Theory of Traffictivity

I've lived in the DC area for almost 5 years. And in that time, I've learned that traffic sucks. It came as no surprise to me that DC has the second worst traffic congestion in the entire country; second only to Los Angeles. And I think I know why. After years of unscientifically studying the ass ends of cars in front of me on the beltway, I've realized that the key lies with the number of lanes. It can be explained with this equation, my theory of traffictivity, if you will: Y * L = A (Where 'Y' is you, 'L' is the number of lanes, and 'A' is the resulting asinine driving of 'Y') You drive in the right lane, pass on the left. Pretty simple concept, I grasped it myself in my 10th grade driver's ed class. Granted, some people out there obviously got their licenses from a Crackerjack box, and don't know this. But for the most part, it's a pretty well-understood concept. However, when you throw an extra lane into the equation, the less intelligent of the concept-graspers get confused. (See above equation) And in the case of the 4-lane beltway, well, it's just a free-for-all clusterfuck. The concept doesn't change, people!! Drive on the right, pass on the left. God!! Idiot!!