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"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?

— George Carlin

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)