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Troopers pull over 223 passing lane 'campers' in King County
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 1:01 PM
SEATTLE – Washington state troopers in King County pulled over 223 drivers last month who camped out in the freeway passing lane, breaking a law that not many drivers know about. Of those, 199 were let off with warnings.
The Washington State Patrol is putting higher emphasis on keeping slower traffic in the right lane and out of the left general purpose lane, which is the designated passing lane.
Many of those who were pulled over didn't know it was against the law, the state patrol said. Troopers told them to stay out of the left lane if traveling below freeway speeds and not to travel continuously in the left lane for no reason. Violators could be fined $124.
One of the concerns for enforcing the law is aggressive drivers who get frustrated at the slower traffic in front of them and, as a result, dart from lane to lane to get by other cars.
The HOV lane does not count as the so-called "fast lane." However, that is not the case on those freeways that have HOV lanes that are not enforced 24 hours a day, such as Interstate 405, Interstate 90 east of I-405 and State Route 167. Those HOV lanes are only enforced 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. At all other times, the HOV lane then becomes the designated passing lane.
"When HOV lanes are open to all traffic, they should be treated like a regular left-side freeway lane. Left-side freeway lanes are normally reserved for passing, so are only to be used to pass," WSP spokesman Dan Coon told KING 5 last month.
"It's called Sex Panther by Odeon. It's illegal in nine countries... Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good ... They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time. "
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I got a ticket for hanging around on the passing lane in WA state before. I was the ONLY car on I5 in the middle of the night. state trooper was following me w/ all of his lights off. I noticed something dark in my rear view mirror, so I pulled to the slow lane but it was too late.
needless to say, I only use the passing lane for passing now.
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actually, Whatcom County troopers have been targeting us BC drivers for many years on this silly law. but you're right, it's probably worse now to try and get more income for their county.
the sad part is the states broke and the only reason they are doing this is becaues they need the $$$
Out of the 223 people that were pulled over, 199 were let off with a warning. And I would never have a problem if they implemented this here, I would fully support it.
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