Dear VDOT,
We drivers understand that you occasionally need to change the lane configurations to allow for construction projects. Lane shifts are par for the course in the many myriad construction zones for the HOT lanes and the Silver Line to IAD here in NoVA. However, if you're going to put down new lane striping, some free advice:
1. Don't do it free-hand. It looks like Kramer re-striped I66W inside the Beltway.
2. Remove the old lines!! The lane paint you use sucks as it is, and the lines disappear when it rains - but now there's two or three sets of lines that your distracted asshat drivers are trying to follow. A sea of brake lights inevitably results when drivers come upon your Jackson Pollock-esque interpretation of lane striping. Not to mention that some of the old lines now lead directly into Jersey barriers, which for some reason seem to intimidate the region's drivers just by their mere presence.
The summer vacation season when school is out and the federal government is in recess is usually the best two months of commuting we residents get. And this summer even that's been absolutely miserable. You and Metro should combine forces - the resulting vortex of incompetence and suckitude could destroy the Earth.
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