Once again, my acute powers of observation and empirical evidence gathering have led me to another possible answer to the question of how to solve some of our traffic problems. GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE! I cannot believe the number of vehicles that ride in the "hammer" lane with a screw loose. I drove up to Athens, TN., Sunday to go scuba diving with my crew from Atlanta Scuba. On the way up & back I was taken aback by how many times I would get caught in the back of a line of cars only to find that it wasn't congestion it was just a slow moving vehicle that needed to be in the right lane to let faster traffic pass by. This lack of situational awareness is appalling. It causes other vehicles to swerve and dodge trying to get around. When it's not necessary! GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE! And, once again I'm not just going to point the finger of blame, or another finger I think I might have used a few times Sunday. I think it's time law enforcement enforced the laws. Not just speeding, but violations like impeding the flow of traffic. I found out that Gwinnett County used to do it. If a GCPD officer spotted a vehicle on 85 on the left side with more than 2 vehicles behind it the lead vehicle would be pulled over and ticketed for impeding the flow. It's time to go back in time and bring that initiative back. Otherwise the back-ups will just keep getting worse.
Cincinnati Police Department pioneered traffic reporting back in the mid-1950's becoming the first uniformed police officer in the nation to broadcast helicopter traffic reports on the radio. He also had a children's safety game show program that taught kids about traffic. He tried out every question on Art-II. Art's radio "wonder bread" years were spent with the American Forces Radio & Television Service" where he served from the 
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