Show Utah Drivers by Lisa Keene Horizon News Editor This is my first column of the 89 88 year and my one and only gripe column of the autumn quarter One thing about Utah that has driven me crazy this summer is the Utah drivers Most dont don't understand the basic rules of thumb and etiquette The left lane This is the least complicated but most misunderstood concept of freeway driving The left lane laneis is there to make the traffic flow smoother It is designed to be used to pass cars going slower in the right lane Too often I get trapped behind two cars going 55 mph side sideby sideby sideby by side Also too often people dont don't understand that if cruising in the left lane and another car approaches approaches approaches ap ap- ap- ap from behind going faster it is the front cars car's responsibility to move love into the right lane ramp On Th The purpose purpose of this innovative invention is isto isto isto to allow a car enough space to accelerate enough to blend in with traffic smooth smooth- ly Comedian Louie Andersons Anderson's mother must be a Utahan He says My mom tries to get on the freeway On the ramp on it goes 5 S 10 15 20 25 20 15 IS Merges The worst merge in Salt Lake City has to be on north-bound north East at South There is about 25 yards from the traffic light to merge two lanes of traffic plus the traffic turning right off That merge needs to be better marked ahead of time to save a lot of confusion confusion confusion con con- fusion and congestion Politeness I dont don't think this word exists in the average Utah drivers driver's vocabulary Last week I was driving down Redwood Road and was in a long train of traffic There was a man waiting waiting waiting wait wait- ing patiently to pull out of a parking lot into the traffic I being the kind soul I am am aiD stopped and motioned for him him to go ahead He looked at me as asif if to say Are you for real He slowly pulled out in front of me sure I was going to go before he got completely pulled out Maybe more Utahans need to be tennis players We tennis tennis tennis ten ten- nis players have a certain certain common courtesy |