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Old 05-01-2015, 12:56 PM
 
Location: West Hollywood, CA from Arlington, VA
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Texas has these, which we desperately need here (especially in Spanish).
They are in many states and they are completely ineffective. Can't tell you how many times I've been behind someone hogging the left lane while passing one of those signs. Especially with GPS these days, most drivers are too lazy read signs and definitely don't react to signs like an economist would predict in a perfect world.
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Old 05-01-2015, 01:19 PM
 
Location: New-Dentist Colony
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They are in many states and they are completely ineffective. Can't tell you how many times I've been behind someone hogging the left lane while passing one of those signs. Especially with GPS these days, most drivers are too lazy read signs and definitely don't react to signs like an economist would predict in a perfect world.
And yet in Maine, people will just move over on their own--no signs, no flashing, no horn.

When I encounter a left-lane slug, I blast around them on the right and then jump back in front of them really close without signaling.
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