The Left Lane

Off of Fark, we get this story about Colorado making it against the law to cruise in the left lane on a major highway, unless you're passing.

You know, I'm generally for smaller government and getting government out of our lives.

But I'm all for getting this kind of thing passed in Tennessee.

Good for safety, yes.

Better for mental health. I mean, how close have a lot of us gotten to blowing a gasket in that lefthand lane when we've gotten behind Clem and Erleen from Slowpoke Springs Arkansas, and they're walking the car along?

Let's get the guvmint involved. Keep these slow, self-involved bastards who go 12 miles under the speed limit while they talk on their cellphones out of the left lane. Put a little state-trooper rough justice on these people. Make them pay attention, and maybe we'll all make better time on the highways.

I mean, if you're driving in the left lane, you look in your rearview mirror, and you see a line of cars that stretches all the way to Texas (or, if you're reading and driving in Texas...the line stretches to North Dakota), then you're no longer a part of the "quicker" traffic, thus making you a part of the "slower" traffic directed by the signs to Keep Right.