Roe & Casey overturned.

[jon-nyc]

The rules regarding HOV lanes probably already took into account parents with kids (where “carpooling” isn’t saving any vehicle traffic) and perhaps even married spouses or family members.

If not it was sloppy law writing to begin with. The intent of the law is to reward groups who reduce vehicle traffic. You can never target that with perfect precision, but you can do better than “mom with child” or “mom with fetus” gets to use the HOV lanes.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

The rules regarding HOV lanes probably already took into account parents with kids (where “carpooling” isn’t saving any vehicle traffic) and perhaps even married spouses or family members.

If not it was sloppy law writing to begin with. The intent of the law is to reward groups who reduce vehicle traffic. You can never target that with perfect precision, but you can do better than “mom with child” or “mom with fetus” gets to use the HOV lanes.

Actually, babies and children do count as passengers for HOV lanes in all 50 states. I wasn’t expecting it when I looked it up. I had a completely different post in mind…

[jon-nyc]

@LuFins-Dad

I allowed for the possibility but it's badly written law. The point is to reward behavior that results in fewer cars on the road.

[Horace]

There is something to be said for simplicity and ease of enforcement in a law.

[Copper]

I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.

I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.

This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.

[taiwan_girl]

In Indonesia, Jakarta (the capital city) has a minimum # of people in the car coming into the city during the morning rush hour.

There would always be street kids that you could pick up and pay them maybe USD$0.50 to ride with you into town so that you had enough people in your car.

[LuFins Dad]

@Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.

I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.

This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.

When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back, I became a Lyft Driver. Anytime I needed to go into DC I would turn on the directional filters and pick up a rider going into town. I got the HOV toll exemption and made gas money:..

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back

This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.

[Copper]

@89th said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back

This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.

You know the worst part of that? They told us that as soon as the cost of the Dulles Toll Road was collected they would remove the toll booths.

Then they recovered the cost so fast they couldn't believe it. And they decided there was no way they would stop that huge money stream. If you don't like it, too bad, go take Route 7.

And of course most of the rest of the country gets free Interstate Highways, why should Fairfax County get nickel and dimed to death?

I really hate those toll roads.

[Mik]

@Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.

I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.

This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.

I used to use it in LA when I drove a stake truck all over the LA-Orange County area delivering hospital forms. Got caught once, it was $10. Meh.

[Mik]

@Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

@89th said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back

This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.

You know the worst part of that? They told us that as soon as the cost of the Dulles Toll Road was collected they would remove the toll booths.

Then they recovered the cost so fast they couldn't believe it. And they decided there was no way they would stop that huge money stream. If you don't like it, too bad, go take Route 7.

And of course most of the rest of the country gets free Interstate Highways, why should Fairfax County get nickel and dimed to death?

I really hate those toll roads.

It's to get those freeloading EV bastards.

[Jolly]

The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.

Remember many years ago we would joke about how so many threads would devolve into evolution or abortion threads?

Now the abortion threads devolve into HOV gaming.

We’re getting soft.

[Copper]

Now that you mention it, could a pregnant person count the unborn as a passenger in the HOV lane if she was on her way to have an abortion?

[George K]

@Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

Now that you mention it, could a pregnant person count the unborn as a passenger in the HOV lane if she was on her way to have an abortion?

Probably, but not on the way home...

[Horace]

@Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

Now that you mention it, could a pregnant person count the unborn as a passenger in the HOV lane if she was on her way to have an abortion?

He or she or they.

[jon-nyc]

Or ze, bigot.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

@Jolly said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.

Remember many years ago we would joke about how so many threads would devolve into evolution or abortion threads?

Now the abortion threads devolve into HOV gaming.

We’re getting soft.

If you wish to talk about your sexual problems, start a new thread.

[George K]

What? Someone lied?

[LuFins Dad]