Comments on: Merging into the Peace Lane http://doableevangelism.com/2008/11/17/merging-into-the-peace-lane/ What if evangelism meant just being yourself? Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:22:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Randy http://doableevangelism.com/2008/11/17/merging-into-the-peace-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-18104 Randy Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:28:22 +0000 http://doableevangelism.com/?p=987#comment-18104 I don't think people can fully appreciate your driving circumstance if they have not driven the "Road Warrior" freeways of Southern California. Or California anywhere, for that matter. I left the state in '85 after I found myself completely stopped...on an eight-lane freeway, at 3:30pm. This seemed physically impossible to me. I have since discovered that I wasn't the only guy who thought he could escape such insanity by living on the other side of the hill. Today we have much the same gridlock in the Reno/Sparks area...although we still don't have any eight-lane freeways. I have also been able, at times, to choose to drive more friendly and less hurriedly. But as you know, this can sometimes lead to confusion on the part of other drivers, and can actually lead to problems (people expect a certain amount of selfishness at 75mph, I think...and when you slow down to let them in they aren't sure what to do!). Nonetheless...merging into the peace lane (both on and off the freeway) is a really good thing to do, for me and for those around me. Just remember that in most states the peace lane is not the furthest left lane of traffic, and we'll be ok. ;-) I don’t think people can fully appreciate your driving circumstance if they have not driven the “Road Warrior” freeways of Southern California. Or California anywhere, for that matter. I left the state in ‘85 after I found myself completely stopped…on an eight-lane freeway, at 3:30pm. This seemed physically impossible to me.

I have since discovered that I wasn’t the only guy who thought he could escape such insanity by living on the other side of the hill. Today we have much the same gridlock in the Reno/Sparks area…although we still don’t have any eight-lane freeways. I have also been able, at times, to choose to drive more friendly and less hurriedly. But as you know, this can sometimes lead to confusion on the part of other drivers, and can actually lead to problems (people expect a certain amount of selfishness at 75mph, I think…and when you slow down to let them in they aren’t sure what to do!).

Nonetheless…merging into the peace lane (both on and off the freeway) is a really good thing to do, for me and for those around me.

Just remember that in most states the peace lane is not the furthest left lane of traffic, and we’ll be ok.

;-)

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