This is a post about the state of transportation in the US, yet it highlights several layered problems that face US.
I have been commuting about 1 hour and 20 minutes, uphill both ways, mostly along an interstate in Pennsylvania.
Some days I am frustrated by folks that apparently weren’t paying attention when learning the rules of the road here.
If you are not actively passing folks driving the right lane, you should be in the right lane.
If you are in the left lane, and you become aware that someone is behind you, you should move to the right lane as soon as safely possible.
If you are driving in the left lane below the posted speed limit, you are in the wrong lane for sure for sure.
If there is a car disabled on the side of the road, you should move into the lane opposite of that car.
If there is traffic enforcement activity, you should move to the lane opposite of the activity.
If there is road work, you should drive the posted speed, and be in the lane requested.
At any rate, it is incredible frustrating and dangerous to drive slowly in the left lane, and it results in people attempting to pass on the right of you.
The first one hundred days will feature daily reminders of the role of the left lane and safety and etiquette involving freeway driving. It will feature reminders from traffic engineers, members of state highway patrols, safety engineers, road workers, professional drivers and so on.
I thought I would wax eloquent on the state of public transportation, but it seems to me a good time to highlight exactly how free ALL of US are presently in the United States: