What are your thoughts on the HOV Lanes?
Hey guys, I'm here with a new topic that I simply don't get clear enough when it gets to lanes on the Freeway in the States and one of those lanes is the HOV, and this is the question that is already on the title, What are your thoughts on the HOV lanes? if you don't know what the hell even those lanes are used for, contact your local DMV for more information, this ends it all, now start posting since I don't have any thoughts of it
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Wat r u on m8
I had to google what the heck is HOV lane.
Not sure why theres a thread solely about our opinions on Hov lanes, but they are pretty sick. Get yourself a dummy or two, plop them in the seats, hope no cops see you driving with a bunch of dummies in your car, and baddabing, no traffic!
If people don't know what a HOV lane is, here it is
"High Occupancy Vehicle" lane, or car-pool lane. The central concept for HOV lanes is to move more people rather than more cars. Some HOV lanes carry almost half of the people carried on the entire freeway. Regular "mixed-flow" lanes are never converted to HOV lanes. Rather, HOV lanes are always added to existing facilities. Each vehicle that travels on an HOV lane must carry the minimum number of people posted at the entrance signs. Usually that means at least two people, or in some cases three people. Each child counts as an occupant, but pets, infants still in the womb, inflatable dolls or ghosts do not (we've heard 'em all). Violators are subject to a minimum $481 fine. Exceptions: Motorcycles, even those carrying just one person, are allowed to use the HOV lanes. Some HOV lanes are in operation only during certain hours, which are posted. Outside of those hours, they may be used by all vehicles.
source: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/faq/faq79.htm