I am sorry about the last blog entry... that had the same title as this.. I kept getting an error message when trying to submit it. Oh well.. this is what I was saying..

Last week, I was trying to get on the freeway at 45 heading north from Bluemound/Wisconsin Ave. There are 3 lanes there.. 2 for just the driver and one that says.. HOV- High Occupancy Vehicle, Buses, Motorcycles and Cars with 2 or more passengers. That means if you have a passenger in the car with you, you can use the lane. When the entrance is not metered, the whole HOV lane is pointless, but when it is, people annoy me, especially as I looked around me, I saw 3 cars in front of me with 2 more more passengers.

Why oh why did they not move into the HOV lane? Can they not read the sign? There are on average 10 cars awaiting to get on the freeway when the ramp is metered in the lanes for just the driver, but with that lane you could just zip right on the freeway! I could get on the freeway faster if they just moved over, and everyone is happy.

I was not happy, as I zipped up 45 and got off at Silver Spring to pick up my man. He drove us home, and as we were getting on at 45 heading south, we zipped over to the HOV lane there, and as we very quickly got on the freeway I counted 5 cars that had 2 or more people in it on the lanes for just the driver.

Does anyone know how to use the HOV lanes to get on the freeway here in Milwaukee?