Slow cruisers in the left lane have the effect of funneling faster traffic toward the right, into slower traffic. Anyone who, at highway speeds, can comfortably follow at a distance of one car length....does not understand the physics involved in motoring and should not be licensed to drive.
In this country, you need to be 21 years old to drink a glass of wine, but if you're sixteen and can read an eye chart, you can drive a motor vehicle. It's a familiar theme. It's about money, folks. Commerce. Not society. Not security or so-called "freedom." It's about commerce. The auto makers and oil companies oppose the enactment of reasonable proficiency testing for motor vehicle operators. For obvious reasons. If we made sure that all motor vehicle operators were properly skilled, it is clear to me that many of today's drivers would not be behind the wheel. Safety would improve, accidents and fatalities would be reduced. Our dependence on fossil fuels would fall, as would maintenance costs for highways. Public transportation infrastructure would be built. Stress would be reduced. But unfortunately, revenues to insurace companies , oil companies and auto makers would fall. So, you can easily see why this would be a bad idea.
I've heard that speed is a prximate cause of nearly all traffic accidents. I assume this is because the vehicles involved were moving.
According to my observation, 100% of all vehicular accidents are directly caused by bonehead decisions.
Since the WSP went on its revenue-generating crusade, I have seen more white plastic buckets drifting across lanes of traffic, more unassisted stranded motorists, more vehicles with only one remaining working brake light....the list goes on. Yesterday I saw a pickup truck pull away from the side of the freeway towing a disabled car with nothing more than a tow strap...again, this is on the freeway....RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A WSP TROOPER!!!!!!!!
Something's wrong with this picture. At least from the perspective of this left-wing liberal.
