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Sooner or later, it had to happen. A blog for Left Lane Drivers of America. After being on numerous radio interviews, scattered news stories around the country on TV and even in a few newspapers here and there, word is getting out: If you’re not a Left Lane Driver, then get out of the Left Lane! Many thanks to you for helping us spread the word.
This pro-active, ”grassroots effort” is still very much in its infancy. The goal is nationwide awareness, to get drivers all over the country to be more actively thinking about the proper uses for the Left Lanes on our freeways and multi-lane highways.
Just over 50 years ago, then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act, authorizing almost 50,000 miles of Interstate Highways (freeways) to be built. Now that this remarkable undertaking is complete (Technically, almost complete: there remains one, final connection north of Philly to close the last gap in I-95. The project involves an I-95 interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and an additional bridge over the Delaware River parallel to the existing bridge), it’s appropriate that we remind ourselves that we probably won’t see much in the way of additional new miles of freeways in our lifetimes. What we will see are more and more cars and trucks coming on to the existing infrastructure, adding to the congestion which is already almost intolerable in some locales.
Our work is cut out for us. The only positive alternative we can think of, near term, is to encourage drivers to make the best possible, most efficient use of what we have. In other words, we need to do what we can to keep the flow going. Among other things, this involves giving other drivers the courtesy of getting out of their way, wherever possible.
If we don’t start thinking along these lines, we’re only going to see the emotional temperatures on our pressure-cooker freeways get hotter. So please, do your part. And, help us spread the word…
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