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SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT

How many people (in US) remember seeing those signs on the roads & highways? I don't understand why they aren't more frequently put up to remind people.

Slow traffic in the left lane is one of my biggest peeves. No, I am not a road rage person. But, if research was done, this would probably surface as one of the top reasons for road rage.

First, I am an excellent driver. But time has always been of the essence to me - not by choice. It seems that I have always commuted long distances to classes, work, private schools, etc. I pass through 33 traffic lights between work & home.

When you pass through that many lights, people that block traffic by driving even with the person in the right lane cost a lot of time. Then there are the people that are sitting in the right lane as you (in the left lane) are approaching the red light. What do they do? - They pull over in front of you just as you get to the light. Are they in a hurry? No, evidently not, because they just sit there when the light changes.

It irritates me that people who drive below the speed limit and/or block the traffic in both lanes are never mentioned in the TV shows on road accidents or road rage. These people and people that speed up just to prevent faster drivers from passing need to be ticketed as much as the speeders.

Before you think I have had a bad day, let me say that I have not. In fact since I am home for the summer I am driving very little.

The drivers that do those things are probably the same people that wait until they get to checkout to pull out the checkbook or their wallet. Apparently they don't realize they must pay for their purchases until the cashier tells them the amount!!

They must also be the same people that after finally emerging from a crowded event (movie, ball game, play, etc.) get through the door and stop to talk to their companions (leaving everyone else still blocked in the doorway.

Possibly they are the same ones that stop in the middle of the mall to decide where to go next (leaving everyone else to stop suddenly or tumble into the person in front of them). These people also come out from a store in the mall and stop in front of everyone else walking through the mall.

What is it with people like this? Are they not aware of others around them? Are they not aware that they are inconveniencing so many people?

One more example and I will stop. Have you seen people that miss their road, stop in heavy traffic, and try to cross (& block) several lanes to make their turn? Why don't they just go on to the next available turn and go back? It would be safer (& probably quicker for them) for them and for the other drivers.

These irritations have built up over my 49 years on this earth. I just wonder if I am the only one that notices these things. Perhaps if I had nothing to do all day, I would be like these people. But, I can't imagine that.

"No one is ever his/her own boss. We will always answer to:
1)Law of nature
2)Civil law
3)Spiritual law."
Farmer Ledford

Posts: 660 | Registered: Wed May 21 2003

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I agree with you and I totally understand where you are coming from. I think the general population is just self-centered and seriously inconsiderate of others most of the time,especially when they get behind the wheel. I really get irritated at the people who get in the left lane to turn right. They do it around here all the time and I'd really like to have a big ol truck sometimes and just ram them and push them back into the right lane. haha!!

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