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Few things annoy me more than people who can not maintain speed on the interstate, either because they just can't figure out how to use cruise control, or because they are to damn distracted by their cell phones to know what's going on. Annoying in three particular situations that we've all seen. I commute 45 miles a day, and at least one of these happens to me every single day (ranks from least to most annoying).

1. Ever been driving on the interstate. You have the cruise set to 70, then have someone pass you doing 75, then slow down to 65, you go buy, they speed back up to 75, they go by and then slow to 65 again, and repeat until you reach you exit 25 miles down the road? (I once had someone do this to me all the way from Madison, Wisconsin to Champaign, Illinois).

2. You're in the right lane, a slow moving car in front of you, and a faster moving car coming up in the left lane fast enough to clear you before you get to the car in front of you. Because you are courteous you wait to chance lanes until they go by, but then that other car gets along side of you and just seems to run out of power, trapping you behind the car in front of you, and at the exact moment you are forced to slow down, the guy in the left lane suddenly takes off again. (I know this has happened to all of you).

3. You are behind someone on a two lane road who apparently gets scared every time you meet a car going the other way, so they slow down 20 miles an hour when that happens. You can't pass him because every time the road is clear of on-coming traffic, they don't just speed up again, but accelerate hard back up to speed. (and until I get my Camaro, the car I'm driving doesn't have enough power.

Whew. Thanks for the platform, I feel better now.