1. If there is two
lanes going in your direction, the right lane is the travel lane and
the left lane is the passing lane. Let's ponder this difficult
situation to avoid all confusion. Driving from point A, the location
that you started out from; to point B, the location where you want to
end up is called traveling; therefore, you should drive in the
'travel lane', which is the right lane as I stated above.
But, along the way
you come upon a car in the travel lane that, of course, is traveling
too slow. What to do? If you wish to continue with your speed, then
you go into the left lane, which is the passing lane, and pass that
car. When you safely clear the car you just passed then you're going
to continue traveling; so, guess what? You should get into the right
lane to continue your traveling.
To sum up: If
you're traveling you should be in the travel lane, and if you're
passing you should be in the passing lane. On highways with three or
more lanes, the extreme left lane is still the passing lane. In many
states passing on the right is lawful also on three or more lanes
highways.
All good rules have
exceptions:
a. If you're more
important than all the other drivers on the highway.
b. If you're always
oblivious to the traffic around you. OR
c. If you're just
plain stupid.
