Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day which found me running errands from Bolton to Wethersfield to West Hartford.  I was cruising along I-384 heading into Hartford thinking that everyone on the road seemed to feeling pretty mellow and in awe of the beautiful fall day when it happened.  Traveling in the left lane in fairly light traffic I was forced to slam on my brakes when the car in front of me did the same.  Why?  Because the driver of a Jeep, CT plate 484 XGM, felt the need to slow down to a crawl so he could ILLEGALLY merge left into the car pool lane.  Who does he think he is?  Geno Auriemma? (in case you don't get that reference the UCONN women's basketball coach was pulled over a few years ago for pulling the exact same stunt...His excuse?  He was in a hurry to get where he was going.  Brilliant!)  I refused to let this mental giant's ineptitude behind the wheel ruin my day, but he needs to have it pointed out to him that what he did was both illegal and dangerous.  If you know him, let him know!