high-occupancy vehicle lane

English

Noun

high-occupancy vehicle lane (plural high-occupancy vehicle lanes)

  1. (road transport, automotive) A restricted traffic lane reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and at least one passenger, including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.
    Synonyms: carpool lane, HOV lane
    • 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:
      Last month, Brandy Bottone of Plano, Texas, was pulled over by a Dallas sheriff’s deputy and given a ticket for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane.
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