HOV lane behavior... 4438

Scott en Aztl‡n

In Colorado, as I mentioned earlier, it is placed right in the KRETP law itself:

CRS 42-4-1013. Pbutting lane - definitions - penalty.

(1) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle in the pbutting lane of a highway if the speed limit is sixty-five miles per hour or more unless such person is pbutting other motor vehicles that are in a nonpbutting lane or turning left, or unless the volume of traffic does not permit the motor vehicle to safely merge into a nonpbutting lane.

(2) For the purposes of this section:

(a) "Nonpbutting lane" means any lane that is to the right of the pbutting lane if there are two or more adjacent lanes of traffic moving in the same direction in one roadway.

(b) "Pbutting lane" means the farthest to the left lane if there are two or more adjacent lanes of traffic moving in the same direction in one roadway; ***except that, if such left lane is restricted to high occupancy vehicle use or is designed for left turns only, the pbutting lane shall be the lane immediately to the right of such high occupancy lane or left-turn lane.***

That last sentence is what does it. BTW, talk to any traffic engineer about this. The HOV lanes are *never* regarded as the far left lanes of the GP system. They are separately regulated.

That's because they are not a part of the GP lanes and so no exception is required; there are different rules for the HOV lanes.

Do you mean to say, that his providing you visual proof of our point isn't the best? What could be better?

Let's go to the photo again.... Hmmmm. You're wrong. I mena, just think about it for a second. You *cannot* move to the right in those HOV lanes -- it is *illegal* to do that unless you are at one of the designated crossovers. The fines are quite high for violating it.