http://www.slug-lines.com
On one of my increasingly brief excursions into TV land, I saw a blurb concerning the practice of 'slugging' in Washignton, D.C. on one of the news networks.
I am impressed. This restores my faith in the average American citizen to improvise, adapt and overcome obstacles without turning towards an ever-increasing Big Nanny.
The above site explains the whole situation, but in a brief synopsis: there are High-Occupancy Vehicle lanes in Washington DC, available only to cars containing 3 or more people, as a (Gov't) method to persuade people to carpool. These lanes are frequently much less crowded than any other lanes.
So, people who wish to use these HOV lanes are pulling up to certain spots, calling out the destination they are going to, and complete strangers -- who have queued up in anticipation of this kind of thing -- then enter the car and are transported to that location.
Both the driver and the passengers receive a benefit: the passenger gets a ride to his destination without paying cab or bus fare, and the driver gets to use the faster HOV lane.
Take that, you Big Government idiots! We can do just fine without the Gov't lumbering into situations like a epilieptic bull rhino in a porcelan parlour, and the citizens do it cheaper and no muss/no fuss.
There is etiquette and rules around this practice, guaranteed locations and an informal rating system!
Goes to show: take yor average group of people, get the hell out of their way, and they'll fix the problem with out having to tax the ever-loving spam out of everyone else, and/or developing a six-layer bureaucracy and 14 squillion triplicate forms and three hundred GS-13 drones and a 400 page guideline and a whole new section in the Penal Code.
This makes me smile.
LawDog
On one of my increasingly brief excursions into TV land, I saw a blurb concerning the practice of 'slugging' in Washignton, D.C. on one of the news networks.
I am impressed. This restores my faith in the average American citizen to improvise, adapt and overcome obstacles without turning towards an ever-increasing Big Nanny.
The above site explains the whole situation, but in a brief synopsis: there are High-Occupancy Vehicle lanes in Washington DC, available only to cars containing 3 or more people, as a (Gov't) method to persuade people to carpool. These lanes are frequently much less crowded than any other lanes.
So, people who wish to use these HOV lanes are pulling up to certain spots, calling out the destination they are going to, and complete strangers -- who have queued up in anticipation of this kind of thing -- then enter the car and are transported to that location.
Both the driver and the passengers receive a benefit: the passenger gets a ride to his destination without paying cab or bus fare, and the driver gets to use the faster HOV lane.
Take that, you Big Government idiots! We can do just fine without the Gov't lumbering into situations like a epilieptic bull rhino in a porcelan parlour, and the citizens do it cheaper and no muss/no fuss.
There is etiquette and rules around this practice, guaranteed locations and an informal rating system!
Goes to show: take yor average group of people, get the hell out of their way, and they'll fix the problem with out having to tax the ever-loving spam out of everyone else, and/or developing a six-layer bureaucracy and 14 squillion triplicate forms and three hundred GS-13 drones and a 400 page guideline and a whole new section in the Penal Code.
This makes me smile.
LawDog
