[darkmooon87]

The B.C. Government is removing the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane restriction on Highway 1 beginning tonight, April 19.

Due to construction of overpasses and on the widening of the inter-urban corridor, the HOV lanes between Grandview Highway and the Port Mann Bridge will be open to lone drivers at night, between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. Regular HOV restrictions will continue to be in effect from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

A bulletin from the B.C. Government's Port Mann/Highway 1 Improvement Project Group said that the night-time change will be in effect seven days a week, until sometimes in 2013, when construction should be done.

The HOV lanes on Highway 1 were introduced in 1998 to encourage carpooling, and are usually restricted 24 hours a day to bus traffic and vehicles carrying at least two people.

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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Highway+lanes+suspended+nightly+until+2013/2927484/story.html

:haha::haha: :thumbsup:

[ate.ge]

this should have been done years ago...

[tofu1413]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Culture_Vulture]

now I'm SURE I'm not the only one who uses it at night time anyways.

[!Yaminashi]

^I dont, but I will now :D

[hotjoint]

I always use the hov lane to get by slow ass drivers clogging up the regular lanes but once I'm passed them then I get out. I see people who are by themselves just sit in there and rip it

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

hov is lame


time to remove the stupid hov along barnet as well

[jtanner_]

That's pretty cool actually, it's about time something like this happened haha

[keifun]

finally!!..

the HOV lane on Barnet hwy is just lame!

[shenmecar]

Less revenue for this chap:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/aos/1660301349.html

[hotjoint]

Less revenue for this chap:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/aos/1660301349.html

HAHAHAH

[fliptuner]

this should have been done years ago...

QFT!!!

Who the fuck needs an empty lane when there's some stoppage or w/e during off hours?

Should be open all weekend also.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Less revenue for this chap:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/aos/1660301349.html

lol good one

[DC5-S]

lol one time i had an exam at BCIT and i woke up late so i took the fucking lane all the way from coq to BCIT lol and didnt get pulled over, thank god.. and I made it on time :D

[1exotic]

lol one time i had an exam at BCIT and i woke up late so i took the fucking lane all the way from coq to BCIT lol and didnt get pulled over, thank god.. and I made it on time :D

shit man, crazy... that's so hardcore.

[slow-fastback]

well, it doesn't really help TOO much, since traffic dies down past 7pm anyways

They should open it 24/7 lol

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

werd

[alex.w *//]

kinda lame after 7pm though

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

^

a lot of shit in vancouver is lame

like new west section nearly 800 feet of roads near columnbia is 30km maxmium in terms of their speed limite. MAjor homoness, no school, no residential zone...the hell they set 30km limite for.


fucking stupid

[skyxx]

kinda lame after 7pm though
(
It makes sense since during rush hour they need to leave an empty lane to act as an emergency lane as well. (police, Ambulance, firetrucks)

[IMASA]

I've got no problems with the HOV lane, what's ghey is when they require you have 3+ ppl in the car.

[hotjoint]

Just watch, you're gonna see slow ass people on the Hov lanes now. 3 lanes of slow ass fuckers
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[RabidRat]

shit man, crazy... that's so hardcore.

:lol

[Peturbo]

^

a lot of shit in vancouver is lame

like new west section nearly 800 feet of roads near columnbia is 30km maxmium in terms of their speed limite. MAjor homoness, no school, no residential zone...the hell they set 30km limite for.


fucking stupid

Not only that, but there is also always a bunch of cops along that road(community police station i think it is?).
So its pretty risky going above 30 on that road during the day.

[Rich Sandor]

and they should put more big signs everywhere on the highway that say

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT!!!!

[slow-fastback]

I've got no problems with the HOV lane, what's ghey is when they require you have 3+ ppl in the car.

which hwy are you talking about? hwy 1 HOV only requires 1 passenger or more

[DsZ24]

which hwy are you talking about? hwy 1 HOV only requires 1 passenger or more

I think hwy 99 is the only one that requires at least 3 people for the hov lane

[Drift_Monkey]

^ They changed it to a min. of 2 now and extended the steveston exit lane.

[FN-2199]

^ They changed it to a min. of 2 now and extended the steveston exit lane.

Awesome! That's great news for the two seater rides :D

[Shun Izaki]

YESSSSSSSSSSS

now i can take MAAAD tyte JDM lines through #1 hwy. /ricer

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

and they should put more big signs everywhere on the highway that say

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT!!!!

goverment are either too cheap to put up the signs or too retarded to educate our ignorant drivers here

[hotjoint]

and they should put more big signs everywhere on the highway that say

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT!!!!

It wouldnt matter because alot of dumb drivers think they own the road and take up lanes and drive slow as fuck while being totally oblivious to whats going on around them

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

well now we will see dumbass drivers hogging up the HOV lane after 7pm


as soon as they merge, QUICK! lets get into the furthest left lane so i can be a turd

[fliptuner]

and they should put more big signs everywhere on the highway that say

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT!!!!

It should actually read: KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS

no one thinks they drive slow

[Phat_R]

I can't believe the Trans Canada #1 is only two lanes wide in Vancouver. Should be like five

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

It should actually read: KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS

no one thinks they drive slow

if they are pedaling to the metal than no they are not driving slow, i can live with that

[DsZ24]

and they should put more big signs everywhere on the highway that say

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT!!!!

I've seen a few of those signs on the hwy when heading up to the okanagan, but none near the lower mainland.

[fliptuner]

I've seen a few of those signs on the hwy when heading up to the okanagan, but none near the lower mainland.

They're there, in the GVRD, just fairly old and small.....and never enforced - that's the real issue.

[1990TSI]

it's about time! the problem though, as already mentioned, is it's just anotherlane for elderly people to clog up. I don't drive it as often as most of you, but I notice that the middle lane is faster than the carpool lane from 7-10pm.
A lot of people didn't care that they belonged in the slow lane, because they have a passenger they have their own special lane!!!!!!

bah

[jlenko]

I always use the hov lane to get by slow ass drivers clogging up the regular lanes but once I'm passed them then I get out. I see people who are by themselves just sit in there and rip it

I like to call the cops on fucktard cheaters like you. The lines are solid for a reason.

and they should put more big signs everywhere on the highway that say

SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT!!!!

Signs like that won't help... People just don't seem to understand.

If anything... "keep right except to pass" like the US has. It's the law, they ticket people going slow in the fast lanes.


Now... are the solid lines still being enforced? Because if you enter or exit that lane across a solid line.. you're just as likely to get nailed.

[fliptuner]

If anything... "keep right except to pass" like the US has. It's the law, they ticket people going slow in the fast lanes.


Now... are the solid lines still being enforced? Because if you enter or exit that lane across a solid line.. you're just as likely to get nailed.

That's exactly what I'm talking about.

Solid lines - probably not. I highly doubt people get tickets for going in and out of the HOV over solid lines.

Fuck, in SD, Ca. they have 4 rows of reflectors the whoooole way down the interstate for the HOV and it's a huge fine to cross over.

[DsZ24]

it's about time! the problem though, as already mentioned, is it's just anotherlane for elderly people to clog up. I don't drive it as often as most of you, but I notice that the middle lane is faster than the carpool lane from 7-10pm.
A lot of people didn't care that they belonged in the slow lane, because they have a passenger they have their own special lane!!!!!!

bah

I see that all the time too, it pisses me off. People think just cause they have 2 or more people in the car that they have to be in the hov lane. So they go driving along below or right at the speed limit messing up the flow of traffic. Maybe every 5 years when people go to renew their license there should be a written test of common sense driving questions.

[hotjoint]

I like to call the cops on fucktard cheaters like you. The lines are solid for a reason.

Now... are the solid lines still being enforced? Because if you enter or exit that lane across a solid line.. you're just as likely to get nailed.

:) I havent seen anyone get nailed for going over a solid line on the highway. My buddy got ticketed for that in Cali though :D

[boibuddha]

I wouldn't think the solid line would be enforced. I've seen sections where the line doesn't break even though there is an exit nearby. Police can't expect people to take the next exit because the line was solid.