Today Abe and I were driving to DFW so he could hop a flight to the Big Apple for work. While driving like Mario Andretti in the HOV lane (something I don't get to do often), Abe had an idea.
"I think the rule about driving in the HOV lane should be about percentages. (My inner thought: Huh? I seriously sucked at math, even more at percentages and fractions! I am never going to make it through this conversation! He continues...) So, say someone drives a Mazda Miata- they should only have to have 50% of the car full- being that it's a 2 person car, only 1 person would need to be present. Let's say there is a huge 8 passenger truck (this is where my math started to get fuzzy), and there are only 3 people in the truck. They cannot ride in the HOV lane because they lack that 4th person to make the truck 50% full. So, instead of the type of car and number of passengers, it's about the car being 50% full. Maybe more people would be inclined to purchase smaller, less gas guzzling vehicles."
IF the HOV laws were to be revised, I think we'd all, including our police officers, need a refresher on percentages. (I would be first in line for the tutorial.)
An interesting thought from Abe.
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