A Tribute to the Idaho Drivers

Today while driving to work I made a discovery: the drivers of Idaho like to hold each other accountable to the speed limit, often against their wills. Daily I drive a modest 65-70, occasionally passing other drivers who drive a rediculous 55-60 MPH. Often, while I am on cruise control a driver will start to pass me and then slow down to either just a little bit slower than myself or the same speed. I have come to the conclusion that this is their attempt to enforce the speed laws in Idaho to protect everyone else from tickets.



This is what driving is like in Idaho. You're either one of these cars, or behind them. There isn't much choice.


Let me further my argument: when I am not in a hurry I like to go 65 MPH because it saves on gas (yes! I am that cheap!). As I mentoned before I will occasionally pass the slower driver who is going 55-60 MPH. This is a trap for the other drivers, as well. When I come up next to that driver (again, on cruise control, so we know my speed isn't changing), they speed up, either matching my speed or passing  me a little bit. They are again trying to protect other drivers from speeding tickets, using me against my will to trap everyone behind us.

Now this is all fine and dandy, but there are also times when I am one of those erring drivers these vigalante citizens are trying to protect. I was driving down the highway, feeling a little rebellious, driving 67 MPH, and two of the same found each other. It was the latter of the two situations, a driver is going 60 MPH, another driver goes to pass them, and they match speeds. This leaves me driving at 63 MPH. I do not want to drive 63 MPH, I want to be a rebel. I want to drive 67 MPH. I appreciate the other drivers' concern for my wallet (and keeping points off of my license), but I do wish they would stay out of my business and allow me the poor choice of driving 2+ MPH over the speed limit.