the same reason why the alarm bell goes "off" instead of "on;" the English language sometimes doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I suppose that's what you get for being the melting pot of every...
I drive to work every morning. She drives a car.My computer has one drive. / My computer has two drives.My brother drives me crazy.His thirst for knowledge drives him to study harder.
This, my friend, is the worlds greatest conundrum... The parkay and the driveway... you see, it happens because the world is backwards and if you park on the parkway, you get rear ended...