(Olympia, WA) -- Washington state troopers are monitoring the highways for left-lane "campers" through tomorrow. The Washington State Patrol says the statewide-emphasis patrols are intended to make drivers aware that the left lane is used as a passing lane, and that driving for extended periods in the left lane is illegal. Troopers are being assigned to locate and stop left-lane violators. WSP says nearly 14-thousand left-lane campers were stopped throughout the state last year.