Thursday, June 19, 2008

HOV Lanes

These are designed for a driver and one or more passengers. But what if that one passenger is a dog?
Did you know that federal law mandates that motorcycles be allowed in HOV lanes? Something about blind spots and safety.
Some cities encourage slugging. Areas are set aside for single drivers to buddy up with known and in many instances unknown riders going to the same destination in order to allow usage of the HOV lanes.
HOV lanes are intended to reduce the number of cars on the highway. So supposedly a car with a driver and 4 passengers keeps 4 vehicles off that highway. But what if those passengers are kids? They don't have cars or drivers licenses and wouldn't be on the road if it wasn't for that driver already there. So is that car allowed in the HOV lane?

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