Apparently the driving rules have changed. I'm wistful that no-one thought to let lots of we road-users know, but oh well. Here's the basic modification as interpreted by me:
1. On an interstate highway, or other decent multi-lane road, no longer does the convention of "slowest on the right, fastest on the left" apply.*
2. a) If you have a slow-accelerating, slow-stopping vehicle - choose the "old" fast lane.
b) If you are towing anything - an open trailer, an oil tanker, your house - always choose the "old" fast lane.
c) If you are a landscaper, (yes, that's you, Juan) with a trailer full of untethered shit - always choose the "old" fast lane.
d) If you're a tradesman quoting jobs on your cellphone and/or you also have untethered ladders, cement mixers, iron bedsteads etc in the bed of your truck - always choose the "old" fast lane.
e) If you have no clue where you're going - always choose the "old" fast lane.
3. If you've rented a U-Haul, and basically encompass all of the above categories - always choose the "old" fast lane.
4. If you're old, dopey, lost, and in Florida looking for a cheap condo - always choose the "old" fast lane.
Yep, I think that's the extent of the change.
*reverse for LHS driving countries.
Here's my new buddy, Diego Garcia.
3 comments:
i think it's all along the I-95 corridor, sugarpie! sigh (yeah, they're here too!) xoxox
You've got to move out of Florida! Here in Nevada it's legal to carry sidearms; reduces the number of old blue-haired farts in the "fast lane" considerably. Even those whose cars are wearing California plates.
Oh, poor you, Savannah!
I suspected the problem wasn't isolated to just around here.
My commiserations.
Don, you're spot on! I do like the idea of polite driving habits resulting from an armed citizenry.
Cool.
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