"Daniel W. Rouse Jr." > wrote in message
...
> With all this discussion of Me First/F**k You (MFFY), it's time to admit
the
> fundamental problem leading to MFFY: speeding.
>
> There's all kinds of excuses--the limits are underposted, it's not safe to
> drive the speed limit, etc.; however, unless a particular road actually
has
> no speed limit, the speed limit is still the law governing the roads.
>
> So, given a two lane road in one direction, and the following legal
> assumption:
>
> * The Left Lane is for traffic that is passing/driving at the speed limit
> (no vehicle shall exceed the posted limit).
> * The Right Lane is for slower traffic that is travelling below the speed
> limit.
>
> Let's look at some scenarios and how they reflect MFFY:
>
> #1: Driver in the left lane is driving the speed limit, traffic in the
right
> lane is below the speed limit; therefore, the driver in the left lane is
> passing traffic. Speeder comes along in the left lane and expects the
legal
> driver to move to the right lane, either by tailgating and flash to pass =
> MFFY, the speeder just can't seem to legally drive with the flow of
traffic
> at the speed limit and follow 2 to 3 seconds behind, after all, they have
to
> be *first*, ahead of the pack.

Are they continuously passing traffic, or do they think "I see some slower
traffic on the horizon in the right lane, better keep left"

> Predictably, I
> encounter MFFY speeders that attempt to "divebomb" me by tailgating and
> braking suddenly. As such, I simply tap the brakes twice and continue my
> safe following distance behind the other car--and if they pass right just
to
> be in first place ahead of me, and the car in front of me... once again,
> they are epitome of the MFFY type of driver.

If they can pass you on the right, that means you aren't passing traffic,
and should be in the right lane.