Ya know, we rarely use freeways when driving somewhere in our diesel
Westy (1.6 NA). But, when we do, we always keep in the right lane. No
problems. We even passed a semi-truck once. We still celebrate that time.

Here in Oregon, when we use the slow moving vehicle turnouts, people smile
and wave with all 5 (or 10) fingers!!:).

Jon

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Jim Felder wrote:

> I have a vinyl snail artwork on my diesel westy rear window that lets
> the world know "I'm slow." It was more appropriate when the car didn't
> have a turbo, but in any case I think people cut you a little slack if
> there's acknowledgement that a vehicle is slow. Maybe I just haven't
> been in front of anybody with enough of a rage yet, but I've been a
> bunch of freeway miles and nobody's ever flipped me off.
>
> Or maybe I was just too slow to notice.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sep 22, 2005, at 6:21 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:
>
> > On 9/22/2005 3:48 PM Stan Wilder wrote:
> >
> >> What's the rule? Keep right, except to pass? I think the signs on the
> >> freeway say "SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT".
> >> That might work.
> >>
> > Didn't someone here -- on some Yahoo Vanagon mail list, or on some Type
> > 2 mail list -- make some comment about a bumper sticker that said
> > something about having only 36hp? Having some aggressive a-hole in an
> > F350 pickup trying to crawl up my tailpipe (a-hem!) on a freeway
> > on-ramp
> > this morning made me wish I had something on the back to let him know
> > that "I'm givin' her all I've got!"
> >
> > ==
> >
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> > KG6RCR
> >
>