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One man's message to left-lane slow pokes
King 5 News ^ | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | KEELY CHALMERS / KGW.com and KING5.com Staff

Posted on 06/27/2007 1:43:32 PM PDT by Sopater

CAMAS, Wash. – Among the things you can't avoid in life – death, taxes and the slow driver in the fast lane.

Oh, you can try passing them in the HOV lane, but if you’re driving solo, the State Patrol will likely make you pay for it. You can tailgate, but risk getting into a wreck. You can honk or give the one finger salute, but then you're dealing with potential road rage.

Now a Camas man has come up with a passive-aggressive way to make those slow drivers in the passing lane move over, and it's apparently working.

J.A. Tosti came up with the idea of putting a thin vinyl strip on the top of the windshield with an arrow pointing to the right lane that literally tells drivers to "Move Over."

The words are spelled backwards on the sticker, so a driver looking in their rearview mirror will see it spelled correctly – similar to how emergency vehicles spell out "ambulance" backwards on the hood.

(Excerpt) Read more at king5.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: moveover; roadrage; transportation; wa
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To: Daffynition

No, in fact I am normally a very curteous driver who has never had to have somebody behind me flicker their headlights to get me to move over. But there is something in me that when I see signs like that, make me want to make life as miserable for that person as possible. Call me cruel, but there it is.


21 posted on 06/27/2007 2:16:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: Sopater

“I don’t have a problem with slow traffic keeping to the right, but should the left lane be for speeders only?”

Yes. If you are in the left lane and not doing AT LEAST 5 miles an hour over the limit, just get over because you are only pissing people off for no good reason.


22 posted on 06/27/2007 2:16:38 PM PDT by Grunthor (Once a cobra bit Fred Thompsons' leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.)
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To: doodad; FreedomPoster

Hey bud, trainwreck over here. Gas up the Avant.


23 posted on 06/27/2007 2:17:10 PM PDT by doodad
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To: theDentist

“If cars are passing you on your right...
you’re in the wrong effin’ lane.”

Damn tootin’.


24 posted on 06/27/2007 2:17:22 PM PDT by Grunthor (Once a cobra bit Fred Thompsons' leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.)
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To: The Old Hoosier

So speed limits don’t apply in the left lane? Really?

Ever successfully convinced a cop or a judge of that?


25 posted on 06/27/2007 2:18:00 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Sopater
but should the left lane be for speeders only

YES!

26 posted on 06/27/2007 2:18:10 PM PDT by Kryptonite (Keep Democrats Out of Power!)
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To: Sopater

If you had only posted that before Father’s Day!


27 posted on 06/27/2007 2:18:37 PM PDT by agent_delta (One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture -- a pale blue eye with a film over it.)
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To: Daffynition

Oddly enough, the pic in post 4 is a Subaru.

A very fast Subaru.


28 posted on 06/27/2007 2:18:48 PM PDT by HOTTIEBOY (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Ramius

Georgia law says specifically “under prevailing conditions” because we all speed. Just a fact of life. And they will ticket here. Snowbirds beware.


29 posted on 06/27/2007 2:19:18 PM PDT by doodad
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To: Sopater

Keep the washer fluid topped off. Once you finally get in front of the a$$hole, empty it. Works best on convertibles.


30 posted on 06/27/2007 2:20:39 PM PDT by Niteranger68 (Amnesty….NO MEANS NO!)
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To: dfwgator

Yeah, the left lane issue is one thing....

But someone with a sticker like that is pretty darn arrogant.

Its rude to hold people up in the left lane, but ain’t nobody with a sticker gonna tell me to do a damn thing.


31 posted on 06/27/2007 2:21:31 PM PDT by HOTTIEBOY (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: HOTTIEBOY

They are for ugly little things (just my opinion of course as they have legions of fans). Ran into one that wanted to play the other day (Me=LT1 Camaro). We were matched so well we could not do anything to each other. It was cool.


32 posted on 06/27/2007 2:21:59 PM PDT by doodad
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To: HOTTIEBOY

And don’t get me started with those “Baby On Board” signs.


33 posted on 06/27/2007 2:22:11 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: The Old Hoosier
The speed limit is irrelevant.

Tell that to these guys...


34 posted on 06/27/2007 2:22:42 PM PDT by Sopater (A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: RacerF150

Washer fluid?

i usually spit backer juice out the window. :)


35 posted on 06/27/2007 2:23:16 PM PDT by HOTTIEBOY (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: dfwgator
And don’t get me started with those “Baby On Board” signs.

And around here the "educator" specialty plates. The apple insures an incompetent driver. They really are the worst.

36 posted on 06/27/2007 2:24:31 PM PDT by doodad
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To: Ramius; The Old Hoosier


"You see, officer, your radar gun obviously failed to inform you that I was in the left lane. So, I guess I'll be seeing ya."
37 posted on 06/27/2007 2:31:43 PM PDT by Sopater (A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: I Drive Too Fast

ping


38 posted on 06/27/2007 2:40:55 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: dfwgator

Doing so is a violation of law in 49 states. FYI.


39 posted on 06/27/2007 2:54:46 PM PDT by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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To: Daffynition
I’ll bet you drive a Subaru.

That's a stupid statement. Ever hear of a Subaru WRX, an STI? No?

I drive a WRX wagon. I guarantee you I drive faster (and better) than 90% of the drones out there.

40 posted on 06/27/2007 2:55:02 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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