[BobL]

"The bigger issue is single occupany drivers that flaunt the law. HOV is not being enforced."

The even bigger issue is why do we even have the HOV lanes in the first place. We've had Republican control of Congress for 10 years, and Republican control of the White House for 4 years, and we still can't undo this bit of social engineering.

About the only solution coming out of Washington now is to allow states to convert our freeways to toll roads. Actually, it's not a bad idea - charge enough and no more traffic jams. Fortunately all us Freepers are rich, so we support this - or am I wrong? (/sarcasm).

[Monterrosa-24]

Toll roads cause a drop in efficiency and an increase in gasoline consumption unless the tolls become so high that fewer people drive the road.

Why don't the Greens do something useful like protest against gasoline waste while creeping up to toll gates? Why don't the Greens market cleaner burning fuels? Why don't the Greens raise some money for bike path construction/paving rather than just crying to the government to do it?

[davisfh]

We don't have these problems where I live. The biggest traffic congestion problem we have here is what I call "drivin' and droolin'." We have people here who "drift" out into the road and drive about five miles per hour. It's very difficult to get around these goobers. They, of course, think that their driving habits are perfectly normal. When they decide to exit the thoroughfare, it takes a good five minutes of decelerating, turning the wheel, decelerating, turning the wheel, decelerating, turning the wheel - well, you get the message.

Most of these "goobers" were lousy drivers when they were sixteen years of age. Now that they're sixty plus, they're intolerable.

[CobraJet]

BobL you are right on. It is stupid to have this lane that is underused during rush hour (at least in my city) while cars are bumper to bumper in the other lanes. I will ignore the HOV rules from time to time when traffic is heavy. My taxes paid for that lane just like the others.