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Posted: 5/24/2017 9:13:56 AM EDT

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What is an HOV???

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DC has the worse traffic. Pretty much every commuter sits in atleast 1/2 to 2 hours of stop and go each morning/afternoon. The farthest left lane is assigned to HOV only. HOV meaning High Occupancy Vehicle. Usually means you need two people riding in one car to ride in that lane or its a $250 ticket. Sometimes its three. Motorcycles get to use it too. Its to promote ride sharing to reduce traffic.

Kindof annoying seeing DC fed.gov police agencies using it to commute to work everyday.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:19:47 AM EDT

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My jimmies are not rustled.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:23:25 AM EDT

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Meh I feel like I would abuse the HOV lanes too if I lived in a area with them.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:24:03 AM EDT

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careful OP this is arfcom

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:24:15 AM EDT

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lol

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:42:53 AM EDT

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I think most agencies, at least the ones I'm most familiar with (Loudoun sheriff, prince William police) allow take home cars only if you live no more than 30 minutes from the county you work in. Loudoun deputies that live further out I know Park the cruisers at the county line at a government facility like a fire house and POV it to their residence, usually in West Virginia.

Certain specialists get take home cars no matter what - canine, swat, fire marshal (Leo sworn), Staff duty officers, and of course deputy chiefs, assistant chiefs, and chiefs.

In response to stopping off duty at a crash, while there is no specific law that requires you to do so, most departments have a policy that reads if your off duty, even in a POV, you should stop and help assuming it's safe to do so. I don't roll with any fire department tags, stickers, blinking lights, etc in my POV but I do try to stop and help if it's safe to do so. I've come across wrecks all the time in NOVA and will stop. I came across a house fire one night. I pulled into the neighbors driveway and called it in and walked the property to find the home owner and make sure everyone was out.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:45:53 AM EDT

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Meh I feel like I would abuse the HOV lanes too if I lived in a area with them.

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I'm positive I never did that when living on Long Island.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:48:08 AM EDT

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1. Buy used police vehicle
2. Drive in HOV lane like a boss
3. ???
4. Profit

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:48:47 AM EDT

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careful OP this is arfcom

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careful of what?

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:49:17 AM EDT

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But i have seen a massive number of obviously off duty, out-of-jurisdiction LEO cars commuting to and from work in the HOV lane. Why? When they are off-duty, arent they just a citizen like me?

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Posted: 5/24/2017 9:49:28 AM EDT

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Get over yourself OP.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:50:52 AM EDT

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Get over yourself OP.

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Well atleast i didnt vote bernie.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:52:57 AM EDT

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OP, it appears you are easily triggered by things that don't affect you

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Oh but there is more. Seems he does not like .gov workers that contribute towards their retirement plans either.

More imbecilic shit from the OP.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:54:01 AM EDT

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OP, if you haven't realized by now that there are two classes of citizens on the highway, well then I don't think I can help you.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:56:37 AM EDT

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Well atleast i didnt vote bernie.

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Yeah, I didn't vote Bernie either.

Get yourself some damn perspective.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:57:53 AM EDT

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careful of what?

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getting on the list.

Posted: 5/24/2017 9:59:32 AM EDT

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Just because of this thread I am going to park in a fire lane right in front of a business since I don't have an HOV lane near by.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:00:13 AM EDT

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getting on the list.

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There's a list?

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:01:45 AM EDT

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Just because of this post I am going to park in a fire lane right in front of a business since I don't have an HOV lane near by.

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the ME's Tahoe had sirens and shit.

Dead people aren't in much of a hurry.

We should have bought a white one, no one believed that shart brown POS was an official vehicle.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:05:55 AM EDT

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I have a feeling you're on some people's ignore list already. But no worries, I'm pretty sure you're someone else's troll account so I'm sure your flameout will come soon.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:06:13 AM EDT

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You don't vote for a King!

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:06:27 AM EDT

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So the MWAA PD gets a non-emergency call to Fauquier County every day around 7am and 4pm?

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Bingo, a lot of agencies don't allow the use of lights and sirens to go to priority calls only those that where someone's life is in immediate danger, we respond to alarms, domestics and accidents with injuries without lights and sirens, so maybe they were on there way to a call or job related response which requires an undelayed response without lights and sirens.

So the MWAA PD gets a non-emergency call to Fauquier County every day around 7am and 4pm?

Could be going to training.

We used to get complaints all the time from residents. "I saw one of your police cars in XXX city." Yeah they were at the range, classroom, evidence lab, etc in that city.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:07:26 AM EDT

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Citizen just like you?

Yeah, to the IRS, but get real.

You must be thinking of fire fighters.

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Oh fucking please. FFs get to deck their personal vehicles out in red and white flashing lights and respond in emergency to shit. LE don't.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:16:49 AM EDT

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Yeah we see the same thing in atlanta, you do know we are the surfs dont you?

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Homie don't surf, serf.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:20:55 AM EDT

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In Denver, some politicians had their license plates deleted from the tollroad database.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:24:19 AM EDT

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Am I missing something? How do you know they are cops if they are off duty?

OR are you just talking about officers in take home cars that are out of their jurisdiction? They're really not off duty at that point. You think if they are in their take home car going home and a car flips in front of them they don't have a duty to stop?

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:31:34 AM EDT

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So being a cop is the same as working at mcdonalds?

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Attracts the same clientele - if you catch my drift.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:39:04 AM EDT

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I'm guessing that OP rants on Facebook calling everyone "snowflakes" whilst possessing a real "snowflake" mentality.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:42:19 AM EDT

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buy dash cam, record car #..forward to agency? or bitch about it in the internet...guess which will make a difference?

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:49:02 AM EDT

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buy dash cam, record car #..forward to agency? or bitch about it in the internet...guess which will make a difference?

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Neither?

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:53:17 AM EDT

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Posted: 5/24/2017 10:57:56 AM EDT

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Get stuck in heavy traffic every day and see same cop car drive by, knowing they are commuting to work.

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HOV lanes are usually clogged up by idiots going 10 under the speed limit except in rare cases. Why is this a big deal, anyway? Seems like a pretty chickenshit thing to bitch about to me.

Get stuck in heavy traffic every day and see same cop car drive by, knowing they are commuting to work.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:58:06 AM EDT

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Am I missing something? How do you know they are cops if they are off duty?

OR are you just talking about officers in take home cars that are out of their jurisdiction? They're really not off duty at that point. You think if they are in their take home car going home and a car flips in front of them they don't have a duty to stop?

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I know they don't have a duty. Not in the law at least.

Posted: 5/24/2017 10:58:23 AM EDT

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More responsibility = more perks. If you're driving a marked car home and there's an accident or some kind of problem on the way there, are you going to just drive on by? No, you will have to get involved at least temporarily.

Are you obligated to help on your way home from working at Wendy's?

I wasn't always a cop and it never bothered me before I was either.

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Vic Mackey is that you?

Posted: 5/24/2017 11:01:03 AM EDT

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"put some respeck on it"

Posted: 5/24/2017 11:24:53 AM EDT

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Thine royallty hath declared thine servetude...

Posted: 5/24/2017 12:14:56 PM EDT

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Might be a dumb question, but wouldn't it make more sense to open that lane to everyone and help the traffic flow?

Posted: 5/24/2017 12:16:30 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/24/2017 12:43:22 PM EDT

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Might be a dumb question, but wouldn't it make more sense to open that lane to everyone and help the traffic flow?

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I'm fairly certain there was a study done that show HOV lanes actually cause more traffic congestion. So in that case, having cops in the HOV lane would be beneficial.

Posted: 5/24/2017 12:49:21 PM EDT

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HOV lanes should be eliminated.

Posted: 5/24/2017 12:58:35 PM EDT

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It's okay Kansas, they'll build roads there some day.

Posted: 5/24/2017 1:11:48 PM EDT

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Driver in a sky blue Peterbuilt COE came over the radio...

" I got my 2 kids wiff me....can I drive in the HOV lane?"

Me, " Sure, why the hell not!?"

And then I see this cabover riding along in the HOV lane.

Posted: 5/24/2017 1:41:02 PM EDT

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HOV lanes should be eliminated.

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Once DART police stopped patrolling HOV lanes in DFW I noticed the majority of the drivers abused this privilege, treating it more like a left lane. No worries, they are now being phased out in favor of "express lane" toll roads.

Posted: 5/24/2017 2:03:28 PM EDT

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Sometimes it's quite obvious. USPP headed south past Potomac Mills at 4:30pm on a Tue...he's headed home.

Posted: 5/24/2017 2:06:49 PM EDT

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Apply some ointment to that hurt.

Posted: 5/24/2017 2:08:46 PM EDT

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Two troll post on page one.
This one, and the federal retirement one.

Posted: 5/24/2017 2:11:46 PM EDT

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On the VA side of the DC Metro Area, the HOV lanes are abused to fuck. We can have HOV+2, sometimes HOV+3, then motorcycles, then also there is some super secret "Clean Emission" tag that allows hybrids and electric cars to ride in the HOV. I have no idea on that last one. Shit, the state police during the weekdays only pull over HOV offenders. Speeding? dont care lol.

But i have seen a massive number of obviously off duty, out-of-jurisdiction LEO cars commuting to and from work in the HOV lane. Why? When they are off-duty, arent they just a citizen like me? If they are not working or responding to a call, why do they get the HOV lane? Ive read the sign of allowable vehicles in that lane many, many times and it never lists "Someone in a cop car that needs to get to work".

You might think that so far im being a little incredulous. But here is a list of LEO vehicles ive personally seen in the HOV lane out past the 50/66 (Which is 30 miles outside of DC) interchange and heading into/out of the city.

-Arlington Police
-Alexandria Police
-PFPA (pentagon force protection agency)
-USCP (united states capitol police)
-DHS
-FPS (federal protective service, protects all the federal buildings)
-MWAA PD (Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department)
-USPP (united states park police, protects monuments in DC)
-MTP (metro transit police)
-BEP (bureau of Engraving police)
-Then just regular ole black, unmarked cars with cop antennas and US.GOV tags

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Bros before hoes....

FWIW