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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Some people bought them just to have access to a carpool lane even while not carpooling, that's why you may eventually see a hybrid full-size SUV for example...
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I'll use this as a segue into my rant about carpool lanes; they're a waste. Why spend money to expand an infrastructure and then underutilize it? Do they actually increase carpool adoption by a significant amount? I doubt it.
If carpool lanes exist for environmental reasons, then it should be the big-rigs, trucks, and SUVs that should be occupying them since those are the big fuel wasters. You don't want those vehicles to reach their destination with a minimum of braking and idling.
Carpool lanes are dumb. Making it available to people who were already going to travel with multiple occupants instead of large trucks is dumb. Allowing the most efficient vehicles that don't even idle when stopped in traffic to utilize the HOV lanes is even dumber.
I'm sure some corrupt politician made a fortune when he cut a deal with some weasely lobbyist under the guise of "helping the environment".
Politicians should do less, not more. I'd vote for a president promised they would golf all year instead of think of new ways to screw with the economy and remove personal responsibility and freedom.