Other government workers. Abramidis says that as long as there are express lanes, informal car pools will flourish. Not all transportation officials are crazy about that prospect. Body snatchers are accused of stealing riders away from mass transit and causing congestion at pickup sites. On the other hand, some Washington area transit planners are so enthusiastic about casual carpooling that they're looking for ways to institutionalize the system.
Slugs warn that the current, more freewheeling system works just fine.
They are proud of the fact they could do this without government intervention. This is a free country. They are demonstrating their independence and that's what the U.S. is built on. We don't expect to rule everyone with an iron fist. If our job is to get people off the roads and out of single-occupant vehicles and we can provide backup for them to accomplish this, we are all in the same game.