This is why HOV lanes are bullshit.

"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj) 07/15/2014 at 17:04 • Filed to: None

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4 lanes of locked up stop and go but 2 HOV-2 lands wide open during rush hour. What's the point in having them blocked off when 95% of traffic is single driver? They have the ability to switch the flow so why not just have the south bound traffic 6 lanes instead of 4?

Bonus- traffic marker said for HOV to reach the 264 exit it's 11 minutes. Non HOV - 24 minutes. Geniuses.

AdmiralAkbar > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/15/2014 at 17:06

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You clearly don't get the point of the HOV lane: start carpooling.

jariten1781 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/15/2014 at 17:10

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That's the point. They're trying to social engineer you to carpool. Since that isn't really working, HOT lanes are taking hold here where if you've got enough disposable income you can just pay the state a fee to get to your destination a bit faster.

RazoE > AdmiralAkbar 07/15/2014 at 17:12

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Exactly.

To OP: Your photo above is literally the REASON for HOV lanes.

AdmiralAkbar > jariten1781 07/15/2014 at 17:14

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Toronto has the privately owned 407 highway, specifically for that purpose.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > AdmiralAkbar 07/15/2014 at 17:14

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I'm a field tech with 60 sites all over southern VA. My closest co-worker is 120 miles away. It's not an option.

I've tried the carpooling thing at a previous job and its a nightmare. Finding somewhat reliable people whom live within relative proximity of each other and have the same work schedules. Sure it's nice when it works.

AdmiralAkbar > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/15/2014 at 17:15

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That does genuinely suck, especially since you need to travel all over. The system was clearly not designed for that kind of travel. You might want to put that information in your post, or everyone else will also just assume you're whining for no reason.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > jariten1781 07/15/2014 at 17:16

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I'd be all about some hot lanes. Or I need to buy a blowup doll to stick in my passenger seat

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > AdmiralAkbar 07/15/2014 at 17:20

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I get the idea that yes car pooling in theory is a great idea. What pisses me off is that there's these 2 lanes available that they can have flowing north or south bound . They would be perfect traffic overflows AND they bypass a major exchange too.

GTI MkVII > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/15/2014 at 17:22

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This is why I prefer express lanes to HOV lanes. Sure, there's a toll - but if you're willing to pay, you can get right on.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > GTI MkVII 07/15/2014 at 17:25

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that'd be killer. But I live in Va Beach, one of the famed 7 cities that can't coordinate anything with each other have one major highway that runs east/west and the other north/south. Fun fact- Thats also why we don't have a major sports team either.

AdmiralAkbar > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/15/2014 at 17:26

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It does seem like until the HOV lanes start to clog with actual HOV traffic, at least 1 should be opened to regular drivers.

Dusty Ventures > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/15/2014 at 17:58

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The HOV lanes around me are bullshit for a different reason. There's only one HOV lane in each direction, so when you get in it you're only able to do the speed of the slowest car ahead of you, because there's no way to pass once you're committed to the HOV lane. This means 95% of the day it's the slowest lane on the highway, because traffic isn't bad enough for the regular lanes to get backed up. In that 5% when the regular lanes are backed up a HOV lane driver will get 1/4-1/2 mile of laughing at the poor single-occupant cars in stop-and-go traffic before said HOV lane also becomes stop-and-go.

Ryanator122 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/15/2014 at 18:18

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"HOV, I got mah own lane already"

-Shawn Carter

monkeymouth > AdmiralAkbar 07/15/2014 at 19:07

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To cut down on pollution, right?

Well, nobody is carpooling so you have two lanes sitting there barely used while cars are sitting idling in traffic and causing more pollution than if they got to their destinations faster.

Brilliant.

Goggles Pizzano > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/15/2014 at 19:39

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If they opened car pool lanes, everyone would get home quicker, burn less gas, and pollute less. On which side of the line does the big-picture-benefit fall?

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Goggles Pizzano 07/15/2014 at 20:22

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I can't compete with with inquisitively pondering monkey pictures.

mike415 > AdmiralAkbar 01/21/2016 at 21:42

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The point is a joke! like the war on drugs! Both a total failure. The ONLY people in those lanes are family traveling together or workers. NO Real car poolers. In addition how the hell is it fair to TAKE a lane from those who pay there taxes and give it to a FEW for a failed reason. Then make it a bigger failure allowing the rich who can afford teslas and volts..,Single occupancy drivers. There the Ones giving a thumb up to this stupid law. Becides how the hell did this get in without a vote? this still is a democracy right. razo it is a failure like U.also what is UP with the hours? the commute is over by 9am. ?? what is up with the 10am cutoff?