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by awatkins from fox-26

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hov signs??? hello???
Apr 3, 2008 | 5:41 PM
Category: Traffic
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ok how much trouble would it be for metro to put a sign 1 mile, or 1/2 mile, or i'd settle for a 1/4 mile in advance of splits in the hov lanes (ie off to one side to stay on the highway, off to the other to exit or go to the park and ride) ?

when the  split comes you have to make a "split" decision which way to go. the only sign designating where the lanes go is right there at the divide. now how hard would it be to give people some advance notice?

i'm talking about the i-10 hov lane because that's really the only one i'm familiar with, and i wonder if all the hov lanes are poorly marked like this. but on i-10 with all the construction, the splits have changed up a couple times... and i tend to forget and... well i darn near freak out (panic) hoping i'm going to make the right choice. i haven't always picked the right way, and that doesn't make me a happy camper.

so is it just me? does anyone else feel the signs are lacking?
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stormchaser06 read my blog view my photos
Apr 3, 2008 | 6:08 PM

I hear you Andrea! We've lived here for nearly six years now and still don't really know where the HOV along the North Freeway starts and stops and where you can get on and off and all that jazz.

We've NEVER used it, because we don't know where it will spit us out!
PBMom read my blog view my photos
Apr 3, 2008 | 11:14 PM

I've never used the HOV lane either.
Dread-Head read my blog view my photos
Apr 4, 2008 | 9:19 AM

I've never used the HOV personally. Andrea...lovin' the glam thing ya got going. You look fabulous. Tell Sheih she's cuddlysexycute. ;-)
Skyder read my blog view my photos
Apr 4, 2008 | 10:41 AM

Come on Andrea... 10.5 milliseconds should be enough time for anybody to cut someone off in the other lane LOL
awatkins read my blog view my photos
Apr 4, 2008 | 10:45 AM

thanks dread! i'll make sure pattie gets the message too, but i'm pretty sure she already knew you felt that way.

you know, i was thinking about the hov signs and i remembered there's an hov lane intro at 59 and edloe that freaks me out too. two times i've been simply trying to get down to the feeder road for the highway and i've ended up on the entrance of the hov lane. so two times i've had to make an illegal turn to bail out of the lane and then get on the edloe bridge going southbound over 59. this is really an issue with me isn't it? stormchaser and pbmom... i don't blame you for not using the darn lanes... but please please someone else tell me that they've made wrong turns too! ;-)
lanny read my blog
Apr 4, 2008 | 2:05 PM

My only 2 occasions to ride in an HOV lane and BOTH times I got behind someone driving 50 MPH!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to throw a brick at them. Everyone on gthe fwy was passing us by.
kenswife read my blog view my photos
Apr 4, 2008 | 3:36 PM

Hey Andrea-this is totally of the topic-but I LOVE YOUR new picture!!!!
DamaliKeith read my blog view my photos
Apr 6, 2008 | 7:46 PM

HOV lanes, signs...blah blah blah...whatever. Let's talk about your picture. You look FAB in this pic & in the flesh! (Sorry I came across your picture & completely forgot the topic of your blog)
Texasex read my blog view my photos
Apr 7, 2008 | 9:27 AM

I agree great pic..I treid the HOV once..once and never again. Not only are the signs confusing but when you have to exit and enter you never know when it's closed, opened and theres that gate..argh!
awatkins read my blog view my photos
Apr 7, 2008 | 9:32 AM

thanks for the nice compliments! my husband just took the picture for me a couple weeks ago. i didn't like the old one because my hair has changed so much. he's a great photographer. anyone need a picture taken?? he's the one to do it! (no kidding!)
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