One more example of Suckopoly.
The driver who refuses, for any reason, to leave the fast lane ever, and drives either just at or just below the speed limit.
That same driver (and there’s MILLIONS OF THEM!) usually paces a car in the next lane over and has what my sister calls “A Tea Party” with that driver. Those two cars have now created a Suckopoly. They monopolize the road and everyone behind them is stuck. Unless there’s a 3rd lane and the rest of us take turns getting around. Which is technically illegal, but what else can you do? Technically, the driver who refuses to move to the right is illegal too.
I have no problem driving in the slow or middle lanes, and try to use the passing lane to pass only. Last night, after several miles of trying to get around the Suckopolists, I finally broke through via the slow lane. I sped up to finish passing the middle lane Suckopolist, and to move over to pass a slow driver in the slow lane. Behind me to my right, another car was following me, having gotten around the Suckopolists as well.
My sister refers to these types as “Cousin Speedy”: cars who drive the same and follow each other through thick and thin in a non-road rage type of way. It’s rare, but when you meet one, you recognize each other as kindered spirits.
At this point, I’m doing 70ish. I’m in the middle lane- content until I need to use the passing lane. Imagine the shock when I realize my Cousin Speedy is a CHP officer. Gulp. But then something magical happened. He got around the slow lane person, then me and then passed me in the passing lane. I could almost see him wink.
All he wanted was to get around the Suckopolists…. just like the rest of us.
