[Superman]

Friends,

Have a great weekend probably ignoring this post, but I just gotta say....

I hate COLOSSAL SUV's (Cadillac, Expeditions, etc) that need to be right in front of me. I normally drive with a great deal of patience (well, as much as I can muster and at 47 years old, I'm much better than I used to be) but when one of these things gets in front of me, I take evasive action. And when one might be considering getting in front of me, I get close to the car I'm following. Why? simple. I want to see ahead of me. So, along with the benefits of driving an SUV (height, false sense of security, quiet ride, insulation from your surroundings, etc), you get some down sides and one of those is that it's going to be hard to get in front of me. Hey, that's the price.

And we have folks acting in ways they would never act in a grocery store line. cutting in front, etc.

Folks pretending they didn't know they were in the wrong lane, one that must exit, so they stop and wait until someone (who's been in a non-moving traffic jam for 30 minutes) lets them in.

But here's the deal: Let's say you have two lanes of freeway going in your direction. Thru traffic is in the left lane because you're coming up on a major turnstile and the entire right lane will exit. That leaves a mostly empty right lane, but traffic from that other road will very soon be merging onto the freeway, so that right lane needs to stay open because it's going to get full. Well some *******s like to use it to pass several cars who are safely, respectfully cruising. That's antisocial behavior and I'm tired of it. My options are to get into that lane and do nothing, eventually merging back to the left just before merging traffic takes that (right )lane - or use the right lane to pass folks just like the *******s. The *******s very often are driving COLOSSAL pickup trucks. I'm driving a Porsche. I'm thinking:

"Hey, if it's time to play high-horsepower *******, I'm in. Here's my ante." No one is better prepared to play that game than we are. We're driving Porsches, for cryin' out loud. I hate this idea, but the *******s are causing traffic to flow poorly because of these games.