The Seattle Traveler » HOV lanes http://www.theseattletraveler.com Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:21:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Don’t Be a HOV Lane Violator http://www.theseattletraveler.com/2008/04/dont-be-a-hov-lane-violator/ http://www.theseattletraveler.com/2008/04/dont-be-a-hov-lane-violator/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:12:22 +0000 http://www.theseattletraveler.com/dont-be-a-hov-lane-violator/ Post from: The Seattle Traveler

]]> HOV sign Have you noticed how empty our freeway HOV lanes are?  Been tempted to speed up your commute by using them — even though it’s just you in the car?  Maybe you even done it, figuring odds were on your side and that you wouldn’t get caught?

Get caught and you’re looking at a moving violation that will set you back $124, the bulk of which goes to support traffic safety programs.

While it’s hard to know how many driver disregard the restrictions of the HOV lanes, over 10,000 tickets were issued for this violation in 2006, including some creative drivers who counted a mannequin or dummy as a second passenger in the vehicle.

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