
Chinese: 
我在幾個月前開車從芝加哥前往紐奧良
在回程的時候 (大概在田納西或密蘇里州的某個地方)
我被警察攔下來了
那是我人生第一次被警察攔下來
而且不是因為超速
而是因為我當時開在左 (內) 側車道
世界上基本可以分成兩種駕駛
一種在遇到有人在內側慢慢開時會超級火大
比如Joey
他就是第一種
然後還有一大群人根本不知道這樣有問題
是的 那就是我
很抱歉
我．真的．很少．開車
事實上 當駕駛逗留在左 (內) 側車道時
會讓交通變得更糟
且讓大家面臨更多的風險
就像這樣
假如路上相對慢的駕駛四散在左 (內) 右 (外) 側車道
較快的駕駛就必須不斷的減速並且左右穿梭
不斷地變換車道才能超越全部的慢車
所以要是你比週遭的車慢上5mph 還開在左 (內) 側車道
那就會逼得較快的駕駛為了閃你
而做出從右 (外) 側危險的超車動作
這更容易造成事故

English: 
A few months ago I took a road trip from Chicago
down to New Orleans.
And on the way back up (we were somewhere
either in Tennessee or Missouri), I got pulled
over — it was my first time getting pulled over.
And it wasn’t for speeding.
it was because I was driving in the left lane.
So there are basically two types of drivers
in the world.
There are people who get really upset about
all the people driving slowly in the left
lane.
That’s Joey.
He fits into that first group.
And then there are a lot of drivers who had
no idea that this is even a problem.
Yeah, that was me.
Sorry about that.
I don’t drive much.
The truth is, when drivers hang out in the
left lane, it makes traffic worse and more
dangerous for everybody involved.
Here’s what that looks like.
If you have relatively slow drivers scattered
amongst the right and left lanes, faster drivers
have to repeatedly slow down and weave back
and forth, changing lanes many times to pass
all of them.
So if you're going five miles slower than
everyone else and you're traveling in the left
lane, it forces them to make dangerous moves
trying to pass you on the right
which is more likely to cause an accident.

Chinese: 
有一種能使車流更順暢的好方法是:
那就是所有人只使用左 (內) 側車道來超車
如果所有開得較慢的駕駛都在右 (外) 側車道
那麼較快的駕駛就可以一次超越很多台
然後回到右 (外) 側
如此就可以大幅減少變換車道的次數
車流也比較不會慢下來
閃邊 不然就吃罰單
這是州警給在左 (內 ) 側車道龜車駕駛的話
有些人在爭論只要他們開在速限內
就不該被攔下來開單
不過不少證據顯示
不必要的減速和變換車道其實比超速更危險
研究證實與車流平均速度的速差是事故的關鍵因子
一台比週遭車流平均速度慢5mph的車
引發事故的機率
比起一台比平均車流快5mph的車高上許多
這也是為什麼美國每一州都有一些法規
限制左 (內) 側車道的使用
有29個州規定任何車只要比週遭車流慢
就該去右 (外) 側車道
有11個州的規定更嚴格
他們規定左 (內) 側車道只能用來左轉或超車

English: 
But there’s a better way for traffic to
flow -- and that's if we only use the left lane for passing.
If all the slower drivers are in the right
lane, a faster driver can pass several at
once, and get back over to the right, which
cuts down the total number of lane changes
and eliminates the slowdowns.
Move over, or get a ticket. That's the message from state troopers to people driving too slowly in the left lane.
Some people argue that as long as they’re
going the speed limit, they shouldn’t have
to move over.
But there’s evidence that that slowing down
and changing lanes is actually more dangerous
than speeding.
Research has shown that the strongest predictor
of an accident is variance from the average
speed of traffic.
And a car going five miles per hour slower
than the surrounding traffic has a greater
chance of causing an accident than one going
five miles per hour faster.
That’s why every state has some law on on
record that restricts the use of the left
lane.
In 29 states, any car that’s moving slower
than the surrounding speed of traffic should
be in the right lane.
And in 11 states, the laws are stricter —, they
say that the left lane is only for turning
or passing.

Chinese: 
早期警察其實不太管那些左 (內) 側的龜車
不過後來美國各地蔚為風潮
諸如華盛頓、德州和俄亥俄州等
那些州的警察真的會對左 (內) 側車道的龜車開罰
"我攔你下來是根據華盛頓州法規: 除非超車否則靠右"
這在密西根州一直是違法的
不過現在警員們正在努力推行法規教育
來幫助民眾了解駕駛時
哪些事可以做 哪些又不可以做
不過現在不必再如此辛苦了
有個很棒的範例就是德國的Autobahn
這是德國的高速公路路網
有又長又直且無限速的路段
而且事故率低得驚人
有些研究者認為其中一個原因是
德國駕駛大都乖乖待在右 (外) 側車道巡航
左 (內) 側車道只會用來超車
這樣的默契讓他們的事故率超低
所以廣大駕駛朋友們我很抱歉
我當時真的不懂這些規則
但我不是唯一的一個
要是更多人能了解這些是怎麼一回事
也許我們就能減少不少塞車情形
而我們的馬路也會變得更加安全

English: 
Historically police didn’t really pay that
much attention to slow left lane drivers,
but more recently there have been campaigns
in places like Washington, Texas, and Ohio
where police are actually issuing tickets
to people they spot traveling slowly in the
left lane.
"The reason why I stopped you is the law in the state of Washington is keep right except to pass."
"This is something that has always been illegal and against the law here in Michigan,
But now officers are rolling out this new education effort to help the public understand just what they can
and they cannot do when it comes to this type of driving.
Now, it doesn’t have to be this way.
A good example of this is the German Autobahn
— so this is Germany's highway network,
which has long stretches of road with no speed
limits and it has surprisingly low accident rates.
One reason for this, some researchers think,
is that German drivers are more likely to
stay in the right lane for traveling and only
use the left for passing.
That shared norm helps keep them safe.
So fellow drivers I am sorry — I didn’t
know the rules.
But I’m not alone, and if more people understand
how this works, we will have much fewer traffic
jams.
And our roads will be a lot safer, too.
