How often we wish that commuting through the daily traffic should be a pleasant and smooth ride and a shorter one too. I carpool with some of my office colleagues. When the traffic in the lanes is bumper to bumper or worse sometimes comes to a standstill we whiz through the traffic thanks to car pool.

Well think of it, it's a pretty cool initiative. Rules for Car Pool are that there should be minimum of 3 people. If someone flouts the rule there is a minimum of $271 fine. Rules are mostly followed b'coz there is always the fear of cops but yes there are crazy people.


I like the concept of Carpool as it helps save time, is easier on your pocket, it's not boring as you always have something to chat about and the most compelling reason, it's eco friendly. Just imagine, if four people are travelling in the same car you are saving the road space for 3 additional cars ( if each one drives his/her own car) ,cut down on fuel consumption and most important, pollution.

The concept of Car pool is even more important for a developing country like India, where more and more people are opting for personalized transport and the public transport is in a bad state. Just like in California, the Government of India/State should take the lead in popularizing the concept of car pool lanes. Of course, we have a space crunch but then we should start some where.

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