The View From The Other Lane

If you are anything like me, then you hate driving in the slow lane. In the three years that I started driving, I have always stuck to the fast lane, always over the speed limit. Either that or the middle lane. But never the slow lane.

However, my present new car is a very old car. And considering its age, I do not want to test the strength of those old bones. It taunts me though with its 6 cylinders, and every time I put my foot on the accelerator, my heart yearns to push it faster and further.

So, last night, as I made the torturous journey home in the slow lane (can't forget that), I thought about the think positive post. Here goes nothing...

1. The slow lane has its advantages you know. Like, you can watch the world go past you, and contemplate on how to slow it down. Puts things in perspective, for you and the car.
2. The whole 'watching your odometer so as not to push the car to its limit' and 'wincing every time the car groans' might be cathartic. Probably for the car. Definitely not for me. 
3. If I was any less strong hearted, I could have abandoned the car when my feet came dangerously close to being frozen, for the heat panel was not backlit and I had no way of knowing whether I had the heat on or the AC. Ouch. But no, I was in the slow lane remember. So, I just bit my lip, pulled over and figured it out. Which I have never ever done before. Pulling over onto the shoulder from the fast lane is a hassle. 
4. I should probably tell you all bloggers, that driving in the other lane will do wonders to your blog. You can write, edit and re-write any blog post, any number of times.  You can paint mental images of all the things your blog could be. For all you have is time.
5. All you have to do is to be between the lines. How hard can that be? For, you can go so slow that no one would follow you and you wouldn't be fast enough to follow anybody. Best bargain ever. 
6. There are advantages to being the lonely car on the highway, in the slow lane. You don't ever have to look at the mirrors, for there is nothing on the road but you. You can admire the patchwork on the road, the twists and turns and the bumps. 
7. You never ever have to worry about being ticketed by the cop - except of course you go too slow and block traffic. 
8. And then, given that all the sign posts are towards the slow lane, you would never ever miss an exit. Never have to go to the next one, and panic that your GPS won't start in time. Never have to fiddle with the GPS while driving. How cool is that! 
9. You can give more than a passing look at the other cars that got ticketed or have their hazard lights on. You can actually stare at any car going on the other lanes, satisfy your curiousity, and get to know the brands better.

The view from the other lane is a lot different. Kind of like life.