🚀 go-pugleaf

My friend reported to me that as she was driving down I-270 yesterday,
traffic was backed up 7-10 miles as people slowed and gaulked at the
cops ticketing or waiting to ticket single drivers driving in the
HOV-2 lane.

Swift move!!!!

First, HOV-2 is supposed to save gas. The police action just wasted
enough gas in that one day (stop-and-go drivers to the tune of 50,000
vehicles), that it may take a one year period of HOV-2 use just to
make up for it. It they do this enough times a year, there will be no
gas savings, but lots of gas wasted.

Second, cops ticketing people in rush-hour is insane. Besides making
everyone late for work due to traffic jams, it endangers people's
lives to try to pull vehicles over in heavy traffic, and once they are
pulled over they still remain a hazard. (They put barriers up so
people will not run into bridge supports, etc, at 60 mph, and then the
cops sit there on the shoulder waiting to be run into at 60 mph. This
is sheer stupidy!)

While its important to minimize the number of cheaters using HOV
lanes, it is not within the realm of reality to pull anyone over
during rush hour, except for the most severe and/or dangerous
violations.

This is a Catch-22 situation: Police the HOV lanes too much, and waste
more gas than these lanes save. Don't police it at all, and eventually
single drivers will all ignore the law. This is just one more reason
HOV lanes can be an utter failure.