high-occupancy vehicle

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1. See HOV.

Example Sentences

The fire had closed a high-occupancy vehicle lane on southbound I-405, but that has reopened.

From Seattle Times

Kevin Watt told AZfamily.com that he came face to face with the animal, which was standing in the high-occupancy vehicle lane.

From Seattle Times

Thorton, who was driving a Chevrolet with Aaron as a passenger, had “tapped” a third man’s Mercedes-Benz near the interstate entrance ramp from the West Seattle Bridge, causing both to cars to spin uncontrollably into the area of the high-occupancy vehicle lane, according to court documents.

From Seattle Times

Kalai Kandasamy, a longtime slug line organizer and advocate, said he hopes more investments are made to improve the system, such as signage and dedicated slug line sites, to help preserve a system that debuted around 1975 during the Middle East oil crisis, alongside the opening of high-occupancy vehicle lanes for car-poolers.

From Washington Post

The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a state trooper last week noticed a car in a high-occupancy vehicle lane on Interstate 10 in Phoenix with a “Seusspicious-looking” green passenger.

From Seattle Times