I’m going across a two mile long two lane bridge in the left hand lane doing 55 in a 45 with a lot of traffic. Pretty much everyone is going 55 with maybe a car and a half of separation in both lanes.

Imagine my surprise when a minivan driving in the 6’ wide bicycle lane passes everyone, at least 30 other vehicles, on the right. Didn’t even have the courtesy to ring his fucking bell and chirp “On your right!”

A daily occurrence here on my commute. But there's construction bottle-necking it down from 5 lanes to 2.
Almost daily, get passed by a car or 2 flying by on the shoulder

Thought there was some street justice when a cop jumped into the shoulder in front of a shoulder runner. But he just sat there until the violator could merge into the flow of traffic

I witnessed some street justice today. Three lanes merge to two and I’m in the right lane planning to merge into the center. Light goes green, I accelerate briskly and the guy in the center matches my speed. I accelerate a bit more and he hammers it.

What he then realizes too late was the guy in the left lane was Sheriff’s Deputy in an unmarked Ford Explorer. I backed off at 50 in the 45, merged behind the guy, and I’m fairly sure he hit 70 before the deputy lit him up.

Had some asshole drive up the empty left turn lane to the light then make a right on red in front of everyone stopped at the light. Never a cop anywhere.

In my youth I passed cars on the shoulder because they were all abreast with a line of cars behind them.
After explaining my habits to the trooper, I decided not to do that anymore.

I've intentionally passed in the shoulder once.
It was a choice of hit the truck that pulled out in front of me on a semi-blind curve, risk a head-on by passing to the left, or pass in the shoulder.
I opted for option 3.

Young & stupid + speed might have factored into it a bit.

a couple years ago, I left Norfolk, (oceanview, I stay in a condo there during the gunshow) on a sunday morning to go to the Hampton gunshow,
I have tables there,

so, get thru the tunnel w/o issue, and there is an accident a mile or so before my exit on 64,
lots and lots of idjits flying up the right side shoulder,
including a wrecker or 2 and later VSP,

as they eventually open more lanes I pass the accident scene to see those same idjits parked now in the shoulder, each getting a ticket by the VSP that worked the accident,

^^^I wonder which NASCAR driver is driving the white car.

While most of society hid out at home sucking down CNN, they forgot how to drive. I miss the empty highways while the idiots hid at home.

There was another thread in the last few months where one of the regular traffic-enforcement-is-only-about-revenue posters stated something the effect “if left alone most drivers will follow the law”. I read that, had a good laugh and went on about my day.

As resources have been stretched thin over the last couple of years around here, traffic enforcement fell by the wayside. And we got a steady stream of complaints then “why won’t you do something”. One of the problem areas is the interstates. Fatality accidents went way up. Injury accidents went way up. A week or so ago me and 4 other dudes wrote 90 citations in about 2 hours. Went back the next day and wrote over 100. All speed of at least 20 over. I wrote a lot of commercial vehicles at 15 over. And I can go up there today, tomorrow and the next day and do it again. Hell, people these days will pass a patrol cop in the right lane without even thinking about it at 15-20 over.

Yeah, people naturally will do the right thing.

Eastbound I70 between Richmond and Dayton; slow moving traffic. 4wd truck passing on shoulder. Jeep jumps into shoulder to stop said truck….game on. Through the ditch and starting up the other side of the embankment…my that was something. Truck eventually won, but it was hilarious.

I’m seeing more assholes changing into the turning lane, running forward several cars and cutting back over. Zero traffic enforcement. It’s time to start seizing vehicles of the unlicensed / unregistered / uninsured / A-hole drivers. I don’t even see DOT stopping trucks anymore.