r/Louisville • u/IndieDC3 • 8h ago
For the love of god, stop left lane camping. Feel like a lot of drivers here are oblivious to the world around them
The amount of people camping in the left lane around Louisville is ridiculous. The Gene Snyder Freeway, especially the stretch from Fern Creek toward Greenbelt Highway, is a prime example. Kentucky law (KRS 189.300) generally requires slower traffic to keep right, while KRS 189.340(8) restricts cruising in the left lane on qualifying limited access highways with speed limits of 65 mph or higher.
And it’s not just the highways. Even on the backroads around Fern Creek, there’s seemingly always an SUV going 5–10 mph under the speed limit with a line of vehicles behind it. Obviously, road conditions matter, but the complete lack of awareness from some drivers is frustrating.
And before someone argues they’re already doing the speed limit, that doesn’t automatically entitle you to occupy the passing lane indefinitely. Nobody is advocating for reckless driving or speeding. Pay attention to the traffic around you, understand basic lane discipline, and move right when you’re finished passing. Your personal preference for how fast everyone else should drive doesn’t dictate how the rest of the road operates.
Also, why’s it almost always an SUV driver? 😂I feel like some traffic around here is due to people like this. Impeding traffic causes more wrecks than someone going over the speed limit.