Road rage

Today I visited my friend Lindy and her daughter Taylor in York. Driving out there on Route 30, I came across one section of road, probably 100 feet, that was closed because road crews were repainting the lines. Now, I hate when they do this kind of work in the middle of the day anyway, but it was a short section of road, so whatever.

The only problem is that they put up signs like 2 miles in advance of the giant flashing arrow that the right lane would be closed. The overly cautious, eagerly law-abiding citizens of Lancaster county all decide to get in the left lane 2 MILES EARLY. This would have been fine, if they didn't also take it upon themselves to block the right lane as well so no one else could pass them there. People were driving their cars down the center of the road, over the line, to prevent people from passing on either side.

WE'RE TWO MILES OUT, FOLKS. They put up the blinking arrows and graduated arrows of all kinds to let you know when it's time to merge. The two-mile warnings are so that you slow down from 70 mph and PREPARE to merge to one lane. And, should you chose to get in the left lane early, don't play cop and prevent everyone else passing you. We don't all have time to go 15 mph in the left lane for no reason.

Anyway, the rest of the trip was great. Back to paper writing...