Thursday, February 5, 2009

Every Day is Opposite Day in the Mitten

There is a simple traffic law in the United States: Keep right, Pass on the left. It's so very very simple to do, and yet drivers, generally of the Michigan kind, don't get it. In fact, they do the opposite. They stay left, forcing other cars to pass them -- on the right.

This is not a rant about how I just want people out of my way on the commute into work, I even find myself guilty of breaking this law this sometimes. I understand how this could be easily confused with a "Everyone is wrong" kind of attitude - but it's not.
Following this simple rule allows for traffic, on freeways especially, to keep moving and not "jam". It safely allows for an accident that did happen to block part of the road and for traffic to keep moving, and it would drastically decrease the amount of accidents that involve trying to pass on the right, because there wouldn't be any passing on the right.
Here is some info on this subject and a song (annoying) that someone wrote about it.









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