Don't get me started on the stupidity of HOV lanes. For people who want to save the earth, it's absurd to have 2 lanes of traffic bumper ot bumper pumping out exhaust when there is a perfectly good lane that is hardly being used. In seattle there were people who praised a recent construction project that basically caused traffic paralysis in the city because it "forced people to rethink" using cars to get to work.
I dislike HOV lanes for the opposite reason. Lots of exits don’t have any ramps on the left - there you are zippin’ along, then your exit comes up - and you gotta cross five lanes of traffic to get there!