Conundrums of The Daily Traffic

I drive to and from work everyday, with my precious little cargo at the backseat. Each and everyday, the same things happen and it makes me wonder ....?

1. Why people loves to hog the middle lane

It never fails to amaze me. I mean, when you go into a main road, you just have to go into the leftmost lane (or rightmost, depending on your point of entry). But no.. some people just have to zoom all the way to the middle lane, regardless there's another vehicle coming fast from behind, and tht poor fella had to brake instantaneously (sometimes that poor fella is me). The worse thing is, elok2 je masuk middle lane, they slow down, like really slow ok. As in, kalau the speed limit is 90, they go on 60 or 70. Like please la people. The middle lane is not your safe lane where you should be when you feel that you want to be 'safe'. Konon2.. senang duduk middle lane, nak ke kiri ke, ke kanan ke senang. Like duh!~ ok. Duduk lane mana2 pun, if you have your senses, senang je nak pergi mana2.. Unless la you left your senses at home.
You stay in the middle lane if you're overtaking the slower vehicles in the left lane. If there's no vehicle there, then you're obviously not overtaking, so by all means, move to the left lane.
I wonder if these people have actually tried to drive on the leftmost lane. It's actually a very relaxing drive. You drive at any speed you feel comfortable at, nobody's gonna go after you. If there's a slower vehicle up front, just light your blinkers and overtake gently. Then get back to the leftmost lane. It won't kill you to be on that left lane you know. But it will certainly kill others if you keep hogging the middle lane (esp at 50kph). :p

2. Why people brake for no apparent reason

This, plus point 1 is usually a favourite of women drivers. I dunno. I'm a woman driver myself, i might have done the same thing, but i think most of the time i don't because my darling instructor hubby will definitely give me an earful if i did.

It's like, you're driving leisurely, the car in front ofyou is at a safe distance, and the car in front of the car in front of you is like miles ahead. and then, the car in front brakes... No apparent reason whatsoever. I hate following these vehicles because you'll end up braking too. Do you know that braking and going and braking and going uses up a lot of fuel??? It's not wrong to use your brake... but it is wrong to test your braking device on the road in the vicinity of other cars.. It's dangerous!! (and ridiculous). So stop braking for no reason, please.

3. Why people zoom super fast only to stop at the next traffic light.

This one drives me up the wall. Here i am, cruising til i get to the next traffic light (where from the distance you can see that it's red and you can't go anywhere anyway. you've to stop). Tiba2 muncul pulak mamat mana dgn kereta konon2 power dgn skirting tinggi dah macam troli kat giant, zoom macam tak cukup jalan, and at the end of the day, keter kitorang berenti sebalh menyebelah je kat traffic light tu. Lorr.. ingatkan laju2 sangat dah sampai ke bulan.. kena stop jugak kat traffic light rupanya... Ironic isn't it.

Sigh!~ banyak kes jalan raya ni sbb tak guna otak je. Tak tau la.. it's like when on the road, everybody mutates into brainless, horrible creature. Please, a reminder for myself and all road users, drive safely. Kalau accident, sakit tau!