"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
— George Carlin
Have You Ever Noticed That Anybody
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
About this quote
From Carlin's HBO special Carlin on Campus (1984), recorded at UCLA. The joke is a textbook example of his technique of exposing the double standard hidden inside ordinary behaviour: everyone privately considers themselves the correct speed, which means everyone else is either dangerously slow or dangerously fast. The observation requires no exaggeration — it simply makes visible a piece of magical thinking most drivers perform every day.
Source
Carlin on Campus (HBO Special, 1984)