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I travel on the 404 and think it would be very practical and efficient for motorcycles to use HOV lanes without passengers. It doesn't make sense for a motorcycle to stand in traffic and IMO it is more risky riding in stop & go traffic where cars make frequent lane changes...

Any thoughts on how we can get this exemption for motorcycles? The city of Toronto HOV lanes allow this and it makes the commute far more safer and efficient.
 
great suggestion, I have thought about this too and agree with you onispeed. I would guess we should raise the point with Ministry of Transportation?
 
onispeed said:
I travel on the 404 and think it would be very practical and efficient for motorcycles to use HOV lanes without passengers. It doesn't make sense for a motorcycle to stand in traffic and IMO it is more risky riding in stop & go traffic where cars make frequent lane changes...

Any thoughts on how we can get this exemption for motorcycles? The city of Toronto HOV lanes allow this and it makes the commute far more safer and efficient.
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Wrong forum. You're gonna get flamed by a bunch of people on this forum (dunno why lol, it'd be nice if it happened).

I'd love for this to happen, and I'd love for them to exchange penalties between going 50 over and being on a cell phone (ie. being on a cellphone gets you impounded, huge *** fine, lots of points, lots of tears).

But hey, I'll probably get flamed for saying that too.

EDIT: Btw, forgot to mention. I think I asked or made a topic earlier about it, but the HOV lanes that aren't on the 404 some times allow motorcycles (gotta look at them pictures). At least we get some HOV lanes.
 
Pretty much anything you can think of in regards to the biker community has already been discussed to death..
 
City of Toronto allows motorcycles in the HOV lanes
 
I will admit to helping beat this dead horse on occasion. However I finally decided that the likelihood of bikes on HOV lanes is similar to the 407 owners giving motorcycles at 75% discount.
 
Its not 'beating a dead horse'... the change is totally possible, but nobody has taken on a properly organized effort to get the wheels in motion.


We all talk about it, but nobody does anything about it.
 
Jayv said:
I still dont get the "it's safer for us in the HOV" argument.
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More space between the HOV lane and left lane, and fewer opportunities for other vehicles to merge into the HOV lane (designated merging areas).

Consider also that when you're in the left lane on your bike, you now not only have to watch for traffic on your right side, but you have to watch for people coming into your lane from the HOV too. It used to be that you can move over to the left lane and not worry about being hit from both sides. Not so much any more. And to add even more danger, the cars in the HOV lane are often moving slower than vehicles in the left lane when there isn't congestion.

I can see the argument.
 
mmmnaked said:
Its not 'beating a dead horse'... the change is totally possible, but nobody has taken on a properly organized effort to get the wheels in motion.


We all talk about it, but nobody does anything about it.
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Effort? Yes. I agree no 'organized' effort though. I tried contacting the Minister of Transport, back when the HOV lanes were first declared, and got shot down like a quail on an English estate.

From Mark Richardson, in 2007: http://www.wheels.ca/Columns/article/26923
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Effort? Yes. I agree no 'organized' effort though. I tried contacting the Minister of Transport, back when the HOV lanes were first declared, and got shot down like a quail on an English estate.

From Mark Richardson, in 2007: http://www.wheels.ca/Columns/article/26923
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You got shot down as a single person making an inquiry.

Perhaps if you had a book of 10,0000 signatures along with case studies and actual arguments from "experts" on the subject (from other districts) you would've been given the time of day.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Effort? Yes. I agree no 'organized' effort though. I tried contacting the Minister of Transport, back when the HOV lanes were first declared, and got shot down like a quail on an English estate.

From Mark Richardson, in 2007: http://www.wheels.ca/Columns/article/26923
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I am sure if enviromental is the best argument for bikes...

But Toronto allows bikes to use it, so its not a stretch to allow that on 400 series highways.
 
Jayv said:
I still dont get the "it's safer for us in the HOV" argument.
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Do you ride long distances on highways with more than 2 lanes?
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Do you ride at all?
 
mmmnaked said:
More space between the HOV lane and left lane, and fewer opportunities for other vehicles to merge into the HOV lane (designated merging areas).

Consider also that when you're in the left lane on your bike, you now not only have to watch for traffic on your right side, but you have to watch for people coming into your lane from the HOV too.

I can see the argument.
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Yeah the 404/403 perhaps, but the city HOV lanes can be quite dangerous. Speed differental between the slower lanes are the HOV are sometime quite large.
 
油井緋色;1728754 said:
Do you ride long distances on highways with more than 2 lanes?
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Do you ride at all?
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Still have my m1;)

Bunch of pussies needing a HOV lane to feel safe.

Bah
 
Jayv said:
Yeah the 404/403 perhaps, but the city HOV lanes can be quite dangerous. Speed differental between the slower lanes are the HOV are sometime quite large.
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Whats dangerous is the ******** that think you shouldn't be there and cut you off moving 10 km/hr.
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