tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291406004417515855.post5004177268267821260..comments2023-07-05T04:47:09.426-04:00Comments on Loudoun County Traffic: For Our Hybrid Vehicle OwnersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291406004417515855.post-29249929150982570042009-04-22T16:47:00.000-04:002009-04-22T16:47:00.000-04:00No way should they be using the HOV lane with only...No way should they be using the HOV lane with only one driver. First off, the cars get better mileage if they drive in the congested traffic. If any car should have to drive in the congestion it is the hybrids. Second, only the mileage of some hybrids is better than normal cars. SUV hybrid gas mileage is worse than my civic... yet I sit in traffic if I'm by myself. And lastly, hybrid drivers seem to think the HOV lane is the only lane they can occupy. They go slow in HOV since they are watching their battery meters while the rest of the traffic attempts to go around them. Yes, this is a generalization but most hybrid drivers don't move out of the HOV lane (historically knows as the FAST lane) even when they are going much slower than the rest of the traffic in the SLOW lanes. Are there studies out there that show the carbon footprint of production of hybrids and how they will dispose of the batteries? Are they really green?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com