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What does carpooling even really do?

Reduce commute time, reduce congestion, reduce air pollution, reduce fuel consumption, potentially reduce stress of occupants.
It's not really that hard to think of the benefits it provides.
Have to give that fetus a seatbelt violation though. >

The fetus to prison pipeline >

A nurse whose job it is to stand by during delivery and immediately slap on tiny handcuffs >

STOP RESISTING! >

Teeny nightsticks are produced >

So, how does this work? Single woman driving in the HOV lane.  Pulled over by cop.  Roadside pregnancy test? >

Given the police desire to search things, I suspect: transvaginal-ultrasound, >

Spread your cheeks we need to check. >

Dave Chappelle?  Why didn’t you just say so? >

This system would require pregnant women to notify the state so they can get special permission to drive. Not only does it advance fetal personhood laws but also creates a database of women who open themselves up to legal liability. >

Next step:  Pregnant women shouldn't drive.
Later:  Women shouldn't drive, as they may not know right away if they are pregnant.
Later:  Women shouldn't be allowed independent movement in public without a male guardian.
Much later:  Handmaid's Tale. >

I see Virginia is trying to model Saudi Arabia >

Well fuck. Virginia's trying to be worse than Saudi Arabia >

Putting the idea of fetus rights and abortion politics aside for a moment, this bill misses the point of the purpose of HOV lanes, which is to encourage carpooling to reduce the number of vehicles on the highway.
A mother and a fetus (again, ignoring for a moment the question of personhood of the fetus) has no choice but to be in a car together, so this provision would do nothing to encourage or advance the cause of carpooling.
If the provisions of the bill serve no relation to the purpose of HOV lanes, then it shouldn't be part of the HOV lane laws. >

I've never understood this. If i was wealthy enough to have a driver, I'd always be carpooling. It really fucks the average workingman in the ass to have a lane dedicated to 'carpooling' 
What does carpooling even really do?  Reduce traffic congestion?  To what end?  Why not just improve infrastructure so mostly-empty cars wouldn't take up the roads?