Observation: Quite often, on a three lane freeway, the slowest people are also in the middle lane. Why? I'm not trying to play psychologist here or anything (well actually I am) and perhaps there's some very simple traffic related explanation for this behavior, but this is what occured to me when I noticed this phenomenon. The middle lane represents a source of comfort. Although there's cars all around - to the left - to the right - still, the middle lane has the least risk of falling off course. The opposite phenomenon is driving on a freeway in which there is no shoulder in the left lane - only a concrete barrier (a la I-10 in the past). That is really unnerving, one wrong move and its smash city. Consistent with the security and comfort of the middle lane is the speed by which the drivers drive - a cautious safe speed. On the other hand, the left lane is for bookin it, and the rightmost lane is for those people who think the left lane is moving too slow. That's all I have to say about this. Bye.