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I don't think that's the kind of separation they're talking about. It's technically illegal to cross that yellow line, but I've never heard of anyone getting in
by squeaky-clean 5y ago
I don't think that's the kind of separation they're talking about. It's technically illegal to cross that yellow line, but I've never heard of anyone getting in trouble for crossing out and back in to go around a grandpa going 45 in a 70. There are some HOV lanes in Florida that actually split into an entirely separate side road and some that have those soft rollover columns you can drive through but it will scratch up your car so it's really only for emergencies.
- slg 5y agoExactly. There is a difference between not allowed to merge and not physically able to merge. Merging not being allowed is still dangerous because people don't always follow the rules. It might even be more dangerous than lanes that always allow merging because then at least drivers in the faster lane can prepare themselves to expect merging. A separated lane makes it impossible (or at the very least potentially damaging to the vehicle) to merge. Here is an example of what I think is the ideal HOV setup[1]. There are two lanes so a single slow driver can be overtaken and there are physical dividers that prevent unexpected merging. You can also see the toll signs mentioned in the article that display the passenger number set on the transponders as discussed in the article. [1] - https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9392023,-118.2796649,3a,75y,305.13h,74.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sY2VcBfxRiU05VehGvM8OCQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9392023,-118.2796649,3a,75y,...
- squeaky-clean 5y agoYeah that's a pretty good HOV lane in my opinion (as a non city planner lol). Sometimes you still get two slowpokes side-by-side, but it's pretty rare.