Friday, September 5, 2008

Look in the rearview mirror

With high gas prices and conservation the name of the game, you have every website spitting out advices on top 10 ways to increase the mileage on the car. Always on the top of the list is to step on the gas ever so lightly, and to not go above the legal speed limit. So, now you have folks driving on the left lane on the NJTP at 60 miles an hour, and those who go from 0 to 30 mph from a traffic light in a full minute.

The one big thing that all these experts never mention is to do these tricks from the right lane. Else, jerks like me, who have ditched their crossover SUV's for a Honda Civic Coupe that gives them 35 miles to the gallon, are stuck behind these slow pokes. For all the gas that you 'penny wise pound foolish' guys in your trucks and SUV are conserving, I and many of my type, are spending twice tailgating you, and trying to push you inconsiderate jerks out of the left lane.

So, if you are reading this and you think I am talking about you, do leave me the choicest of abuses, but please stay out of the left lane.

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