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I commute to work. Lots of people commute. It gives you long and unwanted insight into types of people and their driving habits. The thing I've discovered is that the main cause of most accidents I see are not hyped-up younger male drivers (as the insurance industry likes to blame) it's the fucking moron driving 20mph under the average speed of the rest of the traffic.

Honestly I can't tell you how many times I've see "safe" drivers almost cause fatal accidents because people are going nuts trying to get around them. They knot of traffic and ARE the primary cause of irrational behavior in other drivers. Basically they're friction points that flash people off when they're trying to get to where they need to without unreasonable delay.

Most of these type drivers like to take up the middle lane, which is problematic. It acts like a dam, blocking up tons of drivers who now have to dodge and fight to get by.

Some of those drivers actually stay in the slow lane, which on first thought might be ok - but generally causes mayhem to people trying to merge and exit.

Gods forbid but you get a few assholes in the left lane, and then it's nothing but unadulterated anger and hostility and they get cut off over and over, and the people in the middle lane have to deal with angry swerves into their space as people try and pass.

The speeders, by comparison, are usually not an issue. They tend to be younger guys with better reflexes anyway. They make their move and get in, get out and get on without your having to twitch. These people I have no problem with.

Honestly I'd like to see the lower end of the speed limit applied and enforced as much as the upper - keep the traffic moving at more or less the same pace and we'll all get along better.