To the Unknown Driver of the Blue Car

Dear driver:

I saw you driving down I35 south, just south of Oklahoma City at about 4:45 this afternoon. I wanted to say a HUGE thanks to you. It seems that you and I have a pet peeve in common; those that choose to wait until the very last second to merge when their lane ends. I was a couple of cars behind you when I saw you get into the left lane, the lane that ended in less than two miles, the lane that had people zooming by only to cause a huge bottleneck at the end. At first, I must admit, I thought to myself, what a freaking jackass! But THEN!!!! Then, you slowed down and stopped all those people zooming by. I did see the one guy that passed you in the emergency lane. I am glad you then decided to straddle the lanes so that no one else got passed.

It gave me quite the laugh when people behind you were honking and cursing and even working their way across traffic to get two lanes over and stop and flip you off. It made me giggle. Perhaps they should learn that waiting until the.last.second only makes traffic much, much worse.

Thanks for making that traffic a little more entertaining and a lot more bearable for those few minutes. It made my day in this horrible trip home.