My commute is 15 minutes without traffic but 1 hour with traffic while the carpool lane is almost always clear.
Everyday I use the carpool lane by myself with dark tinted windows. After several years I’ve yet to be pulled over. I wouldn’t mind paying a fine every few years, even if I was pulled over. If my math maths, that might be roughly $10 per month, to save +1 hour per day in traffic. I spend more than that just to avoid a few ads on YouTube.
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I think carpooling lanes shouldn’t be a thing. But I also don’t live anywhere where they have those. I saw someone get a $500 fine from doing that on TikTok tho so be carful
this is the most practical risk-reward calculation I’ve seen all week. Time is priceless, if it works, it works!
I mean, you could also genuinely carpool if the risk of a fine ever gets too… Well risky. But you don’t seem worried, and I hope it continues going smoothly for you
Tinted windows and a mannequin in the front seat, just in case.
Get a blow up doll (or a Real Doll if you’re committed) and put it in the back seat. Get pulled over and tell the officer that is Sheila and she is late for her doctor’s appointment.
Edit cuz I can’t spell words good
Why don’t you just find someone to carpool with. The whole point of the lane is to reduce carbon emissions, so just do it.
I did this for years in college and never got caught. I’m pretty sure the only way you get caught is if you’re obnoxious
Honestly, someone did the blow up doll thing in San Diego and they made me stand on the side of the road with it as community service. I can probably find the article.
or put a fake baby in the backseat
The Supreme Court said a fertilized embryo is a “person” with all the rights of a person, so any single lady can claim pregnancy and use the carpool lane
My brother did a blow up doll with a hoodie on “sleeping” in the back seat working in san Francisco haha
Most carpool fines are now done by camera. My assistant found this out the hard way a few times. This is a revenue generator because they make it intentionally confusing so you end up in the carpool lane if you’re not careful, and then mail you a fine with a picture of your car.
Sounds like everyone on I45 north of Houston
Just get a mannequin, put on some sunglasses on it and a sun 👒,
Or buy a Tesla
Go full Noel Edmonds and put a mannequin in the back seat
You do realize that if everyone did this, the carpool lane would be useless to you, right?
My car is a large sedan with Vegas tint. Never once been pulled over in the carpool lane.
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I had a similar mindset paying for parking in university. The parking was per day, per stall. My classes were later in the day so I could practically guarantee someone already parked in the stall before I did so I just never paid. I figured if I ever got caught, the fine was about a month’s worth of parking so it was worth it. I never got fined.
I do this every day without super dark tinted windows. Seems like the popo around me don’t care as long as it’s rush hour
My commute is 79miles. With carpool it’s 1hour 21mins. Without carpool it’s 2hours 35mins. I always use carpool
Why don’t you just buy an EV like the rest of us and drive in it legally?
This is why we can’t have nice things