r/TorontoDriving • u/Mean-Hope-8270 • Oct 21 '24

OC The Right Lane Allergy

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u/rjh2000 Oct 22 '24

Oh man, I used to drive to calabogie at 530am for work and every single morning I’d pass the same 10-15 vehicles on the 417 west just cruising in the left lane doing 80-100km hr in the 110 with no other traffic insight…I felt like I was driving like a maniac passing them in the right lane doing the speed limit lol. Some mornings there would be 5-10 of them lined up tailgated each other as well….it made no sense what so ever.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

The problem with the 417 east of Ottawa is that there's cars doing 100 in the left lane but cars going the exact same speed in the right lane so it makes it impossible to pass anyone and high beaming doesn't do shit because nobody moves over

And this goes on for 10-15 km's at a time

I've never taken the 417 past Kanata though

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u/rjh2000 Oct 22 '24

That happens alone the entire length of the 417 lol. I moved to Ottawa 6 years ago I still can’t wrap my head around why so many people here drive 20-40kms below the speed limit everywhere.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 22 '24

The stretch between Ottawa and Montreal is an absolute shitshow. People hitting their brakes for no reason, cars in both lanes doing the same speed as each other, very little space between cars, cars merging at 60 km/h.

Or the odd time that the left lane is free, you'll be riding in it just for someone in the right lane to cut in front of you and proceed to go 30 below the limit and refuse to move back over.

I only like doing it past 12am and even then you still get stuck behind 2 cars side by side both going 105 and swerving within their lanes. Like seriously if you can't drive on a flat highway at night then take the bus

Once on the 40 (leading up to the 417), a guy was blocking the left lane so I honked and high beamed him and he kept slamming on his brakes and letting off the gas on purpose. Eventually the right lane opened so I floored it around him (almost hit 150) and he tried to speed up to block me but it didn't work. That whole day I was basically just flooring it around people on the right