"Washington State Troopers Crack Down on Left-Lane Squatters"

[glamcem]

http://blog.caranddriver.com/all-oth...ane-squatters/


this is me when I heard the news..

[Rampage]

It is rather ironic that the far right hand lane is the "fast" lane. As long as you watch for merging traffic, there is less impedance there than any other lane.

[rice_classic]

RGP: Revenue Generating Policy

It's all about writing more tickets, not correcting the problem.

If they wanted to correct the problem they would install signs on the left side of the freeway stating: "Left Lane is the Passing Lane". Awareness is what's missing.

We see an article like this about every 2 years. I have yet to hear from anyone about a ticket ever issued for this. Cell phones, yes. Window Tint, yes. Seatbelt, yes. Never left lane squatting and they've supposedly been "cracking down" for half a decade or more!

I'd also like to see signs on on-ramps that say "Please be going the speed of traffic before you merge into it!" There's a reason they're called "acceleration lanes" in other parts of the world.

[Brandar]

"Hell hath no fury like a driver stuck behind a Toyota Prius."

Favorit Part of the Artical.

[stugray]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

If they wanted to correct the problem they would install signs on the left side of the freeway stating: "Left Lane is the Passing Lane". Awareness is what's missing. .

We HAVE those signs. Still doesnt work.

How many times have I heard the "squatters" say : "I dont care if I am in the fast lane! If I am doing the speed limit, then too bad! maybe you should try going the speed limit too!"

These people dont understand that they are by far in the minority and are trying to force everyone else to conform to THEIR version of justice by making the rest of us go around.

The FACT IS that in my state, if you have more than 4 cars behind you and you are holding them up you are in violation of the law for "inhibiting the flow of traffic" and can be given a ticket EVEN OF YOU WERE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT.

Even the local police would rather see a steady flow of traffic exceeding the speed limit than a line of road-raging pissed off people doing crazy shit to get around the ones "camping in the fast lane".

[thehapaone]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

RGP: Revenue Generating Policy

It's all about writing more tickets, not correcting the problem.

If they wanted to correct the problem they would install signs on the left side of the freeway stating: "Left Lane is the Passing Lane". Awareness is what's missing.

We see an article like this about every 2 years. I have yet to hear from anyone about a ticket ever issued for this. Cell phones, yes. Window Tint, yes. Seatbelt, yes. Never left lane squatting and they've supposedly been "cracking down" for half a decade or more!

I'd also like to see signs on on-ramps that say "Please be going the speed of traffic before you merge into it!" There's a reason they're called "acceleration lanes" in other parts of the world.

I wish I could agree with you on the not educating people proposition...but we have those signs all over the place in Oregon and still nobody follows them

[ipsum]

Eh...
They need to start issuing tickets for this, not just give out warnings.

[rice_classic]

Originally Posted by thehapaone

I wish I could agree with you on the not educating people proposition...but we have those signs all over the place in Oregon and still nobody follows them

I hear Hyper-miling is a rampant disease in that state.

[glamcem]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

RGP: Revenue Generating Policy

It's all about writing more tickets, not correcting the problem.

If they wanted to correct the problem they would install signs on the left side of the freeway stating: "Left Lane is the Passing Lane". Awareness is what's missing.

We see an article like this about every 2 years. I have yet to hear from anyone about a ticket ever issued for this. Cell phones, yes. Window Tint, yes. Seatbelt, yes. Never left lane squatting and they've supposedly been "cracking down" for half a decade or more!

I'd also like to see signs on on-ramps that say "Please be going the speed of traffic before you merge into it!" There's a reason they're called "acceleration lanes" in other parts of the world.

I actually saw the signs for that but I think the problem is they don't include that in driver license test..I don't think people just don't care most of the time people don't even use their inside mirrors..in many European countries if you neglect to check your inside mirrors say every 10 seconds you fail the test ..

Originally Posted by ipsum

Eh...
They need to start issuing tickets for this, not just give out warnings.

They did issue tickets and gave out warnings too..

[fang_gt86]

Originally Posted by Brandar

"Hell hath no fury like a driver stuck behind a Toyota Prius."

Favorit Part of the Artical.

Don't really agree about the Prius part. I got cut-off by speeding Prius before. But it's Dallas though lol.

[kiichiro]

Prius should be limited to right lane, or better, shoulder

[glamcem]

I have no issues with Priuses or Leafs ( I actually drive my wife's Leaf every once in a while and you'd be surprised how responsive that thing is ) as long as they use the left lane as a passing lane ..off topic but if it wasn't for a sport car I would never own a gasoline car I guess..since that technology is so outdated

[thehapaone]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

I hear Hyper-miling is a rampant disease in that state.

yeah my speed limit is 10 over...the average drivers is 15 under

[Ammunition]

Originally Posted by glamcem

http://blog.caranddriver.com/all-oth...ane-squatters/


this is me when I heard the news..

I hope they start cracking down on this in Oregon; just today there was one of those shorter trucks doing 50 - 55 mph in the left lane with both the right two lanes fairly congested, and with others trucks that were in their appropriate lanes.

Absolutely no one was in front of him, and people couldn't pass on the right due to the speed of traffic in that lane. I got up behind him and honked after giving him a few minutes to either adjust his speed or move over, but he seemed indifferent to letting traffic pass and he just sat in that lane until I was finally able to pass on the right then he just slowly drifted to the right in front of me to block me - when I went around him on the left he was just holding up his middle finger like a true gentleman.

Total BS and I hate driving behind trucks, and he just made it so difficult with the other lanes being so congested and filled with other trucks. It drives me crazy that cops crack down on stupid BS like no front plate or tint when they could be cracking down on shit like that that legitimately causes traffic issues.