HOV

• IPA^(key): /eɪt͡ʃ əʊ ˈviː/

HOV (plural HOVs)

1. (US, automotive) Initialism of high-occupancy vehicle.
   • 2022 July 12, Luke Vander Ploeg, “Can You Drive Alone in the H.O.V. Lane if You’re Pregnant? A Post-Roe Quandary.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 July 2022:

     Ultimately, Ms. Bottone said she just wanted to know whether she could keep driving in the H.O.V. lane for the remainder of her pregnancy, as she said she had in her previous pregnancies, long before the overturning of Roe.

   • 2024 May 1, “Yolo 80 Corridor Improvements Project”, in Caltrans‎^[2], page 7‎^[3]:

     Build Alternatives 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, and 6b propose the same geometric footprint, include an I-80 managed lane direct connector (to provide a direct connection of the HOV 2+ managed lane by flying over US-50 at the I-80/US-50 Interchange) but would incorporate different managed lane types (Figure 1.3-2).

2. (US, traffic control) Initialism of high-occupancy vehicle lane.
3. (nautical) Initialism of human-occupied vehicle.

• HVO