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+<?php
+$title = "Left Lane is for Passing, Not Cruising";
+if (isset($early) && $early) {
+	return;
+}
+include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/head.php');
+?>
+<p>
+	Greetings fellow drivers of Hampton Roads. You may have noticed a new
+	sign on I264 today that befuddled or confused you. It went something
+	along the lines of
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING NOT CRUISING</blockquote>
+
+<p>
+	Believe it or not this has been the law throughout Virginia for years
+	(<a href="https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-804/">read about it here</a>
+	and
+	<a href="https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-842.1/">here</a>). The law states you keep right except while passing. In most other
+	states things work this way but in Virginia, especially around here, the
+	left lane is treated as a moving, cruising lane. If you're in the left
+	lane and you've completed a pass please be mindful of the cars behind
+	you and move back over into the right-hand lane(s) so that other drivers
+	can do the same.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+	It's really nice when this is practiced (like I said, I've experienced
+	it in other states) because you can easily move over when there are slow
+	vehicles ahead and then continue on your merry way. It reduces
+	congestion and prevents people from having to pass in the right lane,
+	which is both annoying and dangerous. Especially since this is typically
+	the lane cars from entrance and exit ramps are merging with.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+	Don't forget too that it isn't rude or road-rage-y for someone behind
+	you to honk their horn or flash their lights if you're moving too slowly
+	in the passing lane. This is a perfectly polite request to pass you. You
+	don't set or enforce the speed limit. The correct (and legal) thing to
+	do, believe it or not, is to move over and slow down to let them pass
+	you. It's all about safe and sane driving etiquette. If you aren't
+	actively passing other cars, move on over to the right. It goes a long
+	way.
+</p>