Meaning Lost, Too Familiar
“Only Use the Left Lane To Pass.” That’s what the sign said. Strange, I don’t remember seeing that one before. This time, I noticed it—and it was all along every highway that led to the mountains of Colorado. And it looks like the signs have been there for a long while. Apparently, that particular sign has become so familiar to me that it simply blended into the scenery. It had lost its meaning. Yet, this time I noticed. Probably because I spend most of my time in the left lane. It’s there for a good reason. The sign is posted to warn drivers that it is not safe for slow vehicles to be in the left lane and impeding the vehicles behind them. Passing another car on the right would be dangerous. Frankly, I’ve been tempted on more than one occasion to pass another car that is on the left from the right side. Perhaps I’m taking this too seriously, but it bothered me when I realized that I don’t usually notice the sign. What other signs; what other warnings am I ignoring? F...