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单词 left-lane driver
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left-lane driver
Designating a driver who uses the left lane of a highway or freeway not just for overtaking but for driving at a steady speed at or below the speed limit with the result of impeding traffic flow, as left-lane bandit, left-lane driver, left-lane hog, etc.In quot. 1928 used more broadly to denote a bad driver or 'road hog' of any kind.
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1928 Washington Post 14 Aug. 1/2 A left-lane driver of the worst type is an appraisal of the taxi driver that is general among other classes of motor vehicle operators.
1951 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post 18 May 14/3 He said the practice of staying in the left lane often causes serious traffic delays..when a left-lane driver holds up traffic by driving too slowly.
1971 Daily Jrnl. (Fergus Falls, Minnesota) 19 July 4/1 Travelling at 60 or 65 the left lane hog is obviously a slow moving vehicle being passed on the right.
2001 Toronto Star 7 Apr. g1/1 Left-lane bandits are the number one complaint we get from citizens.
2014 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 15 July Washington state troopers are cracking down on so-called left-lane squatters through the enforcement of a state law that requires drivers to stay to the right except to pass.
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