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never pulled over something like this -- but I believe, and I could be wrong here, that having the single white line on the HOV lane indicates that line, and that line only, is pertinent to what you are allowed to do from that lane. Being a single white line you should be able to CROSS WITH CAUTION, which is what it says of a single white line in DMV articles. As with a double yellow, if it's dashed on your side, you can pass. It is the line NEXT TO YOU that determines what you can do. But, in this case, I'm not sure, and I'm sure there has been plenty of confusion about it. In Northern California, as stated by RUFFLEZ above, you are allowed to pass freely in and out of the carpool lane as long as you are legally allowed to be in it. They are considering this change for Orange Country after a full analysis on the safety of it. Some say the small open sections ONLY cause traffic problems while allowing free access would help -- other say that free access would cause more accidents. I think the free access is good -- it's like a normal lane, but you can only use it if you are a carpool. Why would that be any more dangerous than normal lanes. On the other side, you have a DOUBLE DOUBLE yellow separated by more than 24" -- which means it's a superficial island/barrier -- you can't cross that. A single double yellow can be crossed to turn left or do a u-turn, as long as you are not holding up traffic behind you. I have YET to find this particular set of lines explained, however, in the CA DMV handbook. A miriad of others is explained, but not this one.
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