We made one random call to a sand and gravel outfit, Glacier Northwest's Washington Aggregate Division, and asked general manager Ron Summers for his opinion. It's the right thing to do. Priscilla Goss of Clyde Hill has wondered why the state Department of Transportation doesn't offer motorists a little more direction. Once there, the drivers cross four lanes of busy morning commuter traffic to get into the now-obvious westbound express lane. WashDOT tells us that if there are enough people bedazzled by this express lane entrance, the electronic message sign could be more explicit.
Express lanes are express lanes.
Getting There disagrees and further believes highway signs are far too boring. He's inclined to think they are. Also, he added that HOV lanes discriminate in favor of the morning and evening commuter. We took your question to the state Attorney General's Office in Olympia. William L. Williams, a senior assistant attorney general who specializes in transportation matters, referred us to a 1973 state Court of Appeals decision on a similar question.