Is afternoon rush hour traffic worse going north or south on I-5?

[Xanathos]

Originally Posted by eskercurve

Xanathos is just an ass on the roads, don't copy him by hopping in the carpool lanes. I have gotten people tickets on those things by reporting them. No offense, Xanathos, but that's against the law, even if its flawed, it's no justification for breaking it.

As is your right. Of course, given the tinting on my car, you can't see who's in the thing from behind. And there's also the issue that you'd have to find me on there, call, get me reported, and hope that there's a cop in the express lane (which should be open to everybody, anyways) before I get off of it. Given that it's an express lane, the odds of that ever happening are...real slim. And at most it costs me a couple hundred bucks. Big deal. My time is valuable. It's saved me thousands so far. Consider it me willingly volunteering myself for a tax of sorts (which King County loves). The catch is you have to be right place, right time.

And contrary to belief, there is an easy way to commute without driving, at least not very far - it's called the bus.

Yes, the smelly, overcrowded, slow to get anywhere machines. Pass.

Or you can carpool. That's what the carpool lane is for - reducing congestion by taking cars off the road.

Absolutely. Which goes into my point about how a 2 year old riding shotgun in a child seat is not a carpool.

[eskercurve]

Originally Posted by Xanathos

It's saved me thousands so far. Consider it me willingly volunteering myself for a tax of sorts (which King County loves). The catch is you have to be right place, right time.

You've obviously never called the line. You don't need all those scenarios to get ticketed. They come in the mail. And you don't have to call immediately, just take a picture of the license number with the car, boom, that's all you need.

Yes, the smelly, overcrowded, slow to get anywhere machines. Pass.

You've obviously never ridden the bus. I have many times, and never has it been smelly, if you time it right it is not slow (and the bus service in this area is awesome, it's not an hourly thing). Occassionally it's been crowded. Big deal, get over yourself. Other people don't have fleas and whooping cough. Lice today is very rare.

Absolutely. Which goes into my point about how a 2 year old riding shotgun in a child seat is not a carpool.

ANd you missed the point entirely with my comment about it being a flawed law, but it's still the law.

Consider yourself warned that if I ever see someone that is violating the HOV lane law, I take a picture and report them. And I know more than a few others who do too.

[Xanathos]

Originally Posted by eskercurve

You've obviously never called the line. You don't need all those scenarios to get ticketed. They come in the mail. And you don't have to call immediately, just take a picture of the license number with the car, boom, that's all you need.

And I'll pay one of my lawyers 50 bucks to contest it, state the picture doesn't show there's only one person in the car, and that will be the end of that. Somehow I doubt that's how it works anyways, since there's that whole "right to face accuser" thing, and citizens aren't authorized to conduct law enforcement operations. But I'll take you at your word, because I've never seen it.

You've obviously never ridden the bus. I have many times, and never has it been smelly, if you time it right it is not slow (and the bus service in this area is awesome, it's not an hourly thing). Occassionally it's been crowded. Big deal, get over yourself. Other people don't have fleas and whooping cough. Lice today is very rare.

Keep telling yourself all that. THere's a reason why people don't like taking it.

Consider yourself warned that if I ever see someone that is violating the HOV lane law, I take a picture and report them. And I know more than a few others who do too.

Quaking. No, seriously. My chair is absolutely shaking as I tremble with trepidation and fear.

[supermegahyperultrauber]

Originally Posted by Xanathos

As is your right. Of course, given the tinting on my car, you can't see who's in the thing from behind. And there's also the issue that you'd have to find me on there, call, get me reported, and hope that there's a cop in the express lane (which should be open to everybody, anyways) before I get off of it. Given that it's an express lane, the odds of that ever happening are...real slim. And at most it costs me a couple hundred bucks. Big deal. My time is valuable. It's saved me thousands so far. Consider it me willingly volunteering myself for a tax of sorts (which King County loves). The catch is you have to be right place, right time.

Yes, the smelly, overcrowded, slow to get anywhere machines. Pass.

Absolutely. Which goes into my point about how a 2 year old riding shotgun in a child seat is not a carpool.

Yes yes, you've stated just how successfully successful you are and how valuable your time is and how you got hired the in a day and oh my goodness how much money you make more than a few times now.

I don't believe a word of it, given that you have _942_ posts within 4 months. I don't think you have a job or even a car. You come here to troll, and that's it.

[Xanathos]

Originally Posted by supermegahyperultrauber

Yes yes, you've stated just how successfully successful you are and how valuable your time is and how you got hired the in a day and oh my goodness how much money you make more than a few times now.

I don't believe a word of it, given that you have _942_ posts within 4 months. I don't think you have a job or even a car. You come here to troll, and that's it.

Yup, a whopping 9.4 posts a day (at 130+ words a minute typed). It's massive. I spend almost 40 whole minutes a day scanning this site. Whoo boy. Again with another person who doesn't grasp the concept that office work (particularly in IT) has a lot of dead time.

Don't worry sparky, things will look up at some point.