Originally Posted by
BigFlyer
That is not exactly correct re the car pool lanes.
You can only pay your way into a carpool lane which is determined to be underutilized. So no buying your way into the carpool lanes in the central SF Bay Area, for example.
When you buy your way into an underutilized carpool lane it is not at the expense of anyone else, i.e., no one has a longer journey because you are in the underutilized lane.
In contrast, when you use clear, when you go to the head of the line you are causing others to wait longer.
Why does the phrase "you have to pay to play" ring in my head? In MCO, game on
In reality the CLEAR line feeds to different places depending on that day's config. Often it feeds into the crew line, not a regular line (at least on the DL side)
Sometimes they open the rope and boot me in right in front of a pile of kettles. Sure I feel a little guilty for about a minute. It passes.