Move over, Alabama! Research reveals slow left lane drivers are spiking accident rates

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October 4th, 2016

Yellowhammernews: We’ve all been there. You’re driving down the interstate and suddenly come up on someone who’s going much slower than you are. If you’re both in the right lane, you just casually ease into the left lane and go around them. But what if there are slower drivers in both lanes? That’s when the road rage hits.

Well, we now have scientific proof that driving too slow in the left lane is not only harmful to drivers’ mental states, but also to the physical safety of everyone on the road.