LeftLane

The Science Behind Left-Laners

I’ve tackled a lot of serious subjects lately and reviewed a lot of research that gets major headlines. For this week, I’ve decided to look at why people do some of the things that they do—little everyday things that bug me and probably bug most of you as well. We can just dismiss them as people being rude, but I’m going to take it a step further: I’m going to explain the behaviors from a scientific perspective. So let’s start with the thing that bugs me most:

Why do . . .

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