I’ve been reading with interest posts by my blog mate ukdesperatehousewifeusa about undertaking. Now, until she had mentioned it a couple of months ago in this post, I had never heard of it. Reading her heading, I thought someone had died! But no, that’s not the case. Undertaking is basically the act of overtaking in the slow lane.
She lives in the east coast and I’m thinking the roads are a tad smaller there than here in California, where freeways have five, six or sometimes seven lanes – each one of them choc-a-block full of cars. And there’s usually that idiot (or old fart) who wants to drive at 50 mph in the “fast’ lane. Those people drive me nuts! The only thing to do is go around on the right….
And here’s my secret – I love it!
Yes, I love the fact that you can go around all those people driving too slowly (or what I presume to be too slowly). I have been told I've got a lead foot, which in English means I am a bit of a girl racer. I must admit though, it’s a bit like Wacky Races sometimes what with everyone having a free-for-all on the freeway. I don't break laws, it's just so much more convenient to be able to go around on either side.
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| The freeway free-for-all |
Look at me getting all sciency... yes, I know it's DNA, not the freeway, but it looks just the same sometimes.
I’m sure if I lived in a different state it wouldn’t be the same. I wouldn’t undertake in London, so I’m not sure I would do it in New York either. It's just how the roads are here and I was told, long ago when I started driving here, to never drive in the slow, or far right, lane because you will have more chance of getting hit by cars entering and exiting the freeway.
Oh, and if there happen to be any California Highway Patrol reading this, um… I don’t speed, per se, I just like to get through traffic. No need to hunt me down and give me a ticket *sheepish grin*
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| Hope he's not pointing at me! |
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