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while driving on the 101 the other day i was thinking about just how ridiculous a carpool lane is, especially on a five-lane highway. if ALL five lanes are crowded enough during rush hour, statistically there will also be enough carpoolers to crowd the carpool lane. so, if you’re driving down a five-lane highway, and it has a carpool lane, you’re pretty much just fucked. might as well get a heliocopter.

so you get ONE LANE all to yourself. woo hoo. to get there, you only have to cut across four lanes, and then to exit, cut back across. but don’t worry, because during high traffic times, getting to this exclusive and faster moving lane, and then exiting, should be no problem. and probably not cause any road rage nor increase risk of accidents between cars containing more people in non-airbag equipped seats. whatsoever.

and what about when everyone starts carpooling?

you want to fix traffic? make some non-retarded onramps that allow you to reach a speed higher than 25mph before merging with 65mph traffic. or maybe an off-ramp that doesn’t merge into the onramp, and, unless you’re lucky enough to not get killed and make it to nearest gas station to check your pants, forces you back onto the interstate.

oh - and i saw a minivan in the carpool lane, with a mom and like three kids. am i allowed to call technical bullshit on this? carpooling implies that those in your car had the option to drive, but chose not too. little junior stuffing his face with ice cream in the front seat while his sister is brushing her doll’s hair in the back really had no choice. it’s no different than me driving with two dogs, two pizzas, or two dead bodies. but i didn’t really care because my lane was moving faster anyway.

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