On our trip to London a couple of years ago, my wife and I were stunned and pleased with the way the Brits actually go back into the left (correct) lane after passing.

"road cameras which can detect blood and water inside the car using an infrared beam."
next... illegal substances and flatulence.

I hope they cant detect my rocking out to Vampire Weekend!

I fill my inflatable dolls with blood. They'll never catch me!

Wow, I just creeped myself out.

Germany tickets you for driving to close and/or giving obscene gestures. The worst part? Your fine is determined by a percentage of your yearly income.

Uhhh ... isn't the IR just detecting a certain range of temperature?

Do bodies in the trunk count toward the carpool lane?

@jdhuck: no because they are cargo. if the person's still alive, you could just tie them up in the back seat and cover them with a thin blanket. or drug them and pretend they 'passed out' in the front seat.

i got for the drugs cause they don't kick so hard...

Yeah, can't someone just put in like, a 100 pound jug in the back seat and just fly through the carpool lane?

Good thing we have the 4th Amendment in the US.

Favorite country to drive in? Italy. Fast, accurate and fun. Small cars going fast down narrow roads never gets boring. If I go to England, I'll make sure to drive with a huge side of beef with the heater cranked up.

@wizardofpants: I hate the cargo rule. Seems a bit unfair. Especially when you are in a hurry.

"dirty hot water" ??? explain, is hot tap water as clean as cold tap water in the usa. (tap = faucet, in case you didn't know)

@Git Em SteveDave: That's actually a great idea. That way, the fine hurts, no matter how much you make. I forget the comedian, but the quote was, "shit, I got red light money."

@Scotland: I think they were talking about tea.

Uh, and what happens once someone figures out a way to make a transparent coating for car windows which will reflect infrared light so that your car doesn't heat up in the summer, eh?

@92BuickLeSabre: It is really only creepy depending on what KIND of blood you fill the doll with.

Wait a minute, nope. That is always creepy.

@Mokers: that makes sense, thanks.

ummm I hate to steal your thunder here but we have a total of 1.7 miles of carpool lane in England . . . . and that's near Bradford and hasn't opened yet!

@zenpoet: It gets REALLY creepy when they reach their destination, wink, wink, nudge nudge. Ew.

I guess this means no more stuffing my younger relatives in the trunk when traveling through the UK.

"Those better be big ass slaughterhouse groceries you got in there!"

@tarzan69: what are you talking about? there's plenty of carpool in England.

fill a bucket with pig's blood and put it on your passenger seat. Problem solved.

I wonder how many of these might be deployed from San Diego to, say, Brownsville?

@ANoel:
kind of an Anti-Carpooling device.

@lafond66: Replace bucket with spill-proof carton and I'm in.