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Obviously you've never driven in a Vancouver, BC rush hour Then, the politest drivers quickly turn into the most vicious drivers.

Here in Oregon you will get pulled over for impeding the flow of traffic--it is against the law. We don't have as many state patrol as we once did thanks to budget cuts, so we also have a lot of speeders. The average speed of the freeway in a 65 is usually 70 with a sprinkling of folks going faster. I like to drive 75-80 (when the conditions are good). What annoys me is that on a stretch of I-5 from where it cranks up to 65 after Portland to where it goes from 3 to 2 lanes (in Salem, Oregon), people SIT in the fast lane going 65-70 and make people pass them on the right. There have been several instances on the freeway where the MIDDLE lane is going faster than the left lane. That annoys me. And yes, that left lane is supposed to be for passing. Usually, desiring to go 80, I actually just stay in the right lane and use the middle lane to pass the occasional truck. Also, on some two-lane highways here in this state, truckers have no qualms whatsoever about holding up five or more cars, even though it says clearly that they can't, and must pull over. I've seen several trucks pulled over by the state police for holding up folks, though with the decrease in law enforcement, I doubt this will happen as much as it once did.

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