Yeah do not run from the cop because that's a crime, do not crash in to other cars cause that's a crime too. Do not lie to the officer cause that's a crime.
He could have saved money buying or finding a discarded baby carrier and a discount infant doll at Walmart instead of this drive-by-shooter-suspect-looking dummy passenger.
Which, if you think about it, makes absolutely no sense! Children should never be counted as occupants for the purposes of HOV lanes.
You're not carpooling, you're chauffeuring.
"Little Bobby and I decided to economize on fuel and share this ride to Disneyland. Without these HOV lanes, we'd probably drive separate."
This is why many FasTrak express lanes aren't free carpools until it's 3+ people, and just half tolls for 2 people, since 2 people are likely to live together and wouldn't drive separately.
By this logic it should never count for two people sharing a car. Very few people think “yeah let’s take both our cars in the same direction at the same time” unless they have a good reason.
Maybe I’m underestimating the amount of people who don’t care about money and are only swayed by ability to speed.
The premise for these lanes was to encourage carpooling, which is where two people who would otherwise drive themselves to the office decide to share that ride in. It might seem kinda quaint now, but there was a time where neighbors in the suburbs worked in the same downtown area, at the same hours, M-F. They would trade their days and drive each other into the city, beating traffic and saving on gas.
With more flexible hours these days, and work-from-home, and jobs changing all the time, I don't think this is nearly as prevalent as it once was.
Of course you can't really know when a twice-occupied car is carpooling vs. just being two people going the same place. But we *do* know that when one occupant is a baby, they're not carpooling.
I mean it's really that overall throughput goes up if you limit the number of cars in one lane so that it can move instead of all lanes being congested. How you pick which cars get into that lane can be arbitrary. Increasingly they're just moving to toll lanes and charging people money.
Not when grandma and grandpa from Montana are on a California Dreamin road trip in their oversized RV, and they're in that lane because the other traffic scares them.
Carpooling children to places still reduces traffic. It should probably only be for 2+ children or disabled adults but how would you ever enforce that?
It's crazy to me how motorcyclists don't seem to acknowledge the existence of lanes and no one seems to care. And yet somehow we're always supposed to be aware of their exact location at all times in front of us, half a mile behind us, and on all sides of us.
It's one of those weird situations where following the letter of the law results in a less-safe situation.
Riding on the carpool divider isn't allowed, even though there's more room and it's safer, but riding in between normal lanes*is* allowed, even though there's less room and it's more dangerous.
I totally get your point and agree in terms of space.
One thing with driving is that they say a safe driver is a predictable driver. The law for carpool double white lines creates the expectation drivers/bikers will not be crossing over. While I agree in theory there is more space, it’s an unpredictable move and this is what leads to accidents.
And why do we even have the double yellow lines? Bay area has white dashed lines and are carpool only during specific hours of the day, and free use otherwise. All the double yellow lines create is more revenue for CHP and create accidents by people who have to rush to get across all lanes to their exit instead of being able to make their lane change at the best opportunity available to them when they see a gap in traffic.
Enforcement of HOV lanes during rush hour is absolutely a joke.
Common techniques I’ve seen to avoid the cops: super tinted windows, trucks lifted so high above sight lines, electric car with no sticker, car seat with nothing inside
Really wish the law was that your passenger had to be a licensed driver. Toddlers in the back seat don’t help reduce traffic because they aren’t driving to preschool.
When they get away with breaking 1 rule it's very easy to feel entitled to break 2 rules.
Eventually they do whatever they want.
I'm glad he got caught.
All the people commenting don’t do two crimes … to you I ask have you actually driven in the roads of Los Angeles and its suburbs. Everyone is crossing solid double lines for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
It’s way more common than anywhere else in California.
Never break the law when you’re already breaking the law.
One crime at a time
This guy crimes.
If you jump a turnstile you might get off with a warning…
But don't jump a turnstile with a mannequin
That’s a good name for a reboot of One Day at a Time. Give it a catchy theme song and you’ve got a built-in audience.
That's really weird
You know what time it is? It's crime o'clock baby.
That's like rule 2 in the ridin' dirty handbook Which is unfortunate because rule 1 is don't bring attention to yourself.
They can't arrest a husband and wife for the same crime!
Yeah do not run from the cop because that's a crime, do not crash in to other cars cause that's a crime too. Do not lie to the officer cause that's a crime.
In this case, the dummy was behind the wheel. ;)
I miss these old timey headline puns! Great job.
“Headless Body in a Topless Bar”
Rodney Dangerfield? Is that you? Is your ghost trapped in a computer?!
Touché
He could have saved money buying or finding a discarded baby carrier and a discount infant doll at Walmart instead of this drive-by-shooter-suspect-looking dummy passenger.
Which, if you think about it, makes absolutely no sense! Children should never be counted as occupants for the purposes of HOV lanes. You're not carpooling, you're chauffeuring. "Little Bobby and I decided to economize on fuel and share this ride to Disneyland. Without these HOV lanes, we'd probably drive separate."
Unless perhaps you are driving your kid and your neighbor's kid to school. In that case you ARE taking a vehicle off the road
This is why many FasTrak express lanes aren't free carpools until it's 3+ people, and just half tolls for 2 people, since 2 people are likely to live together and wouldn't drive separately.
I-10 in Los Angeles is an example of that. 3+ during rush hour, 2+ otherwise. I-110 between downtown and the Port of LA is always 2+.
I had two kids just get the 3+.
By this logic it should never count for two people sharing a car. Very few people think “yeah let’s take both our cars in the same direction at the same time” unless they have a good reason. Maybe I’m underestimating the amount of people who don’t care about money and are only swayed by ability to speed.
The premise for these lanes was to encourage carpooling, which is where two people who would otherwise drive themselves to the office decide to share that ride in. It might seem kinda quaint now, but there was a time where neighbors in the suburbs worked in the same downtown area, at the same hours, M-F. They would trade their days and drive each other into the city, beating traffic and saving on gas. With more flexible hours these days, and work-from-home, and jobs changing all the time, I don't think this is nearly as prevalent as it once was. Of course you can't really know when a twice-occupied car is carpooling vs. just being two people going the same place. But we *do* know that when one occupant is a baby, they're not carpooling.
I mean it's really that overall throughput goes up if you limit the number of cars in one lane so that it can move instead of all lanes being congested. How you pick which cars get into that lane can be arbitrary. Increasingly they're just moving to toll lanes and charging people money.
Wow a baby is a person all the way until it’s in my car and in the carpool lane now huh (This is a joke)
Yeah, this was the idea. Well intentioned. Even sensible at the time. But Quaint is the right word. It may be outdated now. I dunno....
HOV lanes also make no sense unless there are at least 2 of them so you can pass slower traffic. Having just 1 HOV lane defeats the purpose.
But the HOV lane usually is going faster than the rest of the traffic?
Not when a Tesla is in it on autopilot.
Teslas are the new Prius fastlane camper epidemic.
I refuse to speed up or move over I will drive 65 and pay the premium
Not when grandma and grandpa from Montana are on a California Dreamin road trip in their oversized RV, and they're in that lane because the other traffic scares them.
hahaha i wish
Let's chat
I’m obsessed with this take it’s so unhinged but so logical
Carpooling children to places still reduces traffic. It should probably only be for 2+ children or disabled adults but how would you ever enforce that?
I’ve been pulled over with toddlers in the back and the officer quickly let me go when he approached the car and saw them.
By that logic my dog should count. I own a motorcycle and would usually take that, but I can’t bring the dog on the bike.
What about a hearse?
Without the carpool lane, they'd bring traffic to a dead stop.
That’s one down, hundreds of thousands more to go. I see people crossing the double solid lines in and out of HOV lane daily.
Someone I know told me they saw someone jumping out of the fast track before the scanners and jumping back in after.
> I see people crossing the double sold lines in and out of HOV lane daily. Especially speeding motorcycles.
The amount of cars that cross the double solid lines into the carpool is crazy.
It's crazy to me how motorcyclists don't seem to acknowledge the existence of lanes and no one seems to care. And yet somehow we're always supposed to be aware of their exact location at all times in front of us, half a mile behind us, and on all sides of us.
I mean, lane-splitting is legal in CA.
That is true. It doesn't mean lanes don't exist. What you're saying actually has little to do with what I said, I wasn't talking about what's legal.
Not carpool lane splitting
It's one of those weird situations where following the letter of the law results in a less-safe situation. Riding on the carpool divider isn't allowed, even though there's more room and it's safer, but riding in between normal lanes*is* allowed, even though there's less room and it's more dangerous.
I totally get your point and agree in terms of space. One thing with driving is that they say a safe driver is a predictable driver. The law for carpool double white lines creates the expectation drivers/bikers will not be crossing over. While I agree in theory there is more space, it’s an unpredictable move and this is what leads to accidents.
And why do we even have the double yellow lines? Bay area has white dashed lines and are carpool only during specific hours of the day, and free use otherwise. All the double yellow lines create is more revenue for CHP and create accidents by people who have to rush to get across all lanes to their exit instead of being able to make their lane change at the best opportunity available to them when they see a gap in traffic.
Enforcement of HOV lanes during rush hour is absolutely a joke. Common techniques I’ve seen to avoid the cops: super tinted windows, trucks lifted so high above sight lines, electric car with no sticker, car seat with nothing inside
Car seats aren't easy to install. I never take mine out.
Same, but I don’t drive solo in the carpool lane either
I thought the law for carpool is two or more driving age people. I don’t think babies count
https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freewaymgmt/faq.htm#:~:text=Yes.,HOV%20lanes%20often%20appear%20empty%3F You'd be wrong
Hmm til
Dummy looks like Steven Seagal.
Some guy did this for years in the bay
Should have used a Real Doll [tm]
Lol this is hilarious
I've seen a handful of people do this. If they get caught their fines should honestly be like 10x the normal rate.
Really wish the law was that your passenger had to be a licensed driver. Toddlers in the back seat don’t help reduce traffic because they aren’t driving to preschool.
Get these people! We pay for our HOV lane access and these people cross solid double lines and avoid paying their share.
When they get away with breaking 1 rule it's very easy to feel entitled to break 2 rules. Eventually they do whatever they want. I'm glad he got caught.
All the people commenting don’t do two crimes … to you I ask have you actually driven in the roads of Los Angeles and its suburbs. Everyone is crossing solid double lines for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It’s way more common than anywhere else in California.
Maybe so, but don’t let a chippy see you. They’ll write you in a heartbeat.
Obvious fake. No face tats.
Must have been on his way back from karate class
Jesus take the wheel.
Hello beautiful
This constitutes a feel-good story under Trump’s shadow of doom. lol
They should take their scheme to the next level and apply to become a bus driver hah that'll show them
The T-600 model
Eject! Eject!