[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Wisconsin Drivers

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Wisconsin Drivers
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   This week's game for Minnesota Morris was in Watertown, Wisconsin,
   about 310 miles, mostly in Wisconsin. I found out two things: gas is
   more expensive and Wisconsin drivers may actually be worse than our
   own.
   Over and over again on their freeways, a car would pass us and then
   move over, a car length or two in front of us. A couple even slowed
   down. So we had to back down to reestablish a safe interval. (I use
   the 2 second rule.) In effect, we had to finish their passing
   maneuvers for them.
   This happens a little everywhere, but in Wisconsin, this seemed to be
   the rule, not the exception. The only question was why, and I
   developed a theory.
   Wisconsin as you hopefully have only heard, not experienced, is fussy
   about speeding. We saw several cars pulled over, in fact. Between that
   and their keep right except to pass law, maybe their driver are a bit
   more cautious, feeling exposed in the left lane doing 3 mph over the
   limit.