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I spend on average 3 hours a day M-F commuting via automobile from NJ into NYC and back to NJ. Having spent over 40 years driving automobiles I have two automobile driving pet peeves that I believe I am not alone in sharing. They really annoy and frustrate me and probably many other drivers as well and are very unsafe and could possibly lead to traffic accidents. They are: 1. Left Lane Losers – My term for the knucklehead drivers who insist on driving in the left lane of a two lane highway, either at or less than the posted speed limit, even when the driving conditions are optimal and traffic volume may be either light or medium. It is NJ state law that slower traffic must stay in the right lane. But these folks seem content to mosey along in the left lane, even when they can easily and safely move over to the right lane to allow faster traffic behind them to pass. Usually quite a number of cars start to back up behind the slow moving car in the left lane and then, when possible race around and pass them in the right lane. I envision that the driver of that slow car in the left lane is either some stubborn old fart, (usually male, but sometimes female), who is thinking to themselves “I am going the speed limit and let everyone behind me be damned….”. Either that or they are oblivious to the law and general rules of the road and are just bad drivers. I wish American drivers had to undertake the much more rigorous driver’s education and licensing tests required in most Western European countries, (other than Italy), where the drivers are much more disciplined and religiously stay in the right lane, keeping the left lane open for faster traffic, (in countries where they drive on the right side of the road). 2. Lights Out Losers – My term for the other knucklehead drivers who are driving their cars when it is dark outside and/or in the rain and do not turn on their headlights/tail lights. This usually occurs during the early evening or anytime it is raining. This includes the naïve drivers who think that just having their front parking lights on is sufficient. Many older model automobiles are not wired to turn on their tail lights as well, when only the front parking lights are turned on, so the rear of the car is dark. Also, this includes the drivers who insist on driving many miles and days with either a burned out headlight and/or tail light, thinking they will eventually get around to having the dead lamp replaced, unaccepting the danger they are putting themselves and other drivers in. I experienced both the aggravating LLL’s and LOL’s in NJ as well as when I am traveling through many other states on road trips, but it really seems to me to be more prevalent in New Jersey. What have you all experienced while driving on NJ’s roads and do you share my frustrations, aggravations and safety concerns about these two types of drivers? AVB-AMG