On the return trip from Chicago, I was reminded of a term I'd never heard until I moved to Kansas City: Idiot Block. For those of you from Chicago, or some other city where they like to expedite the driving process, an idiot block occurs when a driver insists, for no particular reason, on traveling in the left lane, not just slowly, but next to and at the same speed as a vehicle in the right lane. Traffic backs up until something breaks the log jam.
Maybe there's none of this in Chicago because there are more 3 and 4 lane highways there, or maybe it's because you'd be a wet spot on the road if you tried it. Either way, patience is not a virtue of Chicago drivers and, even though I've been in KC for 15 years, old habits die hard.
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