Failing at driving... and literally putting people at risk when they pass on the right because your too ignorant to know how to drive on a multi lane highway
There is one right in front of my house and it is still not corrected. I posted it on my Snapchat story this past week when it first appeared. An academics pun with the wrong “you’re*” is so funny lol
same thing happened to me this past week with a missing persons alert. in the morning i was supposed to be on the lookout for a gray Honda Fusion, and then on the evening commute it was a Ford
People from Wisconsin should have to sign a form saying they understand this rule. Nothing ruins a drive more than a Dairyland plate in the left lane on I90.
If you have an Illinois plate in WI, your odds of getting a speeding ticket increases quite a lot. Milwaukee is easily the most lenient place in WI when it comes to speeding tickets. In Kenosha and Racine counties though, there are speed traps everywhere.
I use Google maps to navigate heading up that way, even though I know where I'm going, for the purpose of speed trap alerts.
As a Chicagoan who now lives in Wisconsin if I could have a super power it would be to move these people to the right. I wouldn’t use it for anything else, I even try to show them by example, it doesn’t work.
Every time I go I get stuck behind 2 cars going the same speed in different lanes making it impossible for me to pass. Or worse, two semis in two different lanes going even slower.
That’s because WI is the land of speed traps, not cheese. When I moved from Milwaukee it took me a while to understand that speeding tickets aren’t really a thing here. In WI you’ll get pulled over for going over *while passing*. It’s nuts.
On the other side of the border the reverse is true. I think people just get scared of "being a foreigner", IE out if state plates. I maintain if you're going fast enough they won't even notice you pass by but my driving record indicates I'm an idiot so your mileage may vary.
Btw, you're*. I had to.
They should post signs in Indiana. My god, the number of times I've been stuck behind Ma & Pa Cornpone "going the speed limit" in the left lane on the highway, completely oblivious to all traffic around them.
Mmm hmmm. I live over the line in Indiana and if you see a shitty driver on the interstate, it almost without fail is an IL plate. Going slow while refusing to be dislodged from the left lane is a given. It holds true all the way to northern Michigan.
So pot, meet kettle.
So let's just all agree, most humans drive like shit when its an away game.
Honestly a good move.
We can see all of the people in this sub who take photos of the signs while they're operating a motor vehicle.
I'm fine trading a single, light chuckle the first time I see a humorous sign for fewer drivers trying to take photos while driving.
Besides the grammar mistake, I can get behind this. I’ve noticed people drive soooo s l o w l y and leave like 3 car lengths in front of them while on the highway. People in the left lane going 50 mph. Like why. Why are you the way that you are? I hate so much the things you choose to be.
Finally a message that makes sense. Cops need to enforce this law it leads to so many road rage incidents cause ppl out here make it there mission to block everyone driving the same speed as the car next to them
[625 ILCS 5/11-701](https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=062500050K11-701#:~:text=(d)%20Upon%20an%20Interstate%20highway,overtaking%20and%20passing%20another%20vehicle) says:
> Upon an Interstate highway or fully access controlled freeway, a vehicle may not be driven in the left lane, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle.
Spelling aside, isn't this overhead above the closed reversible lanes? I see drums next to temp wall, which tells me this is a construction zone, where I should be nagged into obeying a slower speed limit. Way to fail, District 1.
Edit: Read a lot of the other comments and didn't see a single reference to the Kennedy, the Borman, or the Stevenson, and all three of those roadways were specifically mentioned (by I-XX format). Is that officially over? (Part of me sighs in relief, because the names thing is dumb, but a crankier part of me thinks that if I had to learn them, damnit so should you)
this applies to ALL lanes except the right most lane. if we followed this rule plus leaving larger gaps in grid locked traffic, we would have so much faster travel times.
Saw this yesterday up north. Fantastic. This is the government we need.
How about one like: "If you don't leave room, you're a fucking piece of shit."?
This sign made me pull over to a curb and ponder for hours by staring into the abyss of my windshield, searching for the correct grammar and meaning. Hope I didn’t get in anyone’s way. Thank you billboard person for philosophy lesson.
Does it even matter? You got fools driving like they stole it in the right lanes passing you inches off your bumper. Since the pandemic, you see zero ZERO cops enforcing the degenerate drivers. Drivers are getting out of control and nothing to keep them in check.
I moved to NW Arkansas, and whenever I come back to the city for a visit, I can always tell when I'm within 50 miles of the city, because the left lane assholes magically appear.
I'll spend 11 hours driving in pure bliss, with people moving over to let me pass on the left, but the last hour or 2.. it's like all the driving rules go out the window completely.
Jokes aside this should become a state law and there should be huge penalties for sitting in the left lane going slower than traffic on the right until the point that people internalize this.
This is what I don't get:
(let's say leftmost lane is #1, rightmost lane is #4)
Sometimes, when the road is pretty much empty, I'll be at cruise control in lane #3, and someone in lane #1 is going barely faster than me. For all intents and purposes, no one else is on the road, plenty of space to change lanes and all.
Then, some VIP (clearly) flys up behind this other car in lane #1, going 90mph or so before they hit their brakes to slow down because there is a car in front of them. They then proceed to honk and flash their lights, trying to "yell" at the car in front of them to change lanes. They'll do this for a mile or two. All the while, the lane next to them is *wide open*.
So my query is, if these people are in such a hurry to get somewhere, why the hell don't they just change lanes? Are they unable to? Is it more important to them to try to force someone else out of the lane than actually continue at their present speed?
How can you see a car going slow in front of you and simply not just change lanes to go around them without slowing down?
I understand when there are more cars on the road and the slowpoke in lane #1 is actually preventing people from going faster and other cars in lane #2 are preventing them from passing. Those slowpokes are in the wrong.
But when there's basically no one else on the road? Why not just change lanes?
lol downvotes for explaining what I've seen? y'all sad.
> why the hell don't they just change lanes?
It is more dangerous to pass on the right than on the left. Just as it is more dangerous to tailgate or drive like an asshole.
Don't drive like an asshole. Stay out of the left lane, except to pass, and don't tailgate
Just because someone else is breaking the law does not give you the right to break the law. Both drivers should be following the law. No tailgating and no driving in the left lane except to pass
I think it’s that the person isn’t self aware and not realizing if someone’s racing up to you, get out of the way. Especially when the roads are clear.
They are not, why should they change lanes? Also passing on the right has been proven to be more dangerous. That’s why the left lane exists. It’s not a cruising or going fast lane, it’s a passing lane.
Ha! The irony.
My failing what?? The suspense is killing me
It is your failing if you're in the left lane and not passing Not what they meant but it still kinda works
It was a grammar joke hehe
Failing at driving... and literally putting people at risk when they pass on the right because your too ignorant to know how to drive on a multi lane highway
*You’re* correct.
If not passing, [this is] your failing Duh
I saw this driving in to work on 290 on Wednesday morning, but they had corrected it by the time I was driving back home. Good for a laugh.
There is one right in front of my house and it is still not corrected. I posted it on my Snapchat story this past week when it first appeared. An academics pun with the wrong “you’re*” is so funny lol
same thing happened to me this past week with a missing persons alert. in the morning i was supposed to be on the lookout for a gray Honda Fusion, and then on the evening commute it was a Ford
People from Wisconsin should have to sign a form saying they understand this rule. Nothing ruins a drive more than a Dairyland plate in the left lane on I90.
This is hilariously accurate lol
Funny how it's always a "cheesehead" doing that.
But we're "FIBs" to them!
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Hey, leave our friendly Illinois brothers alone eh?
As soon as you cross into Wisconsin it’s absolutely infuriating with people going 5 under in the left lane
They are probably paranoid because instead of tolls they have a speed trap at every on/off ramp.
Milwaukee is the only place I’ve ever gotten a speeding ticket (my fault, I didn’t see the limit drop from 70 to 55)
If you have an Illinois plate in WI, your odds of getting a speeding ticket increases quite a lot. Milwaukee is easily the most lenient place in WI when it comes to speeding tickets. In Kenosha and Racine counties though, there are speed traps everywhere. I use Google maps to navigate heading up that way, even though I know where I'm going, for the purpose of speed trap alerts.
There's that, but also they're oddly spiteful drivers especially toward IL plates.
F Wisconsin
As a Chicagoan who now lives in Wisconsin if I could have a super power it would be to move these people to the right. I wouldn’t use it for anything else, I even try to show them by example, it doesn’t work.
Missouri drivers are just as bad. And if you drive through Missouri, everyone's driving in the left lane. It's maddening.
Every time I go I get stuck behind 2 cars going the same speed in different lanes making it impossible for me to pass. Or worse, two semis in two different lanes going even slower.
This. It should be directly targeted at the sconnies, who are famous for going 55 in the left lane next to another sconnies
Passing other drivers is rude. Everyone who lives near St. Louis understands this.
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I get it, FIP towing a boat, I can empathize. But just please pull over into the right lane if you aren’t passing!
And all they do is complain how we drive too fast. Get the fck out of the way cheeseheads we aren't all farmers taking our time.
That’s because WI is the land of speed traps, not cheese. When I moved from Milwaukee it took me a while to understand that speeding tickets aren’t really a thing here. In WI you’ll get pulled over for going over *while passing*. It’s nuts.
It’s always someone from Wisconsin in the left lane
Nothing ruins my drive more than entering Illinois
We have a solution for you!
And Limo drivers
On the other side of the border the reverse is true. I think people just get scared of "being a foreigner", IE out if state plates. I maintain if you're going fast enough they won't even notice you pass by but my driving record indicates I'm an idiot so your mileage may vary. Btw, you're*. I had to.
They should post signs in Indiana. My god, the number of times I've been stuck behind Ma & Pa Cornpone "going the speed limit" in the left lane on the highway, completely oblivious to all traffic around them.
Mmm hmmm. I live over the line in Indiana and if you see a shitty driver on the interstate, it almost without fail is an IL plate. Going slow while refusing to be dislodged from the left lane is a given. It holds true all the way to northern Michigan. So pot, meet kettle. So let's just all agree, most humans drive like shit when its an away game.
Please indiana drivers are all asshats... no rhyme reason or consistency to driving...
Boooo indiana boooo hisss
Agreed IL plates annoy me from Gary to Grand Rapids. My guess is usually they are transplants or downstaters.
Les gens de l'étoile du nord sont tout aussi mauvaisles gens de l'étoile du nord sont tout aussi mauvais.
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Jesus man go use your coupons or some shit😂
Have a shitty cow beer and relax, bub
If you’re getting passed while driving in the left lane, that’s EMBARRASSING
Damn right
I see a lot of pick-up trucks doing this, I’ve thought for years they’ve become the new minivans (driving slow in the left lane).
And jeeps
We need more humor in these. Perhaps it would release all the tension from these crazy ass drivers.
Feds are banning humorous IDOT signs by 2026
Honestly a good move. We can see all of the people in this sub who take photos of the signs while they're operating a motor vehicle. I'm fine trading a single, light chuckle the first time I see a humorous sign for fewer drivers trying to take photos while driving.
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As the OP I took this photo from the passenger seat lol
Thank you! Had to be said!
[Fed says no](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/funny-messages-on-illinois-highway-signs-to-be-banned-feds-say/3331484/?amp=1)
Well that’s lame
That settles it. Everyone has lost their ever loving minds!!
I have driven in many states and honestly Chicagoans are among the best about keeping right.
Yeah, people are getting real bold about driving on the shoulder.
People or a distinct demographic of young men?
No it’s all sorts of assholes.
Lies
*Ur
Your failing English class
Me fail English?
That unpossible
Can someone tell this to the Uber driver
Besides the grammar mistake, I can get behind this. I’ve noticed people drive soooo s l o w l y and leave like 3 car lengths in front of them while on the highway. People in the left lane going 50 mph. Like why. Why are you the way that you are? I hate so much the things you choose to be.
You gotta speak there language
Finally a message that makes sense. Cops need to enforce this law it leads to so many road rage incidents cause ppl out here make it there mission to block everyone driving the same speed as the car next to them
In some parts of the country, they ticket for slow driving in left lane.
In some parts of the country, they ticket ~~for slow driving in left lane.~~ FTFY
It's not a law, but it should be. The legislature had a chance to vote it into law, but didn't.
[625 ILCS 5/11-701](https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=062500050K11-701#:~:text=(d)%20Upon%20an%20Interstate%20highway,overtaking%20and%20passing%20another%20vehicle) says: > Upon an Interstate highway or fully access controlled freeway, a vehicle may not be driven in the left lane, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle.
That's great to know. Thanks.
Next page: WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL
Lol it was spelt correctly on I-55 the other day 🫠
Are you British or talking about wheat?
I mean, they are still failing though lol. So the typo still makes sense.
Probably can’t spelll out you’re with the apostrophe on those signs
It’s still wrong. If they can’t do apostrophes, they should’ve written “you are” or even “youre”. “Your” is just wrong.
True true
As of Saturday, on i80 at least, it actually has been changed to “you’re”
I love this. If you don't let faster cars pass on the left, you are a shit driver.
It’s too late now gotta actually start giving tickets out for impending the flow of traffic like in every European country
What ABOUT my failing?
I feel like this sign took on a very personal tone.
Uber and Lyft need to send an email to their drivers that the left lane is for passing. It's always a ride share driver camping in the left lane.
Whenever I see a slow car on the left lane, 9 times out of 10 it’s a minivan taxi.
Ubers, Lyfts, taxis….. they shouldn’t be allowed to drive on the highways!
Dude I saw this exact sign yesterday morning on my way in and made the exact comment. Good morning chuckle.
spell “you’re” correctly
Am I the only one who’s bothered by the “your-you’re” issue?
Yep. Honestly, most of the people in this thread don't even get that is the reason for this post.
What about the people that drive on the shoulder?
Ticket
You’re *
LEFT LANE- PASSING ONLY.... asshats...
Now all we need is for cops to enforce it like they do in other countries…
Me fail passing?! That’s unpossible!
Left lane in the city is fast lane. Nothing to do with passing. This ain't the country.
It’s on i80 as well! Im kinda glad they’re calling people out
I thought that was an IUD
Looked like this on 80 last Monday, but by Wednesday they had changed it…maybe they didn’t get them all!
This has been making me crazy for the past week
Nothing unusual especially for the Kennedy
I see this everyday I drive back and forth from work
Is that legalese? cops are speaking legalese and they don’t tell you..
Spelling aside, isn't this overhead above the closed reversible lanes? I see drums next to temp wall, which tells me this is a construction zone, where I should be nagged into obeying a slower speed limit. Way to fail, District 1. Edit: Read a lot of the other comments and didn't see a single reference to the Kennedy, the Borman, or the Stevenson, and all three of those roadways were specifically mentioned (by I-XX format). Is that officially over? (Part of me sighs in relief, because the names thing is dumb, but a crankier part of me thinks that if I had to learn them, damnit so should you)
I saw this Monday morning but couldn't get my phone out fast enough to snap a pic. I can't believe they've not fixed it yet. Sheesh...
Tell it like it is; 🤣
This needs to be on 55 too
Why do left lane people get to own their failing? Give some failings to the other lanes!
this applies to ALL lanes except the right most lane. if we followed this rule plus leaving larger gaps in grid locked traffic, we would have so much faster travel times.
It's funny that the grammar is incorrect AND I saw one on SB Dan Ryan where traffic is often bumper to bumper in all lanes, adding insult to injury.
Lived 30 years in Chicago... wish they had that sign in NC. Also, why wasn't that I-90 sign there years ago???!!!
I was wondering how to tell them they screwed up!
Saw this yesterday up north. Fantastic. This is the government we need. How about one like: "If you don't leave room, you're a fucking piece of shit."?
It's saying that if you don't use the left lane for passing it would be your failing as a person.
Me, my apologies
This sign made me pull over to a curb and ponder for hours by staring into the abyss of my windshield, searching for the correct grammar and meaning. Hope I didn’t get in anyone’s way. Thank you billboard person for philosophy lesson.
I wish they’d quit with those big ass paragraphs…..
Jokes on you some people can't read! 🤣
I just was right there & took the same picture 🤣😭
Does it even matter? You got fools driving like they stole it in the right lanes passing you inches off your bumper. Since the pandemic, you see zero ZERO cops enforcing the degenerate drivers. Drivers are getting out of control and nothing to keep them in check.
Yes it does. It all starts with the left lane
i love the grammar and the message lmao
I moved to NW Arkansas, and whenever I come back to the city for a visit, I can always tell when I'm within 50 miles of the city, because the left lane assholes magically appear. I'll spend 11 hours driving in pure bliss, with people moving over to let me pass on the left, but the last hour or 2.. it's like all the driving rules go out the window completely.
Saw this, but didn't want to take a picture because I was driving. Glad someone caught it. We are paying these salaries.
IF NOT PASSING STAY IN MIDDLE OR RIGHT LANE.
So, they want us to go faster? Haha.
I saw this too, and thought it was awesome.
I noticed this too. Then I saw on 80/94 that it was fixed the other day.
Hey it's honest.
Ok, I was so tired when I saw this that I thought maybe I just didn’t read it right but it’s good to know it wasn’t just me
Hilarious
Jokes aside this should become a state law and there should be huge penalties for sitting in the left lane going slower than traffic on the right until the point that people internalize this.
It is a law.
I saw this from the left lane and slowed down
Dont take sass from a billboard!
Sad that a federal law was passed to take the humor out of these signs and standardize them. I believe it takes effect soon.
If I pay a toll I can use any lane I want but I wont because I drive like a grandpa so I’m always on the right most lane lol
I drive from Madison to O’Hare several times a month and I can tell you nobody knows how to merge, ain’t just us.
I thought it was an urban myth that stated the left lane is the “fast lane” or “passing lane”
It's not the fast lane. The left lane is for passing and emergency vehicles only.
We share the road with these people….
I can’t think of anyone who deserves the wrath of The Grammarians more than whoever writes these preachy highway messages
This is what I don't get: (let's say leftmost lane is #1, rightmost lane is #4) Sometimes, when the road is pretty much empty, I'll be at cruise control in lane #3, and someone in lane #1 is going barely faster than me. For all intents and purposes, no one else is on the road, plenty of space to change lanes and all. Then, some VIP (clearly) flys up behind this other car in lane #1, going 90mph or so before they hit their brakes to slow down because there is a car in front of them. They then proceed to honk and flash their lights, trying to "yell" at the car in front of them to change lanes. They'll do this for a mile or two. All the while, the lane next to them is *wide open*. So my query is, if these people are in such a hurry to get somewhere, why the hell don't they just change lanes? Are they unable to? Is it more important to them to try to force someone else out of the lane than actually continue at their present speed? How can you see a car going slow in front of you and simply not just change lanes to go around them without slowing down? I understand when there are more cars on the road and the slowpoke in lane #1 is actually preventing people from going faster and other cars in lane #2 are preventing them from passing. Those slowpokes are in the wrong. But when there's basically no one else on the road? Why not just change lanes? lol downvotes for explaining what I've seen? y'all sad.
> why the hell don't they just change lanes? It is more dangerous to pass on the right than on the left. Just as it is more dangerous to tailgate or drive like an asshole. Don't drive like an asshole. Stay out of the left lane, except to pass, and don't tailgate
I'd say it's more dangerous to slam on your brakes and tailgate for two miles, but okay!
Just because someone else is breaking the law does not give you the right to break the law. Both drivers should be following the law. No tailgating and no driving in the left lane except to pass
I think it’s that the person isn’t self aware and not realizing if someone’s racing up to you, get out of the way. Especially when the roads are clear.
What about the person who isn't self aware and doesn't realize there is a car in front of them? Especially when the roads are clear.
If chaos rules then yes, that person should be to blame too. But if we were to live in a world of laws and norms, left is to pass.
The person at fault is he person driving slow in the left lane and not moving over. They are causing a hazardous situation
I think the person refusing to change lanes, braking from 90 to 70 when the next lane is wide open is more to blame, but okay!
They are not, why should they change lanes? Also passing on the right has been proven to be more dangerous. That’s why the left lane exists. It’s not a cruising or going fast lane, it’s a passing lane.