Stop Driving for Mileage in HOV Lanes

Stilview · 05-30-2006, 08:20 PM

Please, please, please...STOP driving for mileage in the HOV lanes during rush hour! You know who you are...I66 this afternoon, single HOV lane, traffic piling up behind you....

Thank You.

mssmith95 · 05-30-2006, 08:25 PM

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Please, please, please...STOP driving for mileage in the HOV lanes during rush hour! You know who you are...I66 this afternoon, single HOV lane, traffic piling up behind you....

Thank You.
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Not me, but are you saying that in rush hour (stop and go traffic), they were only going the speed limit? Meaning that they were going 55-65 mph faster then the traffic? Don't know about anyone else, but I have been cut-off too many times by idiots who ignore the carpool lines and cut in whenever they feel like it.

Maybe we should start a thread to see how people perceive the HOV lane. I think most people feel it should be going at least as fast (or faster) then the fast lane. All I know is that I will do 70 max. No point in me getting a ticket just because someone wants to be Mario Andretti in the HOV lane.

cry4dawn · 05-30-2006, 08:37 PM

i agree. for me personally if the speed limit posted is 55 thats the max ill do. its not just milage but saftey.

too tall · 05-30-2006, 08:42 PM

Boy it really depends. There are times when it's not safe to drive over 45 mph and there are times when you should be going 65+. If you hit the wall of stopped traffic in the slug lanes (when traffic first starts to really slow down) and you don't slow down, you are asking for it. This is typically when people dart over to the HOV lane. If traffic is moving at a normal flow as I believe the OP is insinuating, then drive with the flow of traffic, and don't drive for mileage.

I also slightly tailgate and drive only with my lights on, decreasing the dart over effect, at least in my experience.

Drift Motion · 05-30-2006, 08:44 PM

get over it

J.Wilkie · 05-30-2006, 10:17 PM

I love to speed in the carpool lane. I'm going for ETA not MPG!

hdrygas · 05-30-2006, 10:19 PM

The speed limit is. That's all!

bsd43 · 05-31-2006, 12:59 AM

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Amen!

Presto · 05-31-2006, 01:18 AM

No doubt. I agree with the original poster. Don't impede the carpool lane. Here in my parts, the carpool lane runs at about 70km/h on avg during rush hour so the Prius can score great FE numbers and not piss off traffic. If you can't go as fast as the person in front of you, move back into the regular lanes. You might as well be the guy driving a late 80s Crown Victoria with the left blinker on in the fast lane if you're gunna slow poke in the carpool lane in rush hour:P

DanP · 05-31-2006, 01:31 AM

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i agree. for me personally if the speed limit posted is 55 thats the max ill do. its not just milage but saftey.
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I'm with you. It just amazes me how these fools pretend that the speed limit isn't really a law at all; instead, it's the "flow of traffic" that really matters.

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05-30-2006, 08:20 PM	#1
Stilview Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Northern VA Posts: 61 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Friends: 0	Please, please, please...STOP driving for mileage in the HOV lanes during rush hour! You know who you are...I66 this afternoon, single HOV lane, traffic piling up behind you.... Thank You.

05-30-2006, 08:37 PM	#3
cry4dawn Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NY Posts: 23 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	i agree. for me personally if the speed limit posted is 55 thats the max ill do. its not just milage but saftey.

05-30-2006, 08:42 PM	#4
too tall Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Posts: 59 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Boy it really depends. There are times when it's not safe to drive over 45 mph and there are times when you should be going 65+. If you hit the wall of stopped traffic in the slug lanes (when traffic first starts to really slow down) and you don't slow down, you are asking for it. This is typically when people dart over to the HOV lane. If traffic is moving at a normal flow as I believe the OP is insinuating, then drive with the flow of traffic, and don't drive for mileage. I also slightly tailgate and drive only with my lights on, decreasing the dart over effect, at least in my experience.

05-30-2006, 08:44 PM	#5
Drift Motion RMS13 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pasadena/Riverside, CA Posts: 178 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	get over it

05-30-2006, 10:17 PM	#6
J.Wilkie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tustin,CA Posts: 128 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	I love to speed in the carpool lane. I'm going for ETA not MPG!

05-30-2006, 10:19 PM	#7
hdrygas Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Olympia Wa Posts: 3,650 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Friends: 0	The speed limit is. That's all!