[oldvirginian]

“.... that’s pretty normal since it’s a six-lane freeway”

On a six lane highway the far right TWO lanes are the most dangerous places for a truck to be.

Think a minute.
99% of traffic entering or exiting the highway does so in the far right lane. There are the occasional left lane exits but they are the exception, not the rule.

By staying in the center lanes truckers are actually increasing your chances of a safe commute by taking themselves out of the path of accelerating and slowing traffic that intermingles at entry/exit points.
I know this due to seventeen years of otr trucking.
Believe me, worse accidents occur when large vehicles with little maneuverability are limited to right lanes.

Get over your pet peeve and see the whole picture.

[robroys woman]

By staying in the center lanes truckers are actually increasing your chances of a safe commute by taking themselves out of the path of accelerating and slowing traffic that intermingles at entry/exit points.

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This is explicitly why I mentioned, quite on purpose, on ramps. But on I-65 in Kentucky there are many miles between on-ramps and fairly light traffic. And to be frank, it’s easy to see the on-ramp from a distance and they are quite often unoccupied.

I expect them to move over (to the center lane) when approaching an on-ramp.

BTW they are not allowed in the far left lane, at all. I see a lot of them pulled over by the state police a short distance after the rule begins, just south of Louisville, southbound. Roughly one every other day on my commute.