HOV Violators

This morning There was an accident,I waved at the other cars to slow down and the guy in the first car started waving at me and collided with the accident cars, then the ambulance came around the corner too fast and collided with them. I couldn't believe it. I thought I was watching a cartoon.

MDC - the only arguments which have been debunked = by facts! = are yours. Mine have been validated by other posters, historical records, and even video clips.

NoSB - the arguments do not conflict. First off, TODAY there is excess capacity in the express lanes - and way too little in the regular lanes. There are several solutions. One is to allow more vehicles from the regular lanes into the express lanes - the hybrid exemption did just that. Should the express lanes slow to the speed limit, then it is possible to go HOV-40 to ease that congestion.

As many have pointed out, there are some who purchase a hybrid just to use the above speed limit express lanes during commuting hours. As the population density grows and capacity is not increased, those same people are going to find other ways to buy a faster commute. Sponge has already hinted at what that will be - toll roads. And because the system can't figure out how many people are in a private vehicle, the only way to avoid paying a toll is to take public transportation.

Toll roads combined with increased use of buses is the quickest way to ease congestion. It will suck for slugs, but it's better for the environment to put them into a bus (HOV-40). So much for refusing to pay for your commute.

Quite clearly, the death of the hybrid exemption only makes the toll roads the better option. My delegate and senator are well aware of this.

On the point of HOV Violators --- I'd like to rant about the jumpers who mis-time thier I395 jump and find themselves at the FFC pkwy before 6pm --- so they pull over to the side of the I95 to wait it out.

The other day there must have been 10 - 12 of these folks sitting there which is dangerous --- not only do they take away my emergency lane (swerving car, flat tire, etc) but when they jump back in from a dead stop and try to merge with southbound traffic at speed --- that is an accident waiting to happen.

I petition the state to patrol that area between 5:50pm and 6:00pm and ticket anybody who doesnt have a legitimate reason for being stopped on the side of the road. Same levels of fines as the HOV cheaters should apply, since they would be cheaters if they continued another 500 feet down the road.

WWOOO-HHHOOOO!!!! You go girl!

Yeah, it's like watching a re-run.