{"id":28942,"date":"2017-06-16T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/state-patrol-to-target-left-lane-violators-june-20-22\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T17:55:00","slug":"state-patrol-to-target-left-lane-violators-june-20-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/state-patrol-to-target-left-lane-violators-june-20-22\/","title":{"rendered":"State Patrol to target left-lane violators June 20-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington State Patrol (WSP) has received numerous requests to address left-lane &ldquo;campers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response to the requests, the WSP will conduct a statewide focus June 20-22 to address the left-lane violators.<\/p>\n<p>RCW 46.61.100 requires all vehicles to keep right except when passing on multiple-lane roadways. Left-lane &ldquo;campers&rdquo; are drivers who remain in the passing lane (left lane) for long periods of time without passing.<\/p>\n<p>The WSP targets left-lane violators to educate them on the consequences of &ldquo;camping&rdquo; in the left lane. Left-lane camping can lead to road rage, aggressive driving, traffic congestion, and collisions. If you&rsquo;re caught camping in the left lane it could result in a $136 ticket. The WSP contacted 16,453 left-lane violators last year.<\/p>\n<p>The WSP would like to remind everyone to save their camping for the wilderness and not the left lane. Help us avoid the negative consequences of left-lane camping by keeping right except to pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington State Patrol (WSP) has received numerous requests to address left-lane &ldquo;campers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":28943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-28942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28942"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=28942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}