Regional Weirdness Examples
We are currently staying in the Phoenix area and, like many regions around the US, there are some unique customs and habits that would seem down right odd anywhere else. The single strangest thing we ...
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spoon059 wrote:I was hoping it was only from the Lake Woebegone folks but I guess you're right.westend wrote:
Here's the wierdness: If you're driving slower than everyone, why drive in the left most lane? It's not a PDL-Personal Driving Lane, it's the PASSING lane. Get out of the Rapture and get to the right!
Unfortunately that's not a regional thing. That's a pretty universal thing from coast to coast. I guess some people still think the US Gov't is giving away land to homesteaders... if they occupy it long enough, the government will give it to them.
I still believe that slow pokes in the left lane are the leading cause of slowing traffic, dangerous driving, road rage and collisions.
Agreed on the anti-flow of traffic because of this. On a roadway covered with ice and poor visibility, it is a recipe for accidents. I can only assume that these left-lane-white-knucklers feel that it is safer in some regard to drive in the left lane. Practically, it makes no sense. The side of the road is the same distance from the side of your car, either right or left lanes.
