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They combat this fairly smartly: the fine starts at $125 and doubles with every incident, up into the thousands. This was the case before this toll road, circa

• pwg 9y ago
  When the I-66 HOV lanes originally opened, there was a problem of some percentage of drivers being willing to risk an $X citation (and the delay while being written up) every few months in exchange for using the road every day. The solution that VA put in place to combat that is that the HOV violation citation not only has a money cost, but second or subsequent infractions within a five year window result in assessment of points [1] against your drivers license. Only a small number of points [2] is necessary to risk losing your license. [1] https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title33.2/chapter5/section33.2-501/ https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title33.2/chapter5/secti... [2] https://www.dmv.org/va-virginia/point-system.php https://www.dmv.org/va-virginia/point-system.php
  • crankylinuxuser 9y ago
    That only proves that once lawmakers have access to a legitimate tool to get bad drivers off the road (you know, things like ignoring stop signs/lights and stuff that can get people killed), they'll use it on non-dangerous stuff as well. Crooked fucks, they are. Its the same lot that has made public urination into a "sex crime", registry and all.