Slug Lines

Don't know what "slugging" is? I didn't either until a few weeks ago when a (far more hip) fellow car-free commuter put me in the know.

Slugging is modern day hitchhiking for the common commuter. Awesome! You wait in a designated spot, and someone in a car comes by and picks you up. Why would they pick you, a total stranger, up? So they can get into the HOV lane. No muss. No fuss. Just a ride on the fly.

This is so cool. I can't wait to try it, or better yet, try to start a slug line for my office.

Check it out: DC/Virginia Lines: http://www.slug-lines.com/

Oh, a few points of etiquette:

• Don't speak unless spoken to
• Don't use your cell phones
• A slug line doesn't leave a woman standing alone (yeah, old-fashioned chivalry)
• No "body snatching" - you have to read the full rules and etiquette list to figure out what this means.

So go forth, commuters, and slug!