[ianc]

Things will not change until law enforcement and traffic design gets better, but it seems like a cold day in hell before that will happen.

Left lane (of course you know this) is constantly clogged with people doing 50-55. Cops claim they can't do anything, because the idiots doing it are not breaking any law. I drive into SF each morning to work and on the Waldo grade (leading up to the GG bridge), the left lane is so full of idiots who can't maintain their speed and won't yield the lane that the only way to get there without downshifting to 4th or 3rd (!) is to cross over to the far right lane and cut lane to lane to avoid the busses and semis.

I'm just amazed that with the amount of man hours wasted each year, no one in power will actually come up with some kind of plan to alleviate the stranglehold the idiots have over our freeways.

Carter decreed the 55 MPH speed limit in 76 or so, and it's a lingering malaise 30 years later that just will not quit.

When will we wake up and realize that modern vehicles (and Porsches!) are capable of doing more than 55 safely?

We desperately need a better driver training program and various grades of licenses that would restrict certain vehicles\drivers to the right most lanes and certain speeds to maintain traffic flow.

Until we get our head out of our asses and address this problem, it'll be HELLO GRIDLOCK!

IANC