Should I Appeal my verdict on HOV violation on I-66? (Reston: legally, safer)

[Lemming95]

If you picked someone up at the airport don't you meet the HOV-2 on 66 rule by default.

Interesting point about picking up air freight packages, that would seem to fit the exceptions.

Do you buy gas every day before you slip into the HOV or was that just dumb luck?

[ChristineVA]

Originally Posted by ViennaSausages

Not necessarily. A lot of boarding passes can be done via Smartphone. Once I've landed I delete the email.

It seems to me that if you knew that you were going to use the HOV after a flight from Dulles and you knew of the restrictions, you'd hang on to your proof of flight until you got off the road unticketed. Most people know they are going to use these restricted roads and would hang on to some proof until the trip was done.

[ViennaSausages]

Originally Posted by ChristineVA

It seems to me that if you knew that you were going to use the HOV after a flight from Dulles and you knew of the restrictions, you'd hang on to your proof of flight until you got off the road unticketed. Most people know they are going to use these restricted roads and would hang on to some proof until the trip was done.

What if you were in town for business and didn't know you needed the proof?

[Grsz11]

Originally Posted by ViennaSausages

What if you were in town for business and didn't know you needed the proof?

Then you'd be in a rental...so is that proof?

[ChristineVA]

Originally Posted by ViennaSausages

What if you were in town for business and didn't know you needed the proof?

Then you'd be out of luck I suppose. Most people I know, especially on business, are going to have some sort of receipt showing they were flying that particular day. I think it would be rare, but certainly it happens, that no one has a record of their flight. You could use that in court if you didn't have the boarding pass on your person at the time you were pulled over.

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by Flamingo13

NO! Read the post from Christine!

Motorists traveling to and from Dulles International Airport to go to the airport to catch a flight or to pick someone up at the airport are permitted to use I-66 inside the Beltway (I-495) during HOV hours. Motorists traveling to or from Dulles International Airport are not exempt from HOV restrictions on I-66 outside the Beltway (I-495). You are not permitted to use I-66 inside the beltway during HOV hours if you are going to the airport to eat, get coffee, get gas or any other reason other than boarding a plane or picking someone up at the airport

You tell me to read the post I quoted? I say this rule needs to be fixed further to clarify whether taking someone to the airport qualifies or not. Why the heck would it not count? That's the purpose of the whole exception, to pick up and drop off passengers at the airport. Are you sure that dropping them off is not intended to be part of the "picking them up" language? What makes you so sure?

[spleuchan]

Originally Posted by ViennaSausages

What if you were in town for business and didn't know you needed the proof?

Then you probably wouldn't know you could use the HOV lanes inside the beltway.

[Flamingo13]

Originally Posted by dkf747

You tell me to read the post I quoted? I say this rule needs to be fixed further to clarify whether taking someone to the airport qualifies or not. Why the heck would it not count? That's the purpose of the whole exception, to pick up and drop off passengers at the airport. Are you sure that dropping them off is not intended to be part of the "picking them up" language? What makes you so sure?

Well, I can read and comprehend English: it states
"any other reason other than boarding a plane or picking someone up"

[ViennaSausages]

Originally Posted by Flamingo13

Well, I can read and comprehend English: it states
"any other reason other than boarding a plane or picking someone up"

Again, this runs contrary to the phrase "airport business". Airport business can mean a lot of things as airports function in a number of ways - other than the deposit and retrieval of human passengers.

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by Flamingo13

Well, I can read and comprehend English: it states
"any other reason other than boarding a plane or picking someone up"

That's part of what needs clarifying. I already got what you're saying long before you posted it. I think limiting it only to picking up passengers is silly. Is there some hidden reason for the limitation that nobody knows? If it does not include dropping them off then it should be clearly explained in the rule by adding a phrase to it.