Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Dyslexia caused by Interstate driving

Every year it seems that an ever growing percentage of the drivers on the interstate are driving in the left lane. It has finally reached the point of absurdity. I-75 in Ga from Chattanooga to Atlanta and beyond Macon is all 3 lanes or more. Most of the drive down, it seemed like 60-70% of the vehicles were in the left lane. In fact, it was not at all uncommon for the right lane (since it was almost empty) to have a few cars traveling the fastest, and the middle lane moving faster than the left.

It is bad enough that so many slower drivers insist on hanging out in the left lane most of the time, but some of them act as though they are required by law to remain there forever (they won't move over no matter what!).

I've given a great deal of thought to this. I suppose that some are just plain mean. Perhaps a few cannot read the signs that say "Slower Traffic Keep Right" and a few may not be smart enough to figure out that they are slower than the cars stacked up behind them. But I don't think that all these drivers are jerks, illiterates or fools. Most folks are nice, smart (enough) and can read. Something else must be at work.

The answer is temporary dyslexia. Traveling faster than 70 induces it. These drivers read the signs about slower drivers keeping right. They know that the cars stacked up behind them means that they are the slower traffic. They are just temporarily dyslexic. They think that they are in the right lane. This must be it. Because a lot of them absolutely refuse to move over under any circumstances.

And I just don't want to believe that all of them are complete a-------!

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