[Dr. Sivana]

I also live in CT and the left exits are not so common as to cause need for you to be in that left lane for any more than a mile

I don't know what part of Connecticut you live in, but there are stretches of 84 west of Hartford where you could be sitting in the right hand lane, and between new merge lanes from the right and left lane exits you suddenly find yourself in the far left lane without doing a thing.

Of course I agree that in any event, a mile is plenty of time to get back into the middle or right lane. A lot of people won't give you nearly that much space before they tailgate you or flash lights at the Wallingford Rte 5 exit off of I-91.

[Lloyd227]

The context here is regarding those selfish @assholes like tatsinfla (see post 421) who plant themselves in the left lane so as not to be bothered by all the little people entering and exiting and completely without any regard for the traffic line building up behind them.

of course there are left exits in CT and as you describe, a few places where there are so many exits both left and right that this entire conversation clearly would not apply.

The gripe here is on the open freeway where you find both (or all three) lanes all moving the same speed and no open lane remaining to pass because tatsinfla and his cousins all have their Continentals on cruise control in the left hand lane with the cute little dog riding in their lap.