Saturday, July 19, 2008

Driving...me crazy!

In my memory, drivers' ed goes something like this:

Lesson One: ignition, gas pedal, brake pedal.
Lesson Two: drive, neutral, reverse. (this may also require lesson 2.5 on a stick shift, I don't know, I can only drive an automatic.)
Lesson Three: THE LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING!

Perhaps the lessons are different on Long Island. Perhaps my memory is fuzzy; after all, it has been quite a while since I was a student driver. But even if this rule is not quite as high-priority as I recall, it is still the rule, right? So why do people feel it is ok to casually cruise along at 60mph in the left lane of the LIE?! Move over, people! There may be plenty of other traffic, and it is certainly quite possible I won't get home any faster, but I will at least feel better if the rules of the road are being observed.

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