This morning reminded me of one of my all-time pet peeves. I did a no-no and attempted to get into the "fast" lane before the dotted line came up. It was a two-fold attempted goal:
- Although the -supposedly- "fast lane" is really no such thing, I get into it because I know that I will be in the middle lane after a freeway split later on and dealing with the merging later is more aggravating. (That and I would love to be able to speed and get to my destination and pass everyone...)
- I really, really wanted to get out from behind the lady in front of me.
I find it interesting to watch the behavior of people. Everyone seems to forget anything at all about the purpose of the left-most lane on the highway/freeway. It is intended to be a passing lane and, when you are finished passing other vehicles, you are expected to exit that lane. Preferably, you would get into the middle lane of (once again...supposedly) moderately moving traffic or into the right lane with slower moving and on/off loading traffic.
We all want to be in the "fast" lane regardless of the speed we really want to go. The lady in front of me was no exception. As soon as she saw that I was going to cut over to the left lane she jumped right over in front of me again. Heaven forbid I possibly get in front of her.
Now, the interesting part of this exercise. At least to me...
This woman in front of me spent the whole time looking at me in her rear-view mirror causing her to slow down and brake on a really crazy basis. I drive a big black Ford F350 with a steel front brush guard and bumper so I can rightly understand why some people get nervous when I'm behind them but seriously... braking constantly, leaving a huge gap that people just kept going around both of us to fill was just going a bit overboard.
If she didn't like me behind her in the previous lane then why on earth did she put herself into that situation for several miles of slow-and-go traffic?
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