I saw this photo today and it reminded me of a rant I wrote last year about the death of the left passing lane. In that post, I argued the right lane could be the new passing lane. Here’s a piece for a repost.
To steal a quote from Driver’s Ed: “A passing lane or overtaking lane is the lane on a multi-lane highway or motorway closest to the center of the road.”
The left lane then, I thought, was the lane to pass slower cars or drive faster.
This is no longer true.
The left lane is rapidly becoming the traffic lane or the slower lane. Much to my frustration and annoyance, I have come to see that more of my fellow motorists view it as simply another lane to drive in.
People rarely move over, or out of the left lane, when faster cars approach behind them. And most drivers don’t seem to care that they are slowing down the traffic flow by clogging up the left lane. The old trick of flashing your brights as a way to say “move over,” is also routinely ignored.
Nothing makes my blood boil on the road, more than this. But I will not rant. I will suggest an alternative.
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Happy road rage!
-baierman
By Thomas Gallant
For both of you wondering why it’s been so long since I’ve written (hint: it isn’t because I’ve been banging Adam’s neice girlfriend), it’s mostly due to the fact that I’ve spent little time at my computer in the past few weeks. It’s true, my computer has seen as much of me as Sarah Palin has seen of Russia from her backyard.
I could ramble on about the various weddings and other events I’ve been to in July, but who wants to read about that? What I’d like to do is share some of the things I’ve seen people do while driving. Things that don’t seem to cause the law-creating outrage that talking or texting do. I’m guilty of at least some of these myself:
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The citizens of the Czech Republic drive too fast. Accidents are on the rise. But installing thousands of new stop lights is expensive. So, officials needed a creative solution that worked with their austerity budget.
They tried something unique. Life-sized cardboard cut-outs of mini-skirted policewomen. These fake lady cops were placed on the side of the road. They held up stop signs in dozens of places where stop lights should have been.
Almost immediately drivers noticed. Accidents increased. The experiment failed.
The cardboard women actually doubled accident rates by distracting (mostly) male motorists. (They also caused a few awkward explanations from these men to their ladies.)
At least, we know a few things about our Czech breathen:
1. Even fake woman are attractive to them.
2. Sexy does not lower accidents, stop lights do.
In all fairness, it is winter over there. Seeing a lady in a short skirt and 6 inches of snow is an odd sight.
That’s some weird news for today. Drive safe.
Baierman
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