HOV LANE VIOLATION STUDY

This report measures the violation patterns of high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on selected California freeways, and addresses the impacts of different engineering designs and enforcement strategies on these HOV violation rates. Enforcement problems identified included babies carried inside vehicles, lack of median shoulder, violators "nested" among other vehicles, hazardous pursuits, and confusion about motorcycle use of the facilities. Short periods of intense enforcement were effective in reducing violation rates, as were physically separate lanes. In general, the shorter a contiguous HOV lane, the more likely that special enforcement measures of its HOV status will be necessary. Drivers perceive a need for more HOV enforcement and overestimate the risk of being caught using a lane illegally.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404664
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13329
• Corporate Authors:

  Technology Sharing Program

  Research and Special Programs Admin, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1990-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 224 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High occupancy vehicles; Motorcyclists; Traffic surveillance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Enforcement; Violations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00605524
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM