Drivers....why do you pick up slugs?

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   I'd be willing to fight HOT  - but only if the hybrid exemption were extended. I'm with you, KC - slugs have the mindset of "I've got mine, to heck with you." HOT is the great equalizer for those willing to pay for speed.

	By the way, HOV lanes are zipping along EVEN WITH hybrids in them. The anti-hybrid sentiment by slugs has turned me into a HOT fanantic.

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NoSUV Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote NoSUV Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 3:50pm
	I'd be willing to fight HOT - but only if the hybrid exemption were extended. I'm with you, KC - slugs have the mindset of "I've got mine, to heck with you." HOT is the great equalizer for those willing to pay for speed. By the way, HOV lanes are zipping along EVEN WITH hybrids in them. The anti-hybrid sentiment by slugs has turned me into a HOT fanantic.

N_or_S_bound Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 20 May 2005 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote N_or_S_bound Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 2:11pm
	Actually, more people moving away (for whatever reason) defeats the HOT proposal to some extent as fewer people/vehicles=less $$. I can dream can't I? NoSb SOV because you can, HOV because you care!

KCWolfPck Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote KCWolfPck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 2:06pm
	Emancella, can you please explain to me how moving away from DC in a few years is being selfish? Thank you.

emancilla Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote emancilla Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 2:03pm
	Right, you're out of here in a couple of years so whether HOT becomes a reality or not that's not your problem. Talking about selfisness...

122582 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 122582 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 1:37pm
	KC, Check out my earlier post where I said I'd still pick up slugs when HOT became a reality, assuming of course the slugs paid the toll. Only fair since it would be my car, my gas, my aggravation. Do you remember how many people blasted my statement? Slugs want a free ride. That is the major resistance to HOT.

KCWolfPck Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote KCWolfPck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 1:27pm
	So, selfishness is your answer?

Dhacim Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 26 May 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dhacim Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 1:16pm
	KC, The answer to your question is simple. Because allowing others to pay for convenience would not only kill the system of slugging, but would also then create personal inconvenience for us slugs and further congestion on the I-95 corridor.

KCWolfPck Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote KCWolfPck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 1:08pm
	Ok, so from what I gather from the majority is that those that drive slugs everyday, do it because either (a) their work schedules don't allow them to commit to a vanpool/carpool, or (b) they like the convenience of having their vehicles at their disposal. That's fine and dandy. Thank you for answering, you answered my question. As SpongeBob also pointed out, it seems most everyone on this board is opposed to the HOT lanes which is funny because that brings me to the whole point of this thread in the first place. A lot of you drivers are willing to pay a premium for convenience. You pay thousands a year that you don't need to just because you like/need to have you car at the ready. But in reality, you are paying for convenience. Why is it that you get to pay for convenience, but are opposed to others being able to pay for convenience? Convenience in the form paying to use the HOT lanes. It seems pretty selfish to me? Who are you to get to decide what other people are willing to pay for the same convenience? Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see the HOT lanes come to fruition either. Luckily, I am outta here as soon as my wife retires in 3 years so hopefully I won't have to.

SpongeBob Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote SpongeBob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 12:44pm
	Like a conversational black hole, or Brittany Spears' navel, all thoughts and eyes eventually return to the toll road menace. Are you ready to join us the evening of September 14 for the LAST time you will be allowed to make a public comment on the sale of the region's most important roadway? PLEASE put it on your calendar NOW, and don't let anything interfere. Remember: this proposal is for the NEXT SIXTY YEARS! Can you spare one evening to fight it?

SuzAnne Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 06 May 2005 Location: NY Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote SuzAnne Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Aug 2005 at 12:04pm
	quote: Originally posted by 122582 [br]Because I like having something ... a Hybrid (and no, the auto manufacturers are not going to allow the exemption to expire)... I have little choice. 122582! You will have less choice in a short time and should join the ANTI-HOT folks now. Read the HOT proposal. Hybrids are welcomed, so long as they pay the toll. In California, on the SR-91 HOT, the TOLL is 77 and 1/2 cents per mile.