This is what it feels like I am driving behind every day!
When I first got to Arizona I noticed that people here drove slowly, and it was extremely frustrating. I recently drove to my parent's house in SLC, UT (a drive of no less than 700 miles and 12 hours one way), and this frustrating phenomenon became infuriating! You can tell almost immediately when you enter Arizona. Not because the speed limit changes but because everyone slows way the crap down. Let me elaborate. Speed limits here in Phoenix, where I live, are normal speed limits, 65 mph on the freeway and 35-40 on the main roads in town. This is taken to mean that you must drive the listed speed unless you want to go slower or you are in the left lane, in which case you can go the listed speed limit. It is absolutely amazing to me to fly past people in my 4runner doing the same speeds that I did in the far right lane in SLC. A great man, my dad, once said, "Anyone not in a hurry, should be." I think he was talking about people in Arizona.
Note: It's not just the old people, Asians, or women (its not racist or sexist if its true). Everyone drives slow.
Also of note: I pass a lot of people in the carpool lane which is only carpool M-F from 6am to 10am and 3pm to 7pm.
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