I wouldn't be supprised if it's turned into a 6 lane highway for the entire 60 mile stretch soon.

The saddest part is that the people of Colorado are going to spend a great deal of money adding those lanes, when simple adherence to the rules (by the same people, might I add) would reduce traffic jams more effectively.


You want to hear something really scary? Sure I know you live in California and LA is the king of traffic jams, but I live in the D.C. Metro area (I think we're second in that area), and we're doing something insane.

The VDOT (Virginia Department Of Transportaion) has begun an 8 year construction project on what is one of the worst interchanges in the country. By the end of those 8 years, they will have 113 bridges, and at one point the highway will be...get this:
24 LANES WIDE!!

And you know, I am absolutely sure that people will still be going 60 in the 11th lane and suddenly will have to get off on an exit in half a mile, swiping everyone in-between. I know this because, as a person I once knew said, "people are stupid".


Oh, and about only passing in the fast lane in Europe. I knew about that, and I think it's a great system. In fact, that's essentially what Tony and I are complaining about, only in that system (which i have observed everyone seems to do in Europe), it is assured that if you are going fast you won't get stopped by a slow-poke. I think it's great! But of course, that still doesn't mean that the drivers over there aren't as nuts as the ones we've got over here, but we do have a bigger population, and out of it we can draw more idiots that you can shake a stick at.

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