I was driving to work this morning with my daughter in the car. We were in the commuter lane and cruising at about 75 mph. Some car was following dangerously close behind me so I sped up to 80 mph. Apparently that wasn't fast enough for a 65mph zone. I promptly let him pass. However, remarked twenty minutes later that we arrived downtown at the same time. Has anyone else experienced a similar phenomenon?
Do some people have such a warped sense of time that they think all the lane jockeying really makes an appreciable difference in there commute? I've found that it rarely does. We usually just irritate other drivers as we drive five feet behind them which, I will add, is a flagrant breaking of the two-second driver safety rule. What? You've never heard of it? I guess I shouldn't be suprised. If the car ahead of you passes a landmark, like a lamppost, you should be able to count "one-alabama, two-alabama" before you pass the same landmark. This will work at any speed. Isn't that great? If you do this you will probably have adequate breaking distance in the event that that car in front of you suddenly stops.
Generally, I just let the busybodies of the world pass by. Why not indulge their silly delusions? I mostly want them out of my way so I won't collide with them. I can't save everyone, but please do try the two-second rule. The life you save may be your own.
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