I'm so happy

I saw this today on the VDot website. I suppose HOV solo hybrid drivers have their days numbered.

http://www.virginiadot.org/comtravel/hov-rulesfaq.asp

Yes, I am happy and my next car still will likely use an alternate form of fuel. The answer to pollution is not to come up with ways for more people to travel solo, but rather take advantage of carpooling. Incentives for alternative fuel transportation can be implemented without encouraging people NOT to carpool (e.g. tax breaks?).

If you want to ride the carpool lanes solo, then buy a motorcycle!

More evidence that NoSUV doesn't pay attention. First link is from the Federal Highway administration on motorcycles in HOV. Second, according to the NC DOT, the federal government says that motorcycles are allowed in HOV unless the state determines that motorcyclists are at greater risk by being in the HOV lanes instead of the regular lanes. I don't think there are any states that disallow solo motorcycle HOV use. This has been covered here before.

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freewaymgmt/hov/hovqalst.htm
http://www.ncdot.org/projects/hov/faq/#15
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/HOV/guide.htm
http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/transportation/urban_options/hov.html

I did find a place that doesn't allow single passenger motorcycles in HOV. But it's in Ontario Canada.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_1520.aspx

Wow, you MUST be a lobbyist for the automobile industry: hybrid volume sale division. The use of your doublespeak to turn simple plain english into something to back up your agenda.

Let's try again shall we? Here it is the quote from the Federal Highway Administration:

"The rationale behind allowing motorcycles to use HOV lanes is that it is safer to keep two-wheeled vehicles moving than to have them travel in start-and-stop traffic conditions."

So the way I see it is that the difference between hybrids and Motorcycles is more than just the number of seats. It's a safety issue - one that I'm grateful for.

You also say "...there is no data to prove or disprove the answer to the FAQ in the FHA link you provided..."

You have obviously never ridden a motorcycle. Heck, I'm willing to venture the guess that you've never ridden a bycicle for that matter but in any event it's irrelevant to the point.

Some people only hear what they want to hear.

Again you stray from the point in your feeble attempt to sound enlightened or to try make others sound like fools.

The policy is to allow motorcycles on HOV for safety reasons (re-read above).

I didn't write FHA policy, but from experience, I can make an educated guess as to how they would come to the conclusion that it is safer to put a vehicle that requires balance to stay upright in conditions that help balance do exactly just that - away from stop-and-go traffic.

For me it's neither faith nor facts but personal experience.

Don't rely on others to give you the facts, get on a motorcycle and find out for yourself.