 😂
I learned how to drive (unofficially) in Germany. I’m frustrated driving on American highways based on each point you’ve mentioned. Well done - pass this on!
In the US the middle lane is indeed officially the cruising lane, while the left lane is used for overtaking and the right lane is used for entering/exiting the highway, the roads are designed around this in many cases.
the middle lane is not the cruising lane... the middle lane is the passing lane... the left lane should be the cruising line...
Yeah, after doing a bit of searching around I think this guy might just be incorrect.
This is an argument that should be able to be settled quickly and decisively. He's got a half-dozen links to merch in his description box, so you'd think he could spare a link or two for some authoritative source(s) that would actually back him up on this.
Please show us the "official" reference (a state vehicle code book will suffice) to back up your claims.
the worst is when you go to pass someone who was slower but then speed up so you cant pass them, then slow down when you go behind them again
Especially when you're just chilling with cruise control on a very long drive, and someone like that just ruins your flow because they're fragile
@@Mario_RX7 that's even worse. That's how people die. Just let it go
this is why having even a slightly fast car is fun, because you don't have to deal with people like this as much
It's actually an unconscious response people have. I've learned a few things to do in different situations.
1 - They speed up as you pass beside them
- In this situation, if you pin it and speed up 10km/h for a few seconds they usually end up returning to their original speed and you pass them nicely
2 - In situations where people have decided to speed up and then sit in your blind spot
- A nice swerve that looks as though you're about to change lanes and sideswipe them without exiting your lane will usually make them brake and stay back a little
3 - Your looking to pass and the car beside you speeds up to block you in
- This is truly annoying but I've learned that if you are getting close to the car in front as you get ready to pass often the drivers beside speed up. The solution is to actually stay a fair bit back and once adequate room has opened to pass do so quickly, passing with high throttle to avoid letting them speed up enough to box you in again. In nicer areas drivers will alow you to pass if you signal and give them a few seconds but thats not the reality for where I live
@@jacobvanhalteren7452 number 2 is insane behavior. You guys gotta chill
As a Highway Patrol officer and driver enthusiast, I appreciate your video. But in states with 5-7 lane highways there’s no hope for lane courtesy haha.
A boy can dream
That's weird, in Europe there are usually 3, sometimes 4 and very very very rarely 5 lanes before an exit. So we don't have that problem here.
@@bananenmusli2769 the main highway that is a loop around my city, not even the main interstate, is typically 4-5 lanes around the whole city
Well here's the thing, if you actually WORKED if you actually DID YOU JOB and enforced proper lane use, we could. Everyonesays no one wants to work these days but post COVID the amount of cops and troopers I've seen has plummeted and the amount I see actually actively working is slimmer still. Get a move on pig
@@bananenmusli2769 This is becoming a big problem here in the UK, it's been getting worse and worse over the past several years, lane hogs are so bloody annoying!
In cities, the middle lane is used as a passing lane for the exit merges. In rural areas, I have no problem driving in the right most lanes. I rarely ever drive in the left lane, unless the right lane is going way slower than the speed limit.
The thing is if you have a slower car every literal 60 feet on the right, I might as well stay in the middle. Because I'm constantly passing someone.
It's another thing entirely if you're in a relatively empty highway and there's more room in the right lane so getting back over to the right makes plenty of sense. But with the way things usually are there isn't even room in the right hand lane between each slow guy.
Your video looks great, there isn't too many cars. But so many people spend a lot of time driving in more congested highways and get trained to use the middle lane as the cruising lane, and sometimes even the left lane as the cruising lane. Because there's no extra spare room in the right hand lane to simply cruise in it at speed when you're done passing. You're literally always passing.
I don't think he's saying anything that contradicts you. As long as you are passing, you are okay in the left lanes.
I also feel like if a cop saw someone driving like this(correctly) he might pull them over because they're driving "erratically"
Seen it happen not mention he did multiple crossing lane changes lol which are unsafe as fuck.
@@roshawn1111 yea I was literally gonna say something about that. He is driving safe and that’s how people should drive but he’s crossing 2 lanes at a time literally most of the video which is illegal. I know it’s a stupid law but you can get a ticket if you jump 2 lanes without stopping to check the lanes. The way you change lanes going from the lane you’re in the the farthest lane is to look in your blind spot then go into the next lane, stop in that lane and keep your signal on, then check you’re blind spot again for someone speeding up trying to pass you on the right or left, then go to the final or next lane.
Apparently Tedward is unaware that it is legal to pass on the right on a multi-lane highway in the United States. It makes no sense to move from the far right lane to the far left lane in order to pass a driver in the middle lane and then move back to the right lane.
@@pcs5852 passing on the right is illegal depending on the state you are traveling in, and it's considered poor etiquette and can be argued as a mitigating factor for insurance/court claims, once again, depending on the state. In many cars the blindspot on the right is larger than the blindspot on the left. Don't be a douchebag and don't pass on the right if you can avoid it.
@@gavin9088:Actually, it has less to do with the state in which you are travelling and more to do with road conditions.
If you are travelling on a road with 2, or more lanes in one direction (which is why I stipulated "interstate"), and it is safe to pass, passing on the right is allowed.
There are many times when passing on the right is NOT legal, but interstate travel isn't one of them.
Problem seems to be driver's ed and even the license test doesn't cover this, seems like the knowledge is just not there amongst all the driver's and that's a huge problem that'll hopefully start to be fixed
Exactly, people literally just prepare to drive for the 10 minutes they need to just pass the test rather than learning how to actually drive!
it's about traffic culture and not giving a damn about other drivers
@@just_Lee2 This. The feeling of there's ME and then there's everybody else.
But I also think there's a second thing in play here: "everybody has the right to be an asshole." There simply are people who will deliberately do things like blocking and/or annoying others "just because they can."
@@tjroelsma yup usually its bmw people or trucks that tailgate me for 15 miles when there is an 18 wheeler in front of me 😂
Im an American and my mom told me to drive like this
Thank you for this video. I'm a young driver on the road. This video helped me a lot. No one taught me this.
Excellent driving here, and my god that car sounds just amazing. Great video man.
Imagine being lectured on how to pass cars correctly by a BMW owner
Funny guy
"Immagine" smh my head🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦♂️😩😩😩😭😭😭😩😩😭🤮🤮🤮🤮😑
@@eduardoprisbrey9157 you okay dude?
@@eduardoprisbrey9157 bro, my keyboard is in italian, so it changed "imagine" to "immagine" (which means "image"), my bad
@@eduardoprisbrey9157 you fine m8?
I had this amazing moment driving on the German Autobahn where I was overtaking someone and he was also coming up on someone slower than him. So what happened is that he signalled left, I signalled left, and the guy on my left also signalled left. So basically 3 lanes of cars simultaneously changed lanes to help one person. I just fell completely in love with driving in Germany after that experience. And it was not even a one time thing. It happened many times that people took advantage of the multiple lanes to avoid braking while also improving road capacity.
We Germans like efficiency. :D Try driving in Italy or parts of France. You want to punch other drivers in their face 20 times a day. ;D
It’s the same all over Europe
I've done this many times before to help other drivers, especially semi-trucks on American Roadways. I'm using the middle lane to pass someone on the right, see a slow car ahead on the right, and move to the left lane to make space in the middle. Sometimes people don't expect this and they still end up getting stuck behind the car on the right, but the people who do notice and move over will usually give you a thank-you flash.
Yup. In Poland many people have the good habit of changing to the left lane when driving by an entry to let the ones joining the highway have a safe and efficient way of joining its traffic. Not everyone does that but it isn't a rare sight. Sometimes I was even meet with the "thank you" dubble hazard light flash as we do it here.
We are taught to drive on highways the same way as Germans so yeah, and I think as most if not all Europeans.
Its really efficient when you have only 2 lanes. The traffic flows without any problems.
(And in advance I'm sorry if I made any mistakes regarding my English, its almost almost 1AM here and my brain may not be as well working as it it during the day. 😅😁)
One of the things you taught in driving lessons is to always observe traffic and anticipate situations. What you are describing is an exemple of this. Of course, you'll always find pricks that just don't care and don't move away, but as a general rule people do this in European roads.
i like when people taking up all the lanes going the same speed and then you get pulled over for going 2 mph over the limit
This is why cruise control is not a good thing, it makes ppl lazy and they don’t even want to adjust it
I do it on purpose so you can't pass me
Same in Australia, most cars feel because they are doing the speed limit they don't need to move to the slower lane
(In Australia is the left lane)
In Australia there are highway signs that say "Use Left Lane Unless Overtaking"
Definitely infuriating driving on busy highways in Australia. My wife is German. We had German visitors and they drove on our highways. Couldn't believe how bad Australian drivers are. And they couldn't believe that our National highways had a speed limit of 100 or 110kph. Have to agree with them.
It's like that in California too. But so many ignore the rules. On some highways we have signs that read either, "Slower Traffic Keep Right" or "Keep Right Except to Pass." The latter is pretty obvious, but the former seems to confuse a lot of people. A lot of people in the left (fast) lane seem to think as long as they are going at or above the speed limit, they don't need to move over when someone faster comes up behind them. They are wrong and should certainly know that if they had sufficient reading comprehension skills. As a police officer, I've pulled people over for it and they always argue and say, "But I was going the speed limit." I always tell them, "That's not the point. The point is you were going slower than the person behind you. That means you should have moved out of their way." The people who camp in the fast lane while others stack up behind them waiting to pass are usually people with a huge sense of entitlement and self-righteousness. A conversation rarely convinces them they are in the wrong; meaning a ticket is the only effective way to change their future driving behavior. Interestingly, the ticket is not for a specific lane use law, but for "Failure to Obey an Official Traffic Control Device." (In other words, the violation is for not doing what the "Slower Traffic Keep Right" sign instructed.)
“Driving in the incorrect lane is more dangerous than speeding.” - couldn’t have said it better. Thank you.
Its funny too because those same people who denounce speeding will say; "Plan properly and leave on time so you don't have to speed".
Yet, these same people when asked why they won't sit in the right lane is; "Its too slow". They don't want to be burdened by the inconvenience of braking, letting cars in, driving behind slow cars or switching lanes.
Yet, the people who are complaining about them sitting in the left lane who they tell to "plan properly" share the exact same sentiment, its just different lanes and different speeds. Same issues.
So you can't 'plan properly' to leave on time to accept the rules of the road that are proven to work, but you want others to 'plan properly' and accept your speed and your rules which are proven to not work.
Although, if you just look at the division within our country, and the huge entitlement, this issue won't be fixed anytime soon.
Honestly, I think self-driving cars will be the closest thing to a solution, with proper programming, it will remove the stress of driving and set the rules up correctly. Win win.
@@mikehurbert5043 Even breakdown/shoulder lane?
@@ViolentMLG The other solution we already have is mass transit. Bus, tram, train, metro, etc. It is a matter of improvement and expansion.
In both cases the goal have similarities: prevent stupid people from driving the car themselves.
@@mikehurbert5043 sure, if your car has a minimum of 300 HP.
While I understand that is a very popular opinion in the enthusiast community, I don't think that is true. That is only something that people who like to speed tell themselves.
America: world's slowest speed limit for cars.
Also America: world's fastest speed limit for trucks and buses.
Go figure
Well for faster busses/trucks, there's a lot to be said for keeping the speeds of vehicles similar. No excuse for slowing the cars
@@Channel7331 the buses and trucks take significantly more time to slow down and stop, so they should go slower.
@@laineotto1376 most busses and trucks are limited to 68-70 mph. Now civilian trucks can hit about 90 safely as most vehicles can. Outside sport vehicles anyways. Also no one should be driving in the right lane unless you're exiting or entering. The more left you go thats the lanes you should be in and then slowly move over per mile you have left until your exit on that final Mile either sit in the right most lane or the second lane and move over as needed. And when people in the left most lane drive 60mph on the freeway there is something wrong with you. That lane is not for you to sit In going 60.
@@Lotus_River here we have max 100 kmh on 2 lane roads (normal road) but usually 80. And motorways (4 lane) 100 in winter, 120 in the summer
@@TheJ2941 mate you drive here in Texas like that you're gonna be ran off the road. It's not 3 lanes here it's 5 or 6 lanes. There is too much traffic to even be in the right lane especially when people are going 40 mph. You'd never get anywhere and considering the amount of 18 wheelers and the massive multi lane custom house whatever they call them. Not the big trailers or vehicles. It's a literal house that's being moved. And you sure as hell ain't going anywhere when they are doing road maintenance to keep the roads in great condition at least where I'm at. Also exits and entrance ramps are almost always on the right hand side.
I'm behind you on this a hundred percent. I come from a country where this is taken for granted and taught to learners. While driving in Germany, I noticed another example of freeway etiquette (apart from giving room to merging traffic): temporarily slowing down in the leftmost lane when another vehicle ahead is going to need to use it to overtake a slower middle lane vehicle.
love this video they just barely added more lanes on the freeway and I was unsure how to use it so thank you mista
I just took a driver safety course, to reduce my insurance cost, and the instructor went over this. Many of the older drivers said the drive in any lane they want because they pay taxes and they don’t care that others want to go faster, there going the speed limit and no one should be going faster! Someone like me who commutes 35 miles each way, it gets me crazy.
"I pay my taxes" is suchhhhh a bad excuse to be an asshole lol. Glad you see the light.
Legal wise in the State of Washington, it's legal to go 100 over the speed limit or even faster to pass, recommended that you go 15, cops might try and get you if they think you are being unreasonable though.
@@TedwardDrives yeah because we all pay our taxes whether we like it or not
I mean, no one should be passing you if you are driving the speed limit.
@@wigglytuffgaming traffic engineering studies this, they say varying speeds cause the best traffic flow, if everyone did 55 there would be massive traffic jams. Obviously your the guy in the left lane being oblivious to the line behind you.
Drivers course I took (online, authorized for Florida) taught students to:
-coast in the middle lane
-use left lane for passing
-use right lane to enter and exit highway ramps
That's crazy!
Lol, I think that EU highways are much safer.In the US taking driving license Is a joke in contrast with us.
@@aido2824 In America in many areas a license to drive is almost a requirement to live. The US is a SIGNIFICANTLY larger country than the UK, and has many areas with zero public transport.
@@Redslayer86 that is not an excuse tho.
@@aido2824 Lol, try driving across your entire country going 85 MPH.
In the time it takes you to do that, that's the amount of time it takes some people to get to work. It makes a huge difference. It is IMPOSSIBLE to live outside of a big city with no car. Some of our states are bigger than the vast majority of countries. Not a few, but a good amount of people live in a different state than they work. My family for instance.
As a new driver I’m so great full I came across this video because I’ve yet to go on the highway. I try to drive very safe, patient, and defensive, so it’s so frustrating how many freaking idiots are let on the road. There’s thousands of videos of people literally STOPPING in the middle of the highway because of road rage. I think people forget how dangerous driving a car can be
You have no idea how happy I am that you made this video because I feel the exact same way because I'm a rideshare driver and I have to deal with drivers literally 90% of my day and it's just drives me up the wall having to see people use the lanes completely incorrectly and just causing trouble everywhere.
"The 2 lane highway is pretty self explanatory"
You would think, but people still lose the plot.........
I have literally had to correct my sister-in-law who was sitting in the left lane on a 2 lane highway doing 10 over with 5, or so, cars lining up behind her waiting to pass her. She was doing, like, 10 over and basically just assumed that she was entitled to the left lane because of her speed.
Everyone loses the plot where I live. It’s infuriating.
Nobody ever had the plot where i live :D
Looking at you Subaru owners 👀
Laughs in german
Edit: I actually have to correct myself a little bit, where I live in Germany on 3 lane highways in the right lane you have the people that drive the suggested speed of 80mph then in the middle lane you have the people that just drive faster like 90-95 ish and the left lane is for 125+ even tho everyone can still overtake in the left lane when there are some a little slower vehicles in the middle lane, when faster cars come from behind they flash their high beams in good time to kinda say hey lookout I’m coming and you have time to get out of the lane, if not they will obviously slow down and wait until you moved out of the lane.
In German Fahrschule I was always annoyed when my driving instructor told I need to go back onto the right lane whenever I passed someone. But now I understand, and I’m happy that a lot of people in Germany understand it. It’s nice
Im currently in Driving school, and boy oh boy my instructor would be mad if he saw this.
It`s not so many nowdays. More and more people want to drive as prices of cars are very low compared to the past. And major part of that people dont use their brain while driving. They know the speed limits, they know the rules, but they dont understand them.
If we Drive a BMW or Audi in Germany we stay on the left lane a make so called LICHTHUPEN
Nobody in german use the right lane. i drive above 600km per day and MAYBE 5% use the rule "rechtsfahrgebot". It is exactly the same
@@HardTechJohnny where are you driving?
thank you for this video, I will be changing my ways now.
I was actually taught to use the middle lane when I was 15 and had my permit. But this video may have changed my mind. I've always hated left lane campers but never thought about three lane highways like this.
"Speeding is dangerous!!!" Yet the highway fatality rate in the US is double that of Germany, despite the fact that there are no speed limits at all on half the autobahn...
Ted touched on this in a previous video, but in germany its a lot harder to get your full unrestricted license than it is here in the states, and so you get morons who dont deserve a license who think they can handle more than 65 mph , eat shit for lane hogging, and then say speeding kills. Cars dont kill people, idiots do.
when people have to pay a couple grand for just the privilege of being able to drive + immense amount of hours to drive with instructors + hard tests it equals better drivers.. All I had to do in florida was a 15 minute online test, where you can just look up the answers and a drivers test in a parking lot lol
@@Anon_Fox Wow that explaines a lot. I live in Europe and even 20 years ago it took about 3000 dollars, 25 hours driving with an instructor and two exams (1 on the road and 1 theoretical) But our roads are small, busy and we drive faster. Also back then 90% of cars was stick shift. We only now started adopting automatic transmissions as standard. Cheaper cars are still all stick. Being close to Germany my father took me over there after I got my license because the autobahn was intense, nowadays its much more regulated but still can be dangerous. Once had an American friend over, he couldn't believe his eyes when I overtook a police car at 220km/h and they didn't start a chase...Come to think of it, I let him drive for 10 km but pulled him from behind the wheel because he kept cruising in left lane... String of very angry Germans behind us, almost caused WW3 🤣
@@Anon_Fox in Canada or atleast Ontario, we have g1, which is basically a permit so there restrictions like you need a older driver with u and can’t drive past 12 and can’t drive on major highways, which is fair, but the g1 test is a written/online test. 0 actual driving done. Then a year later or 10 months if you took drivers Ed, you can get your g2. Which takes away the time restrictions, and the experienced driver with you. It’s a like 10 min driving test on city streets. Now the problem is that your g2 also lets you drive on major highways, thing is tho, you don’t do your drivers test on a highway at all, so now your allowed to go on highways magically but wasn’t given a test there. Then a year after that you can get for full G license, only then do you do a test on the highway, a year after your legally allowed to go on them. In conclusion North America sucks cock at driving’s tests. And half of it doesn’t make sense.
@@Anon_Fox driving is a right not a "privilege" stop with "privilege" shit you have been brain washed with this BS
I don't live in the US, but man just watching this video raises my blood pressure like nothing else. I truly feel for you guys, I'm so sorry you have to deal with this.
Get me the *FUCK* out of here please! I don't give a fuck if you have to tie me up and bag me, I need to leave *NOW!*
Thanks your sympathy is well appreciated.
Born and raised American, and love to just drive, cruise or whatever we may choose to call it. Living in Houston the past decade, has taking away the fun of just driving. So many people abuse these simple rules. Driving now gives me a lot of anxiety, I just want to get home and get out of my car. Traffic is horrible. You have to be an aggressive driver at times as well, which I will do, but rather not have to.
I still go for drives, but it is usually about 1 or 2 in the morning and on the back roads, if you want to call them that. There is always traffic, but it's a more tolerable driving experience.
At least where i live in California, its mainly the truckers that are the issue, they fully hog the right and middle lanes of the highway which means in order for some people to get anywhere faster than 55mph you tend to favor the fast lane which isnt ideal at all. if you get behind a big rig, you will for certain get rocks in your windshield and mess up your paint big time, so yeah it freakin SUCKS!!!
3 lane highway, everybody drives like its a 1 lane roads. Flow of traffic looks horrible.
Yeah i never realized I was doing it wrong until I saw this video. I instantly realized how much better AND faster this way of driving is. However, since im in NJ absolutely NO ONE follows this.
You are spot on dude. Plus the freeway u were driving on could EASILY go up to an 80 mph speed limit
What’s interesting is I took a safe driving course recently. None of this was taught at all in the class despite the class being attested to by the DMV as a qualifying class for removing points on your record, etc. I’m gonna start doing this asap. Makes so much more sense.
Him: "in congested areas, like i'm in right now"
Me: *cries in Californian"
LA folks here. The very right lane is faster in rush hour on 10 and 60
@@kiraasuka9943 can confirm. Just did this yesterday.
Lol my exact thought. His congested area is like 2 am traffic where I’m at
Same here LA, hahaha I wish I can do what he say, but 65 miles hour, well I try to drive faster, but especially going the 405 is like a parking lot, not really a Freeway.
cries in any major city in texas
Wow a bmw teaching us how to drive “correctly “ on the highway?! Lol tbh I completely agree, wish more ppl saw this
I agree, but
3:48
Still doesn't use his blinker because it's a BMW 🤣
@@Majima_Nowhere probably speeding during the entire video too
@@Majima_Nowhere he does use the turning signal. After the sentence that ends with "... exactly the same speed as me", he moves his left hand and activates the signal.
Tbh BMW drivers are devoted drivers 😂
At first I thought this video was a joke because of the thumbnail then I realized it’s a legitimate video lol
Driving through rural Wisconsin was such a blast because they all followed this rule.
Thank you very much for this video. I will admit that I have had the habit of staying in the middle lane and will not do it anymore.
ive pretty much learned to stop expecting other people to have common sense/critical thinking skills and its saved me so much stress and anger
Defensive driving is all u need
Its saved me from multiple accidents 😭 from dumbasss deciding to turn left on a 2 lane street from the right lane, a dumbasss merging but hitting the breaks as they do it etc
They actually taught that in my driving school, always expect everyone else to be an idiot.
Yeah, these days defensive driving takes more and more effort and energy. I love driving and road trips, but they do drain you mentally (and physically if you got the wrong vehicle).
Having driven in central London for the last few years, I have learned to assume that everyone is in the wrong lane, including myself. Has saved me a lot of aggravation
Ah yes in Belgium we call them "middenvakrijders" when they keep cruising in the middle lane. Best of all is when you try to pass them on the left lane and they suddenly out of nowhere start accelerating 🙄 ...
Zeer herkenbaar
@@yannickverstraete8784 en zeer irriteert.
Zeker waneer je op de rechter rijstrook rijd
En iemand in eens zijn afrit bijna mist en voor je neus in eens komt
Van de 3de rijstrook.
Gewoon rechts voorbij ;)
Gelukkig hebben we een jaar of 2 geleden een campagne van de overheid rond middenvakrijders gehad plus meer controle door de politie waardoor ik persoonlijk wel heb gemerkt dat het nu beter is. Maar zelfs vroeger was dit niet te vergelijken met de verenigde staten. Daar was ik, als ervaren chauffeur, toch redelijk gestresst tijdens de eerste paar ritjes over de highway.
What 2 to do when the right lane is filled with trucks like it always is in EU.
I passed my Kentucky drivers test with 10 hours of driving experience with zero highway driving experience. Our tests in my city were taken in downtown, idiots were more concerned about parallel parking than anything else lmao
We have the same rule in France than in Germany. Everyone has to be on the right lane, regardless of the number of lanes available on the highway, and we overtake only from the left. Especially if you see that you drive at the same speed than someone in front of you or there is no traffic anymore (if you feel you are faster than cars in front of you, you can stay on the middle lane until you pass the cars you wanted to pass), go on the right lane and don't stay in the middle lane for nothing... Even worst on the left lane.
And we have 130km/h speed limit on our highways. (80mph)
I bet a lot of the people you passed who were hogging the middle lane thought it was reckless of you moving back over to the far right lane even though what they were doing was illegal and dangerous
Thats what i was thinking lmao
Lots of stupid people. Key issue. Mfs eating plastic and shot up with mrna garbage.
Americans seem to be plagued by road rage, because of a lack of education on laws and practices on the road. Too many people have personal opinions on how things should be done, instead of sharing a common understanding.
@@josteinholen1312I’ve seen people get mad on the road for literally the smallest things, like it ain’t that serious
After many years of dealing with a plethora of oblivious, entitled, inconsiderate, and retarded drivers on US roads, sometimes you need to let off some steam. Some people are more easily triggered than others, but nobody can tell me they never nearly blew their top behind the wheel. Even if you're one of the bad drivers I mentioned at the beginning, who is hated by everybody else, you've probably been extremely pissed at one time or another.
As an American this is one of the main reasons why I felt unsafe driving on our highways which I couldn't quite explain... among other things like distracted and reckless drivers.
Proper lane etiquette is taught in Europe but not America for some reason. I hate to say but a lot of fellow America drivers are really dangerous drivers- on and off highways. We need to do better.
I feel unsafe while driving in America because 99% of drivers are too obsessed with the car behind them (most times I see people adjusting their mirrors) or their phones, once I see brake lights, it doesn't matter if it's a double lane and clear for me to pass, I'm passing the danger. It ain't my fault you decided to brake check and I am able to act accordingly because I am a safe and reasonable distance, SEE YA that's all you
In my area idiots decide to feed the horses on the highway drawing them to... you guessed it THE ROAD and blame the drivers like it's their fault for going the speed limit, NO it's theirs for feeding the horses on the main highway with no care for anyone's safety
Because the US has no public transportation so it has to give out licenses like candy w/o too strict standards. Because of this our speed limits have to be slow. 🐌
It is taught as a part of obtaining license how to use the lanes.
@@Stonerolog1st I have the opposite issue. People never look behind them, and they end up parking their car right in front of 20 other cars and creating a traffic jam.
Amazing video. This needed to be spoke about people don’t know driving principles👍
Definitely guilty of a few things out of ignorance and/or spite toward the left lane hogs. Will definitely give the German way a shot here and try to use this going forward. Thanks for the informative video.
The U.S Government and Highway safety department need to watch this.
We have 5 lanes here in my country Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
the exact same principle applies no matter how many lanes
@@YHH_579Y The issue in LA is the RIGHT 2 lanes are mostly flooded with Semi Trucks, and no one feels safe been sandwiched between semis. So I think in a 5 lane highway, the LEFT 3 lanes should indeed be applied with the same principle.
@@JW-ur1jw If you're passing the trucks go ahead...if you're sitting at the same speed then move over.
@@saman-iw9tx Doesn't matter how many lanes you have if you don't have drivers who know proper lane discipline then you'll still get idiot lane hoggers. In the UK our motorways can go from 3 to 6 lanes and you'll always get people sat in the middle or right lane (we drive on left so for anyone wondering same theory applies as America lane furthest to right is the furthest overtaking lane) who haven't figured out how to move over now they've finished overtaking. Unlike in say Germany where proper lane discipline is taught sometimes you literally have to flash drivers to get them to move over.
Ive seen so many State troopers hog the left lane.
I’ve seen cop cars do more traffic violations than regular cars
“They see me rollin, they hatin’...”
@@ruskibruski cause becoming a cop is as easy as getting a drivers license :D
yo they love that shit, i almost never see them in the right lane and they're always speedin...
@@YohCanada pull them over then. See how it goes.
This is my biggest driving peeve. Thank you for saying what needs to be said!
Part of the problem is highway patrol rarely enforce the laws about the left lane is mainly used for passing. In Germany, they figured out that many auto accidents were caused by people trying to pass other people in right lane, so it was designated that the left lane was for passing on the Autobahn.
*turns off camera*
"alright back to the left lane."
This video needs to be shown at all driving school in the U.S. Learned to drive in Germany, moved to Dallas. Not amused by U.S. drivers.
At the very least share with friends!
@@TedwardDrives I wish this video had millions of views haha. Thanks for making this point. I still drive like I learned in Germany, but I honestly thought it was legal to overtake on the right in the U.S. because it happens all the time.
@@AudiROCKS your name sounds Dutch to me
@@Bartem_ you know holland isnt far from germany.
@@D3nn1s yes, i am from there ;)
I live in the US, and this wasn't one of the major things I was taught when learning to drive. The only thing I was taught concerning this was to go to the left lane if you were passing. A one-time mention, no further explanation, no examples, no question that I remember being tested on while doing the driver's test. Thanks for the lesson.
On the road (in the US) is where I hate people the most. It's like people here are infatuated with braking, driving slow, clogging lanes, and preventing people from passing. Driving with others on the road shouldn't be so stressful. This driving video felt like a breath of fresh air. It gave me night driving vibes, less people more peace behind the wheel.
It’s really hard to change the way people drive. They should implement this CZcams video into driver’s education
Better yet, add this to the permit test. Force future drivers to understand what which highway driving lane is PROPERLY for. Then in Drivers Ed, and finally a warning from sheriff after they follow you in a unmarked sheriff’s vehicle.
Of course I didn’t know about this till this video showed up in the algorithm (
My nephew got hes licens 2 years ago, he was told the right way, but I was out driving with him yesterday and he made many small misstakes, you can tell People the right way 1000 times, ones they get out on there own, they get the habbits, most of the People that HOG the lanes knows its wrong, they just dont care, like tedward say, they Are lasy and simply dont feel like moving over for the ramps on and off.
My Sister do it, she knows its wrong, but she dont care, for reasons like tedward explain about being boxed in.
Chen Yu: "They should implement this CZcams video into driver's education".
The only problem with that is that the right lane is NOT the travel lane on 3 lane highways in the United States. The middle lane is the travel lane, the left lane is the passing lane and the right lane is used, primarily, for entering & exiting the highway though it can also accommodate slow moving traffic (hence, it's nickname, the "granny lane").
Only a person completely unfamiliar with U.S. highway travel would travel in the granny lane, move two lanes to the left to pass a vehicle in the middle lane and then move two lanes to the right back to the granny lane. This isn't Europe; it doesn't matter how traffic flows on the autobahn.
@@pcs5852 thank god I’m not the only somewhat knowledgeable one in the comments
I’m 17 and binge watching these before start driving on the big roads so i don’t develop bad habits early on 😂
In Europe the most common annoyance is middle lane driving. People here literally lose their shit when they see it, including me..
Truth. They're annoying as hell.
90% of Belgians love the middle lane. I always pass them on the right. Or I pass them on the left and go all the way right really quickly. Sometimes they see and then go right as well XD
@@EssenceOfTrance me too and overtaking by the right can give you a fright
@@EssenceOfTrance try Italy....
Turkey’s just as bad, if not worse than the USA. But the problem here is that most of these rules aren’t even taught + much worse things are not penalised by the police.
True! I am mostly experienced with two lane driving... One thing though is if I keep passing people, and no one is coming up behind me to pass me, I will stay in the left lane, until some approaches from behind then get back into the right lane. If traffic is sparse or about the same speed as me, I go back into the right.
Thank you thank you thank you
Many more people need to see this
I’m 17 and binge watching these before start driving on the big roads so i don’t develop bad habits early on 😂
Having good etiquette also makes driving more fun for some reason, I’m 17 btw
@@oswaldogarcia5358 yup ik what you mean
Same
tf i thought im the only one, I need more time to visualize and binge watch people driving on the highway
I did the same thing. I rewatch them from time to time in an attempt to keep myself above water as terrible driving etiquette seems to have become an epidemic alongside COVID, and I'd rather catch neither.
Here in Puerto Rico, you drive where there's the least amount of holes, which is rarely the right lane.
Grew up in ny with the i-495 and it makes this highway look like a downright civilized european highway. Right lane passers and middle lane hogs are more common than people that actually use the passing lanes for passing. It’s so normal here that i didn’t even know that that’s not how it’s supposed to be until now (granted i don’t have a license yet), and yet people wonder why we have so many accidents
I’m a trucker. My trainer told me to stay in the right most lane. I don’t move over for cars that are merging, only other trucks. Lane changing in a semi is dangerous because of the size of the truck and the blind spots. Cars are a lot smaller and quicker and can maneuver/merge easier. And the few times I’ve gotten over for cars, they sped up to match my speed so I can’t get back over. Most highways that are wider than 2 lanes say no trucks in left lane. So on a 3 lane, the middle lane is like a truck passing lane. In cities, I sometimes stay in the middle lane because people are dumb and can’t merge and they either cut me off or almost crash themselves into the guardrail on the shoulder waiting for me to move over. And I don’t think people realize how dumb it is to pass a semi on the right. That’s where we have the worst visibility. Several times I’ve passed another truck or slow car and start to get back over and some impatient car goes around on the right and I almost run them off the road. If you’re that impatient and there’s another lane to the left that you could’ve used instead I don’t feel bad about cutting you off at all. It’s even harder for me to pass because my truck is governed at 65. Occasionally I’ll come up on a truck doing 63 and try to pass and since I can only go 65 it takes me forever. And sometimes the truck that I’m passing in the right lane suddenly remembers they have a gas pedal and speed up to match my speed so I can’t pass and I get stuck in the left lane. Just wanted to add to this and clear the air. I always see car drivers complaining about truckers hogging the fast lane. Also in some states, it’s a law that you have to move over for vehicles in the shoulder. So if a trucker gets over into the left lane when there’s nobody in the right lane, that’s probably why.
I...... had....... no....... idea. And it makes so much sense. No one, and I mean NO ONE, ever, ever ever ever, taught me this. I appreciate it!
I've tried to teach a few of my friends and only one actually listened :(
I think the problem is that mostly nobody knew this, myself included, and it makes sense but you can't apply it when the inefficient way is the way for most.
Well we in Germany do have other problems: aggressive drivers (some drivers Really mind being overtaken) and Speed differences from 80 km/h (big trucks over 7 tonnes) and up to 250 km/h, Some few Even faster:D
@@TheNirgo I mean if it’s legal then I guess it can’t really be a problem. Kinda hard to slow the car down from 250kmh to pass someone going 130 at a slower difference.
that explains a lot
"The two lane highway should be self explanatory"
tell that to the population of California lol
TELL THAT TO NORTH AMERICA!!
Yeah, I drove across the country a few years back and it's not just California.
And chicago
No doubt. I've actually had CHP pull over the car I moved over for in the left lane twice in the last month. It pays to have situational awareness and drive safely :)
Ive never used a 3 lane highway, but when i do i will remember this video, nothing like this was ever taught to me when i took driver's ed
We need more people like you. 5:23, you are so right, the amount of people that stop on entrance ramps is baffling.
Years ago, I went on vacation in Ireland, driving about 2200 kilometres in a week. I've always been annoyed by lane hogs, but that trip truly blew my mind. People immediately got over after passing and highway traffic moved so much more fluidly than I'd ever experienced. I've never driven the same since and wish there was a way for Americans to understand and experience how much better highway driving could be without going to another country...
Go drive around Europe, Ireland is a horrible country for lane etiquette in my experience
The problem is, most Americans aren't interested in understanding much of anything. The attitude is, Who is anyone to tell me what to do.
@@wildbikerbill6530 Agreed I see many entitled drivers out here. They think that they are above the law
You can experience this on certain portions of American highways at certain times of the day. I live in the DC region and regularly drive hundreds of miles up North just to experience that feeling. It is truly blissful and surreal!
A BMW driver using his turn signals? This is revolutionary!
good one
AHAHAHAHAHA
Tl dr, I taught myself to drive "slow" in the right lane, and it is relieving to do so on long commutes.
I used to drive fast 80mph+, usually passing left and crusing the middle to avoid the slower mergers, especially when I know the ramps are short and blind (if youre quite above the speed limit, crusing the right lane is asking for trouble). I had the mindset that i always had to be moving forward until i got to a group of cars traveling the same speed as me.
My commute now is an hour, and i learned most cars are most efficient around 50-65mph (tested and saw a difference with my fuel economy).
I first tried crusing right lane about 60-65. Even though the speed limit changes between 65 and 50 it felt dangerous because so many people were passing me, and I had to "trust" they would do it safely.
Eventually I bumped my speed to 65-70 it was a good balance, less fuel efficient, but at least it didn't feel like everyone was passing me at double the speed.
Anyway, i taught myself to drive slower, be far more accommodating, and always lean towards aself-defensee driving stance. On long commute, having to constantly pass peopl and check for cops, all while maintaining a higher speed is exhausting.
Learning to drive "slow" in the right lets me be more at ease. I simply allow more space in front of me so its easy for people to pass or cut in if they missed their exit. If i have a choice to speed to pass or slow and let merging cars find their lanes, I choose to slow down.
It requires less brain on my end. Also, my car is 15 years old, and it's on the slower end now. Trying to accelerate quickly above the speed limit will likely cause conjestion unless the left lanes are completely clear.
"65mph is laughably slow". Agreed my sir.
lol thats the speed u are allowed to go on country roads in Germany
@@real.jeremy.clarkson Yea but not highways He is on the highway
@@kevindt100 i know thats why its even weirder that their highway speed is our country road speed. And our highway speed is obviously as fast as your car let you go
@@real.jeremy.clarkson Damn. The max speed on highways where I live is like 60. Everyone goes 55. The highway is also in the middle of nowhere, with no towns for like 4 hours, and it’s completely straight.
Most highway are about 55mph and people still go 50, and then everyone hogs the left lane, on a two way highway.
Any other road that isn’t a highway is 30-40mph. And people STILL go 25.
@@Chevsilverado lmao i can not imagine driving so slow on a highway, no wonder there are so many accidents cause u get bored and distracted so quickly... in Germany about 60% of the Autobahn have no speed limit but that doesnt mean everyone speeds. Most people drive about 130-160 kmh (80-100 mph)
And the funny part is, they get mad when you go around them....
good. they deserve to feel mad
Because they’re going within or slightly above the speed limit and you passing them comes across you being impatient and not happy with their speed within legal limits
@@BRBallin1 or just get the fuck out of the way if your not passing
Dude, I swear. Pisses me off
@@BRBallin1 Yeah, MOVE out of the fuckin way. Especially if you are in the FAST lane. Annoying ass humans. YOU are the problem. Not people trying to pass. Some states actually have laws against driving slow in the passing lane.
You are so right 👍
In Denmark, you lose your driving license if you overtake on the right, and you get a big ticket if you don't pull right again after overtaking, but just stay in the left lane for no reason.
You must also always use your flashing lights when changing lanes on the motorway.
We drive in the Scandinavian countries with lights on the car, around the clock, for more visibility for others, which is being introduced in all European countries.
We really need that in Florida. People here hog the left lane and never move over. Cops care more about issuing speed tickets than fixing the traffic flow. They believe that giving out speed tickets will solve accidents. We have the most accidents here, and our insurance costs are high because of this. Unfortunately, nobody seems to care about making a change.
“Once I’m done overtaking all this traffic”
Things that don’t happen in Southern California.
SoCal*
Yessir
Cuckifornia*
@@MisterOwlz The whole USA.
@@fortheloveofnoise9298 naa just California
i am so happy that it is a law to drive right in germany. But even some here in Germany don't understand that.
Yep but it's really amazing driving on a european highway, everyone keeps right or moves over if they see you behind. I remember seeing some european dashcam videos and people post having to slow down when a car in the left lane didn't move over in time 😂. Here they wouldn't move over at all
Oh ja
It's law in America too. It's just not enforced ever.
it’s law in most states too, like he said in the video, people don’t know/care, and cops don’t enforce
In Portugal is mandatory to travel on the far right lane (no matter the number of lanes!), and only use the other lanes to pass as mention in the video, penalty is 300€ for the first time, following ones could lead you to lose your license).
Civism are the result of somewhat a kind of penalty before we can appreciate it.
This is EU future/ goal:
"In order to ensure compliance with the law, persistent follow-up of road traffic offences and enforcement of sanctions are necessary. Controls should be systematic; sanctions should be effective and applied to all offenders that would help to move closer to the long-term goal of zero road fatalities in the EU by 2050."
"Vision Zero" Safety Goal for Mobility and Transport
In North America commonality has it the right lane is for slower and entering/exiting vehicles. The middle lane is the travel lane and the left is the passing lane. Has nothing to do with what is correct or the rules. This is the de facto behavior. Make decisions based on this and drive accordingly. Otherwise you are the hazard.
I actually learned a lot from this video since I've never driven on a highway as I live in a small town in alaska