The amount of brainlessness in the entire HOV plan is stunning. During the highest volume of traffic use, let's close down lanes. And let's change what constitutes a "commute" load of passengers from area to area entirely by caprice. Meanwhile, those polluting cars which don't qualify for the HOV lanes get to sit, idling and smoking, that much longer as they watch the "special cases" speed by in the lanes closed to them. Time for the whole concept to be scrapped.