DaveinOlyWA
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mogur said:This would never fly. Remember that the primary idea behind the HOV lanes is to cut emissions. Reducing congestion and travel times is a secondary consideration.
DaveinOlyWA said:i think they should toss personal vehicles out of the HOV lanes and allow commercial only vehicles designed for maintenance/delivery (no taxis) roles. this impacts the service company's bottom line directly. i know a package driver for a company that supports USPS and he gets paid big OT because he estimates that traffic adds 2-3 hours to every day of work.
so, not allowing large 8 mpg diesel truck to move freely thru traffic instead of spending significantly more time, speeding up and slowing down is not reducing emissions?
sounds like you have not been stuck behind one of them with your windows open before