Wednesday, August 13, 2008

You Know who you are

This is to the person, or more correctly people, you know who you are, who drive in the left hand lane. You are not passing, no you are just driving along as if it was your right to drive in that lane. It is not! It is a PASSING LANE, the signs clearly indicate that it is for passing (well what they say is slower traffic keep right), now since I have come up behind you, that means, logically I AM GOING FASTER, which means, hey what do you know, you are going slower, so move over. I have heard people say "I did not see you come up behind me", but if you moved over as a normal procedure, you wouldn't have to, you would already be out of the way.

Now once in a while you will come across a slower moving vehicle, and you will need to pass them. Listen carefully, because this is important. If you decide to pass, do not pull in front of a car moving faster than you, and if by some chance you end up that way anyway, speed up, so you are out of their way faster. You see, we all have to use the roads, and if we all agree to follow some simple guidleines, we will all be happier, well I will be happier at the least.

The point here is...stay right, except to pass, and when you pass, speed up , so that you are in the left lane for as short a time as possible. In fact, lets make it a game, in any trip see how little you can be in the left lane. Have your passengers keep track and hit you for anything over say 30 seconds (kind of like a punch buggy - no returns). I appreciate your attention on this.

2 comments:

Steve said...

You said:

>The point here is...stay left, except to pass, and when you pass,
>speed up , so that you are in the left lane for as short a time as
>possible. In fact, lets make it a game, in any trip see how little
>you can be in the left lane. Have your passengers keep trakc and hit
>you for anything over say 30 seconds. I appreciate your
>attention on this.

You mean "stay right"...right?

Dave said...

Thanks, duly and embarassedly changed!