Surprisingly, big buses can use carpool lanes

Q. Honk: I ride a motorcycle to work for the night shift, so when I am commuting there is very light traffic. For a few years now, I have seen tour, commuter and other buses in the carpool lanes. Nothing worse than going along nicely and then catching up to a bus going slower than vehicles in the No. 1 and even the No. 2 lane. I can understand them using the carpool lanes in peak hours. So when did buses get the OK to travel in the carpool lane, and why do they think it’s OK to use the lan