I often find that by moving right I pass a TON of people who shifted left in anticipation of heavy traffic ahead.. left lanes back up, right lanes open up.
Also, I find that truck drivers have a preference for maintaining a consistent low speed, rather than doing stop/start all the time. So I like to get in the slow lane with them, switch to a low gear, and drive using only the accelerator, losing imaginary good-driving points every time I have to touch the brake. Slower or faster overall? Meh. It's a lot less work/stress, which is a good trade as far as I'm concerned.
If I'm not in a hurry I go to the left so I don't feel like I have to monitor quick-cutters from two directions and it makes the whole drive easier. If I'm in a hurry I consider each lane like its own Slinky, expanding and contracting; my method is after my lane has a good run where I'm passing others, I switch to any other lane and hope to catch it in the right Slinky stage.
Seems to work better than sticking with a lane. Probably just the placebo effect, but I'll take it.
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He should also test switching to the slower-looking lane in anticipation of others switching to the faster-looking lane.
I often find that by moving right I pass a TON of people who shifted left in anticipation of heavy traffic ahead.. left lanes back up, right lanes open up.
Also, I find that truck drivers have a preference for maintaining a consistent low speed, rather than doing stop/start all the time. So I like to get in the slow lane with them, switch to a low gear, and drive using only the accelerator, losing imaginary good-driving points every time I have to touch the brake. Slower or faster overall? Meh. It's a lot less work/stress, which is a good trade as far as I'm concerned.
If I'm not in a hurry I go to the left so I don't feel like I have to monitor quick-cutters from two directions and it makes the whole drive easier. If I'm in a hurry I consider each lane like its own Slinky, expanding and contracting; my method is after my lane has a good run where I'm passing others, I switch to any other lane and hope to catch it in the right Slinky stage.
Seems to work better than sticking with a lane. Probably just the placebo effect, but I'll take it.