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In <1992Aug13.154638.19536@eco.twg.com> skip@eco.twg.com (Skip Koppenhaver):

> On Sept. 1 the newly added third lane of the Dulles Toll Road becomes HOV3.

I rarely take the toll road because I find tolls like that in general
to be irksome, but even more so on my motorcycle.  My question is
whether the HOV lane, which is the far left lane that I am usually in
when I am on the toll road, will be open to motorcyclists as specified
in the federal highway funding bill which passed earlier this year.
Northern VA is one of two states which continues a no-motorcyclist
policy in (some) HOV lanes despite the federal mandate and the state's
lack of required proof that bikers would be a hazard in the lanes.
(Y'all are of course welcome to argue about how right the state is in
that regard, but I won't be a part of it this time around.)

Incidentally, I pretty much think that the toll plaza going up into
Rt 7 from toll road east is a crock too.  Then again, there is an
anomalous free entry point from just a quarter of a mile west of it.

It's sort of sad that the bullshit of the toll road encourages regular
commuters like me to actually use the secondary roads.

> HERNDON AND RESTON RESIDENTS UNITE!!! Go to the window, stick your
> head out and yell, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it
> anymore!". Then go write your state representative and tell him the
> same thing! Maybe if we make enough noise they'll remove the HOV
> restriction.

Do the latter, but not the former.  Yelling at the person who would
probably much rather be doing something else than collecting tolls
from hostile commuters --- and who doubtless has no more power than
you to change the system --- is just poor manners.