I was wondering about the HOT lanes here in Atl that require 3+ people to use them. My CRX only seats two, Am I suposed to put a person in the hatch or on the cover behind the seat so I can drive there? My, that sounds safe.
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Oct. 15, 2011 6:32 p.m. porksboy SuperDork
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Oct. 15, 2011 8:36 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
I have commuted to work.. but was never able to get more than myself and another in the car at one time
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Oct. 15, 2011 8:41 p.m. 1988RedT2 Dork
carguy123 wrote:
I used our toll road yesterday so I dug my pass out of the console, took it out of the little electronic type metal coated baggie it came in.
That made me wonder, does that little baggie really stop the flow of electrons to the outside world and do these things ever wear out?
I've had my ezpass for a while now. A few days ago I got a letter from them saying that the batteries only last for 8 to 10 years, and they will give me a "free" replacement if I wrap it in tinfoil and mail it back to them.
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Oct. 15, 2011 11:20 p.m. HoustonNW New Reader
Strizzo wrote:
in houston, they passed a bond measure to pay for the i-10 expansion, then somehow "sold" the HOT lanes which take up like 4 lanes worth of width to some other company that runs the show now. same kind of deal around austin, except afaik it was much more shady, something about "losing" the bond money and then "finding" it again after the toll road was already going up.
I've been on I10 and they still have HOV lanes, note the final consonant. Are you saying that they don't? Are you saying that Houston has 4 lanes of HOT?
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Oct. 15, 2011 11:43 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork
Nice story. A buddy never pays tolls on his bike. He just reaches back and covers the plate as he blows trough the I-PASS toll. Nice.
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Oct. 16, 2011 1:18 a.m. fasted58 SuperDork
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Oct. 16, 2011 9:27 p.m. ProDarwin Dork
porksboy wrote:
I was wondering about the HOT lanes here in Atl that require 3+ people to use them. My CRX only seats two, Am I suposed to put a person in the hatch or on the cover behind the seat so I can drive there? My, that sounds safe.
You are expected to ride with someone in a car that seats 3 or more. Or get a different car. Or pay the toll. Or stay in the normal lanes.
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Oct. 17, 2011 12:45 a.m. Strizzo SuperDork
In reply to HoustonNW:
On the west side there are two hov/hot lanes each way, at first they were hov all the time, and you only got charged if you were alone in the car. Now they've changed it to where its only an hov m-f and you pay to use the lanes regardless of how many people you have with you
