Recent Backups on the HOV

Hybrids - they are the reason - no more trying to fool ourselves

Here we go again. Complaining about the Hybrids. Lets just blame it on the Hybrids that are getting 50 MPG and not polluting the air. My wife and I commute to work everyday in our Hybrid and have to put up with the nasty looks on the highway, and several motorists issuing the three finger salute. I salute back accordingly often, only using a more conservative (one finger) salute. Stop moaning about the Hybrid Vehicles, because most of the anti hybrid comments derive from those gas guzzling SUV owners who have nothing else to complain about but their $50 a week gas bill. Never mind that this area is growing too fast for its underpants to fit anymore. Nevermind that there is an article in several newspapers (free lance star as one of them) talking about overcrowding in the commuter lots, and people being ticketed for parking illegally. I feel that I am doing commuters a service by not taking a precious parking spot at the Horner Road commuter lot. Well guess what ladies and gents, when they do say that Hybrids cant ride in HOV alone anymore, what do you think is going to happen?? Hmmmm? I would say that there will be just a few more parking spots takin in the lots, filled with hybrid owners who want to take the bus instead of picking up an absolute stranger in their cars. Better pack your Starbucks and commuter cups a little earlier when that day comes, because the lots will be full by 7am. Go ahead, and head over to your county supervisors office and ask for more parking spots. You will get a cold deer in the headlights stare, because of one reality: THE STATE IS BROKE.

We must not forget about the surrounding county's growth policy of scorched earth, building these huge half million dollar homes so close to one another, and inviting that 'tax base' without the a sustainable infrastructure of more roads and public transportation projects. So please, saying "hybrids are the reason" I think is someone who is fooled by his own ignorance.

See you at the gas pump.

Hey, adjguy: Go Away. This forum is for Slugs. You are not a Slug. You are a Smug. You exemplify the anti-social me-first-and-me-only attitude of too many hybrid owners. If you are such a scaredy-cat, or a misanthrope (someone get him a dictionary) that you cannot participate in our Slugging Lifestyle ("hybrid owners who want to take the bus instead of picking up an absolute stranger in their cars") go start your own Forum of Smugs. Oh, I forgot: that would fail because the Smugs can't be induced to cooperate or help each other. Oh well.

If you don't want to slug or pick up slugs, why don't you form a carpool, or get on a bus. In the meantime, get off the SLUG forum.

And one final thing, Mr. Smug: the gross environmental impact of you driving 30+ miles essentially solo is worse than an SUV driver who parks their car and slugs. It's not just air pollution that needs to be part of the equation; there are ancillary environmental impacts inherent in the production, maintenance, and eventual disposal of any motorized vehicle. If your car is so non-polluting ("Hybrids that are getting 50 MPG and not polluting the air") I invite you to put your lips around the tailpipe for ten minutes, then try and repeat the statement. And is 50MPG all you get? Jeez, I regularly got 40MPG out of my old Honda Civic. Doesn't sound to me like your car does anything other than assuage your conscience.

Well said Spongebob and Geeze!!

Gotta love civility! Now that we've all let out some steam, can we get back to solutions and not more bickering? My solution is to leave a bit earlier and expect some waiting on the HOV lane. Someone on another thread mentioned it's a pattern that the HOV lanes crowd up around the school year, so I'll have to tough it out until next summer.

Forget Horner Rd, use Potomac Mills!