Okay, being new to town I will assume there was a memo just before I arrived in 2006 that stated the following:
“Attention all drivers of I-65, pay no attention to the HOV lanes. A minimum of 2 drivers is NOT needed. Feel free to drive wherever you want”
The High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane is the far left lane of the Nashville interstates. The HOV is clearly marked, and the signs note if drivers are heading towards Nashville, the left lane is for cars with 2 or more people only, from 7am-9am. If drivers are heading away from Nashville, the left lane is for cars with 2 or more people only, from 4pm-6pm.
Almost every car in the Nashville area High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes is a single passenger ride. There doesn’t seem to be any enforcement of this. You would think it would be a great idea to encourage car-pooling in our latest media cyclical attention on global warming.
Now, I am not a particular fan of the entire HOV concept myself, but nevertheless if we are going to have the Nashville area HOV lanes then we need to have them enforced. It’s very frustrating in the morning, to see Single Occupancy Vehicles (SOV) pass me.
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May 23rd, 2008 at 6:59 am
I agree. I can’t believe that the State Police doesn’t do anything about these violations. If the state ever needed any revenue to help improve our roadways, they could crack down on these single passenger vehicles in the HOV lane. 99% are single passengers.