United States Department of Transportation
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TRIS Online Accession Number:987648
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OCLC Number:57726708
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Edition:Final Report 552
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Abstract:KEY FINDINGS - No technology exists that can fully automate HOV occupancy enforcement, because no technology exists that can see through metal vehicles and pick out the people inside. - Of the factors that limit the ability to see inside a vehicle, the most pernicious is window tinting, because of the threat it poses to law enforcement. Opaque auto glass tinting can hide not only a weapon, but also the person reaching for it. - Adequate enforcement requires extensive space in the median. In many instances it is not feasible to provide this space. - Current statutes that require officers to have vehicles to pull over to the right are inappropriate for HOV enforcement KEY RECOMMENDATIONS - Where feasible to do so, highway design should allow for sheltered observation areas and wide, long citation areas, with adequate entrances and exits, in the median next to the HOV lane. - An optics expert should review Arizona’s law regulating auto glass tinting, to see if current restrictions allow for adequate video imaging. - Prominently post the fine for HOV violations on roadside signs. - Randomly, but periodically, utilize special enforcement followed by routine enforcement. - Evaluate increased penalties for HOV violations. - Have engineers meet with highway patrol officers before design concepts are finalized. - Consider implementing HOT lanes on HOV lanes by charging full price for single occupancy vehicles (SOVs), half price for high occupancy vehicles with two or more occupants (2+ HOVs) and nothing for high occupancy vehicles with three or more occupants (3+ HOVs). - Monitor new technology as it emerges and reconsider implementing it if it appears feasible and warranted. - Evaluate establishing enforcement areas near HOV entry and exit ramps. - Consider installing a “hot line” for citizens to call to report HOV violators.
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