HOV lanes

[Smurfy]

Hate em. Anyone else cheat in the HOV lanes? On my way home from work, depending on how backed up the regular lanes are, I may find myself in the HOV gigling all the way home. I cant help it. Who wants to sit in that long line of backed up cars when you can cruise by them laughing? I think in my 8 months taking this route, I have seen a trooper patroling the lane for cheaters only once or twice. I think my chances of getting caught are pretty slim.

 

[bluepeter]

You heathen.

 

[redguru]

I see people cheating in the HOV in my rear view, I toss a few pebbles into thier airstream before they pass by.

 

[Longhorn85]

My commute doesn't have HOV lanes, I use the GW parkway. When I used to live in Centreville I dealt with it. Hated HOV cheaters Smurf.

I'm really more pissed at the state troopers who can't enforce the law.

 

[Smurfy]

The flow of traffic in the DC area in general is horrible. Worst Ive seen. Chicago is a much larger and more highly populated area and the flow of traffic there is much better, but still bad. Chicago has express lanes as opposed to HOV lanes. I just cannot stand the driving around here. It fucking sucks. And that's why I choose to sometimes cheat and use HOV lanes, especially if I think Im going to be late to pick up my son. Id rather take the risk of getting caught than have my son sitting there outside the afterschool program waiting for me to pick him up. Fuck that.

Part of the reason the traffic flow sucks in this area is that the highways have hills and curves. Anytime you come to a curve, people are going to hit the brakes because they cant see whats around the curve and they dont trust that the flow of traffic will just be continual. They have to hit the brakes for no real reason thereby slowing traffic down at that spot. And it's never ending all the way home. So yeah, HOV all the way baby.

 

[Longhorn85]

I'm just glad I don't have to deal with it. I don't think I'd ever want to live along I95 for that reason. A lot of our friends live in the Springfield/Woodbridge area and they deal with it daily. A lot Pentagon workers slug to work which I would never want to do.

 

[milo hobgoblin]

ya they are bullshit.. failed social engineering at its best.

 

[PBR]

Hov=???

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Hov=???

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes for car pooling don't they do that in Cali?

 

[Smurfy]

PBR I didnt know what in the hell they were when I first came here either. It is supposed to encourage car pooling but I dont see that it is having the desired effect.

 

[PBR]

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes for car pooling don't they do that in Cali?

QT and Smurfy: OK....yeah we have them too... we call them Diamond lanes because they have a diamond in the middle of them, but they are used here for exact same purpose....however- you do not want to get caught in Cali in the HOV lane unless you fit the criteria...the fine is insane. $350-750 thats without towing your car...
Motorcycles are allowed to use them. there was a guy here who was using a maniquin (sp) in the front seat to commute with...he got caught after some time...i thought that was cool. LOL. they suck here, and are heavily traffic'd anyway- meaning: "useless".
thanks for the info ladies.

 

[Longhorn85]

PBR I didnt know what in the hell they were when I first came here either. It is supposed to encourage car pooling but I dont see that it is having the desired effect.

It does. Have you heard of "slugging"? I don't know if it is unique to the DC area but hundreds if not thousands of people around here commute to work this way:

Drive to a metro parking area designated as a "slug" stop. Park your car go stand in a line waiting for slug rides. Someone driving to work by themselves stops and picks up a few slugs who are going the same place (Pentagon, L'Efant, Capitol Hill, etc). Then that person can drive using the HOV3 lanes and get to work five times faster than if they were driving themselves. They drop the slugs off and park. Slug lines form after work and its the same procedure.

I know people at the Pentagon who have used this method to get to work for years and have never been late or stranded.

 

[alien amp pharm]

I feel sorry for you peeps having to deal with traffic on a daily basis.

I will stick with my 20 minute, 4 lane, no stopping, no slowing down, hardly any traffic, highway drive thru the country to work. It's great on gas mileage and absolutely stress-free.

 

[Longhorn85]

I feel sorry for you peeps having to deal with traffic on a daily basis.

I will stick with my 20 minute, 4 lane, no stopping, no slowing down, hardly any traffic, highway drive thru the country to work. It's great on gas mileage and absolutely stress-free.

Sounds convenient, I've lived in places like that too but I like for my social life to consist of a little more than shucking corn.

 

[bluepeter]

Yeah but what do you do for entertainment? Fellate corn?

lol

 

[Longhorn85]

You beat my edit

 

[PBR]

I feel sorry for you peeps having to deal with traffic on a daily basis.

I will stick with my 20 minute, 4 lane, no stopping, no slowing down, hardly any traffic, highway drive thru the country to work. It's great on gas mileage and absolutely stress-free.

where the fuck is this??????....i have to get up an hour early to leave 2 hours early just to fight traffic or avoid it. this is how we live our lives here- pretty pathetic. One of the guys i work for- always gives me shit about being a few minutes late. he's a good friend too, but when he says anything about me being late, i usually verbally rip his head off.

 

[Smurfy]

It does. Have you heard of "slugging"? I don't know if it is unique to the DC area but hundreds if not thousands of people around here commute to work this way:

Drive to a metro parking area designated as a "slug" stop. Park your car go stand in a line waiting for slug rides. Someone driving to work by themselves stops and picks up a few slugs who are going the same place (Pentagon, L'Efant, Capitol Hill, etc). Then that person can drive using the HOV3 lanes and get to work five times faster than if they were driving themselves. They drop the slugs off and park. Slug lines form after work and its the same procedure.

I know people at the Pentagon who have used this method to get to work for years and have never been late or stranded.

I guess that makes sense if you work at a place like the Pentagon or Capitol Hill. I work at Metro Plaza in Silver Spring and aint no way Im getting in some strangers car. Or letting some strangers in my car. Stranger danger.

 

[alien amp pharm]

Sounds convenient, I've lived in places like that too but I like for my social life to consist of a little more than shucking corn.

that is funny.

It's all about personal interests I suppose. I am not the big city type of person. I am surrounded by lakes, mountains, beautiful scenery, 4 ideal seasons, etc. up here in East Tennessee.

I visited Texas once and it was basically hot, flat, sandy, and everything was dead.

Also, come visit me sometime. I will show you what a real social life is.

 

[Longhorn85]

I guess that makes sense if you work at a place like the Pentagon or Capitol Hill. I work at Metro Plaza in Silver Spring and aint no way Im getting in some strangers car. Or letting some strangers in my car. Stranger danger.

Yeah I thought is was weird when I first heard about it but apparently its an entire sub-culture along the I95 corridor.

 

[bluepeter]

that is funny.

It's all about personal interests I suppose. I am not the big city type of person. I am surrounded by lakes, mountains, beautiful scenery, 4 ideal seasons, etc. up here in East Tennessee.

I visited Texas once and it was basically hot, flat, sandy, and everything was dead.

Also, come visit me sometime. I will show you what a real social life is.

Holy faggotry batman. Please keep the blatant homosexual solicitation to PM's dude. Especially where longhorn is concerned. You're going to screw up his rep.

 

[alien amp pharm]

Holy faggotry batman. Please keep the blatant homosexual solicitation to PM's dude. Especially where longhorn is concerned. You're going to screw up his rep.

Check your PM's. Mine is the one with the heart icon.

 

[Longhorn85]

that is funny.

It's all about personal interests I suppose. I am not the big city type of person. I am surrounded by lakes, mountains, beautiful scenery, 4 ideal seasons, etc. up here in East Tennessee.

I visited Texas once and it was basically hot, flat, sandy, and everything was dead.

Also, come visit me sometime. I will show you what a real social life is.

Okay, I might do that. When I head to Texas from DC I drive the entire length of the state of TN. Long drive, but the state is very nice to drive through.
Lots of fireworks stands that seem to be open year-round.

Next time you're in Texas check out Austin, you'll love it.

 

[Dial_tone]

In L.A. the HOV lanes are:
1. slower when there's no traffic because there's one ass hat doing 65 while everyone behind him/her wants to do 80.
2. non-existent in high traffic areas.

 

[PBR]

In L.A. the HOV lanes are:
1. slower when there's no traffic because there's one ass hat doing 65 while everyone behind him/her wants to do 80.
2. non-existent in high traffic areas.

LMAO @ "asshat"....which 90% of Cali drivers are!!!. bro this shit gets me crazy. i so have Road Rage.

 

[wutangnomo]

LOL We got the HOV lanes here a year or two ago (they have the painted diamonds in the middle too). When it first came out they were heavily patrolled but not nearly as much now, so people cheat all the time.

Lots of people are using mannequins lol. People are also picking up those waiting at bus stops just to be able to use the HOV lanes.

During heavy traffic (rush hours) the HOV lanes work well, but at any other time I find that the HOV lanes are the slowest lane to travel due to one dumb fuck driving at speed limit or below.

 

[bignate73]

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes for car pooling don't they do that in Cali?

yep car pool lanes. more than 2 people in a car or a hybrid can use them.

how would you know what they call them in Cali? the name might have changed....better check again.

 

[Frisky]

you bad girl

 

[bignate73]

LMAO @ "asshat"....which 90% of Cali drivers are!!!. bro this shit gets me crazy. i so have Road Rage.

throw some rain in the mix and we are really talking "asshat'erie"

 

[caligirl]

Buy a baby carseat and stick it in the middle of your back seat with a doll in it... put a blanket over it and viola! a sleeping 2nd person! Always thinking of ways to beat the system. I'm awful sometimes

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

What the hell is a HOV


Ohhhhhh, highway of vaginas. Got it, nevermind.

 

[PBR]

throw some rain in the mix and we are really talking "asshat'erie"

bro, im already jacked up from just talking about it...yes its raining today...but im off, everyone is safe. LOL.

Cali girl...thats good- !!!!!

 

[Smurfy]

Does it work when you have small children in the back seat? LIke an infant? How would that be classified as "carpooling"??

 

[Dial_tone]

In Atlanta a woman tried claiming that her baby, which was in her lap, counted as a second passenger. The police said 'ok fine, but now we'll cite you for driving with two people in one seat'. I bet she STFU after that.
Should fat people be able to drive in the HOV lane if they have to buy two airline or movie seats?

 

[SoreArms]

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes for car pooling don't they do that in Cali?

yes, but they're just called carpool lanes over here.

Everytime I see someone cheating on that lane I wish a cop would pull them over right away to deter me from ever doing it. I just know the day I say "fuck it" and try it I'm going to get popped right away. It's a hefty fine over here.

 

[Longhorn85]

Does it work when you have small children in the back seat? LIke an infant? How would that be classified as "carpooling"??

Yes. They have HOV 2 lanes and HOV 3 lanes. The thinking is to just try and cut down on the people driving with just one person in the car (the majority of cars on the road).

 

[Razorguns]

hov lanes are almost pointless here during rush hour

you don't see much abuse cuz those lanes r just as slow.

 

[bluepeter]

Does it work when you have small children in the back seat? LIke an infant? How would that be classified as "carpooling"??

It says 2 or more persons so kids count unless the cops are going to claim they aren't persons......lol

I get people honk at me all the time when I accelerate into the HOV lane because they can't see my kids and think I'm cheating. I just slow down and let them see the kids and hold up three fingers followed by one.

 

[Longhorn85]

Awww, bluepeter as Mr. Mom.

 

[bluepeter]

Awww, bluepeter as Mr. Mom.

Yeah but the image fades when the three fingers change to one.....lol

 

[caligirl]

Does it work when you have small children in the back seat? LIke an infant? How would that be classified as "carpooling"??

yup