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HOV lanes and EVs (lemmy.ca)

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Now that something like a quarter of car sales in BC are EVs, I am starting to think their privileged access to HOV lanes is no longer a sustainable concession. There are just so many that the priority should shift back away from single occupancy vehicles.

Alternatively, we could keep the allowance, but add a second HOV lane, leaving gas vehicles to whatever's left on the highway. But that probably be unpopular. 😀

Who in government would I write to express this opinion? MP or MLA?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Alternatively, we could keep the allowance, but add a second HOV lane, leaving gas vehicles to whatever's left on the highway. But that probably be unpopular. 😀

Can't afford EV, or house to charge it, but I'd still support it. Fuck the idiotic gas guzzlers on the roads.

What I'd really like to see is some enforcement of the HOV lanes. I see random wanker driving in there alone waaayyy too often, and shortly after there's like 10 of them. (Talking about a particular section in Pitt Meadows, and no they aren't all trying to take the next exit). Then again, there so many other rules and laws that go in enforced on the road that his is just another thing to throw on top of the pile.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Lovely, I can't afford a place to live in Surrey where I work and the bus would take me 2.5 hours so fuck me I guess. Should just quit my job and go one welfare I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We could definitely use better transit, as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

Need to tackle problems in a specific order, transit is the largest one rather than HOV lanes.

I don't understand why we can't have trains ):

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