My father always waxes poetically about driving through parts of the midwest. People drive sanely, generally stay out of the left lane unless passing, routinely use turn signals and allow cars to pass and merge. When approaching construction zones, "Lane Closed Ahead" signals folks to move to the open lane miles ahead of the closure only slowing to the construction zone speed and then they're through, resuming highway speeds.

Here in the Northeast, it's a race to see which @$$hole can be the last one to merge in before taking out the cones or sign, forcing everyone behind said @$$hole to slam on their brakes bringing traffic to a halt, which in turn encourages more @$$holes to pass the stopped traffic to merge at the last possible moment before taking out the cones or sign and the process repeats causing a big ol' cluster flock and wasting everyones time while they sit in a traffic jam. And turn signals are a sign of weakness that merely signal to those next to you to speed up to prevent you from daring to enter their "territory."

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)