Grand Rapids , Michigan ( CNN ) -- There is a place for people who enjoy soaking in the beautiful colors of fall and all the other amazing scenes of nature as they drive down the open highway . It 's called the right lane . If you 're sightseeing or rubbernecking in the left , get your butt over . Why is that rule so freakin ' hard to follow ? As drivers , we do a lot of things that irritate each other . We signal but never turn . We turn but do n't signal . We forget who is supposed to go next at a four-way stop sign . But nothing comes close to the level of irritation that comes from being stuck behind someone doing 55 in a 65 in the far left lane . Drive the speed you want , but why infringe on the rights of those in a hurry ? To me , that 's giving the rest of us on the road the finger in the most passive aggressive -- `` Who me ? '' -- way possible . In fact , I would much rather have someone pull up beside me , roll down their window and flip me the bird as they go driving by than be trapped behind this vehicular anarchist . And you know they see you . They see all of us -- bobbing and weaving in their rearview mirror , trying to find a gap between the lanes big enough so we may be able to slip through and go on with our lives . But nooooooooo -- these offenders do n't feel obligated to go any faster and they refuse to move over to the right because in their sanctimonious minds , they 're going fast enough for all of us . That 's why they go through great lengths to ignore the high beams glaring in their eyes . And they do n't look over at you when you do eventually pass because they ca n't stop being prickly , not even for the three seconds it takes for us to look at them with our signature , highway glare that says : . I . Won . The thing is there are about 312 million people in the United States and roughly 250 million registered vehicles . There will always be somebody somewhere driving faster ... it 's easier for everyone to just let them . Besides , think of all the harm caused by slowpokes ? For example , how are cops going to hand out speeding tickets if no one can speed ? And what about all the coffee shops that are losing money from the customers who do n't have time to pull into the drive-thru before work because they 've been trapped behind `` Speedy '' for five miles . Essentially , slow drivers in the left lane are like job killers , and if elected president I would seek a constitutional amendment making lane hoarding illegal . And not just on the highway , but in every facet of life . The folks who like to walk side-by-side chatting on the track at the gym . You know who you are -- move it . The people who stand on an escalator in such a way as to take up the entire step should be assessed a property tax , especially in airports where they know everybody around them is trying to get somewhere else . Really , is it so hard to stand to the right so those people who need to run up the stairs to make their flight , likely because they were trapped behind a slow driver in the left lane on the way to the airport , have a better chance of doing so ? If you 're visiting a new city , do n't stand in the middle of a busy sidewalk to look up or read a map . Step off to the side so those who live there can get to where they are going . This is especially true for the too cute newlyweds who like take up 75 % of the sidewalk holding hands and staring into each other 's eyes . You do n't have to get a room , but you do need to get the hell out of the way . This week we celebrated the 7 billionth person being born , and the first thing I thought about was who is going to teach that person how to drive ? How to share the global common space that is slowly becoming more crowded , requiring us to be more aware of the needs of the people all around us ? Because at the end of the day , that 's what the left lane is really all about . It 's not about how fast someone is going . It 's about having an agreed upon space where we let each other pass on by . A space we agree upon to let each other be . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of LZ Granderson .
LZ Granderson : With 7 billion people , the world needs some rules . He says drivers who dawdle in the left lane should move over if they want to enjoy the view . If you 're moving slowly , make space on escalators , staircases for the speedy , he says . Comment: