The 68-year-old succumbed to a sudden cardiovascular event while pacing a minivan on Interstate 465, leaving behind a legacy of steadfast vehicular entitlement and a three-mile traffic backup.
INDIANAPOLIS — Greg Vance, 68, died Tuesday morning of a sudden cardiovascular event while successfully defending his position at the front of a three-mile traffic backup in the far left lane of Interstate 465. Born in Bloomington, Vance lived a life marked by steadfast adherence to his personal convictions, surviving two minor recessions, a 1998 kitchen remodel, and three decades of refusing to use his turn signals because his next move was nobody else's business. Neighbors remembered him fondly as a quiet giant of the community who held the subdivision record for letting a borrowed pressure washer sit untouched in his driveway for eight consecutive years.
He never let anyone intimidate him into moving over, whether it was an aggressive semi-truck or an ambulance with its sirens blaring. He died doing exactly what he loved: pacing a flatbed in the middle lane for fourteen straight miles.
Vance is survived by his wife, two adult children who are currently stuck in traffic behind a similar motorist, and a 2015 Toyota Avalon with a pristine, untouched right-turn stalk. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning, with the procession expected to travel well below the posted speed limit in the passing lane.