# What do you do about people blocking the passing lane?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 15, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-about-people-blocking-the-passing-lane/571476 "2011-02-15T18:20:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-about-people-blocking-the-passing-lane/571476/82 "2011-02-16T17:33:24Z")

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> [@RaftPeople](#):
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> Ok, I understand you aren’t familiar with the laws, I’m guessing you take the bus or just ride your skateboard everywhere and you haven’t taken the time to even understand.
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> Some people are less educated about driving laws.
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> Here’s a logic question for you, let’s see how you do:  
> The police wouldn’t ticket people for this exact infraction (blocking left lane even though going over the posted limit) if you were correct would they?

I’ve been driving for almost 30 years, and I’ve never seen anyone ticketed for going the speed limit in the left lane.

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