From Seattle station KING:
Left lane hogs bill gets hearing in Legislature Monday
A state senator is re-introducing a bill aimed getting slow left lane drivers out of the way by making it more expensive for them to stay there.
Sen. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane, initially introduced his “aggravated left lane driving” bill last April, but it was referred to the transportation committee and never voted on. The bill calls for special penalties on drivers who drive slower than the speed limit in the left lane.
Great idea - when driving through a city where there are lots of on-ramps close to each other, I will stay in the left lane but when I am on the freeway, I keep to the right unless there are a lot of 18-wheelers engaged in pissing matches to see who can pass the slowest.
Text of the Bill can be found here (PDF): SENATE BILL 6105
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