Slower Traffic, Keep Right

Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.

In driving back from Texas to Indiana, we traveled through Missouri.  There were several sections of highway 44 that were quite hilly.  On the steepest hills there was typically an extra lane to the right for semi trucks and other slow moving vehicles.  Along with the extra lane were signs telling the slower traffic to keep right.  This worked great except for the time or two that there was road construction going on and we were down to one lane.

Now that I am back at work after five days of "vacation" I remembered a feature that annoys me about some of my co-workers.  They walk slow.  Now this is MY definition of slow but slow IS a relative term.

The main corridor that runs the length of the building (dividing the north cubes from the south cubes) is about five foot wide.  This would equate to two "lanes" of traffic.  Most people stick to the right side of the corridor as you would if you were driving on a two lane road.  However, there are those who (along with walking slow) walk in the middle of the "road."  Going around these people is a little difficult given the amount of room of clearance you have on each side.  There is not really any room for an extra lane for the slower traffic, but at least there should be a sign telling slower traffic to keep right.

There is a traffic law in our state stating that if you are driving below the minimum speed limit and there are three or more vehicles behind you, then you must pull over and let the faster vehicles past.  I actually saw someone get pulled over for having four vehicles behind them and driving 25 on a 55 mph zone.  I cheered.

Now if we only had such a law for the slow walkers in my building.

Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.

Jon