TCHFT Wrote:
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> drivers Wrote:
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> > I've never heard of this... I'm sure people
> will
> > start lying about it to cops. !
> >
> > From VA's HOV law/FAQ page:
> >
>
http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/hov-rulesfaq.asp
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Exceptions to the rules ...
> >
> > 2. Motorists traveling to and from Dulles
> > International Airport to go to the airport to
> > board a flight or to pick someone up at the
> > airport are permitted to use I-66 inside the
> > Beltway (I-495) during HOV hours. Motorists
> > traveling to or from Dulles International
> Airport
> > are not exempt from HOV restrictions on I-66
> > outside the Beltway (I-495). You are not
> permitted
> > to use I-66 inside the beltway during HOV hours
> if
> > you are going to the airport to eat, get
> coffee,
> > get gas or any other reason other than boarding
> a
> > plane or picking someone up at the airport."
> >
> >
> > &
> >
> > Northern Virginia HOV Lane Fines:
> >
> > First offense: $125
> > Second offense: $250 plus 3 points on your
> driving
> > record
> > Third offense: $500 plus 3 points on your
> driving
> > record
> > Fourth offense: $1,000 plus 3 points on your
> > driving record
>
> People have been playing the system for a long
> time, they will still do this to avoid the Tolls
> on Dulles Toll Road. Example, they live in
> Herndon, they drive to the airport on the Dulless
> Access Road, stop and get gas, coffee or a
> newspaper at the gas station near the long term
> parking and get a receipt. Then they get on the
> Dulles Access Road and drive toward DC and do not
> pay Tolls on the Toll Road. If they are stopped,
> the show the receipt and they are let go.
>
> The difference is now I66 Toll Road will not honor
> anything other than a boarding pass or some other
> form to explain that you have come from the
> airport. It is easier to make up a story about
> picking someone up, but how many people are
> leaving DC to head out to Reston?? I am sure the
> police will work something out to verify if a
> passenger is on a flight you claim you are going
> to meet?
>
> Anything for a $$$$.
All of this has changed now. Much of what you posted was wrong anyway...but the airport exemption has been rescinded inside the beltway with the new system. Those traveling in the airport lanes are subject to the same tolling as anyone else.