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How do you know that those people aren't paying? OTOH, I don't know how you could effectively enforce that single occupant vehicles are paying.
by thayne 10mo ago
How do you know that those people aren't paying?
OTOH, I don't know how you could effectively enforce that single occupant vehicles are paying.
- kluikens 10mo agoThe FasTrak scanners above the lane flash the occupancy setting (1, 2, or 3+) on the driver's transponder. It's easy to observe cheating single-occupant vehicles because the flashed number is 3 (a toll-free rate). For automated enforcement, there's prior art in red light camera systems that mail tickets/violations to the registered vehicle owner.
- dietr1ch 10mo agoYeah, but you pay the full fare with 1 person, half with 2 people, and it's free with 3+. It's something that isn't straight obvious though. When I got there I also thought that people were just in violation of the people requirement. I don't get the point of the occupancy reader if there's no hard-requirement of 3+ in the current zone. Maybe there are some stricter HOV-only lanes nowadays? I left the bay area in late 2023
- b112 10mo agoThey did start enforcing a bunch of lanes after COVID.
- FireBeyond 10mo agoIn Washington state, for one, I know that there used to be a phone number posted periodically for civilian reports of HOV violators. That's gone now with just a warning of the fine amounts.
- sib 10mo agoYeah and some blind (gender-TBD) Karen reported me on that when they couldn't see my kids sitting in the back seat.
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