Look, I’m alive

  Today, I’m feeling lucky to be alive. An idiot on I-16 nearly put me in an early grave this morning.
What is it with the many nutty drivers in and around Savannah, and in fact, the entire Southeast? Is it due to the fact that until recently, the state refused to mandate driver’s ed in high schools?
Don’t you love those people who drive in the left lane and refuse to move over to the right? Listen, people, if other drivers are passing you on the right (and maybe even glaring at you and flipping you the bird) you’re in the wrong lane. Move over!
This isn’t rocket science. It’s just plain old common sense, but that seems to be sadly lacking once usually normal people get behind the wheel.
I live in Effingham County and work in Savannah, so I see all kinds of idiots. Once in a while, the rolling circus actually can be pretty entertaining.
Like the morning I was headed to Savannah on GA 21, and somewhere between Rincon and Port Wentworth, came up behind two cars, one in the left lane, the other in the right, that were going exactly the same speed — 45 miles per hour. In a 55 mile per hour zone.
It was rush hour, and these bozos had people backed up on 21 as far as the eye could see. Now, the guy in the right lane legally hadn’t done anything wrong. If you really have nothing better to do than tie up rush hour traffic, you won’t get a ticket — as long as you stay in the right lane.
So even while everyone was mad at both bozos, we were really mad at the one who was blocking the left lane — the passing lane. Shit or get off the pot, buddy!
Now here’s the weird part. As we approached the intersection of 21 and I-95, where you’re supposed to slow down to 45 mph, Mr. Left Lane mysteriously speeded up. What he didn’t notice was the Port Wentworth police lined up overhead across the I-95 overpass.
The officers were using radar guns to catch speeders. Lots of squad cars — lots — were lined up on the sides of 21 to catch those speeders. And, yes, they stopped Mr.. Left Lane for speeding!!!
Can’t you imagine the conversation between that driver and the officer who stopped him? “But, honest, officer, I was going 10 miles under the speed limit for the past 10 miles!!!” Hoo hoo hoo hoo!!!
Best of all, the bozo probably saved a bunch of people who were trapped behind him from getting speeding tickets themselves. Ironic, ain’t it? But oh, so satisfying.

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