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Originally Posted by RNajarian

If you are traveling in the HOV lane and your exit is 1 mile away, you may not have a broken yellow/white line to exit before your exit. Happens to me all the time.

Consequently, I cross over the double yellow/white line to exit the freeway. Perhaps this is the circumstance in which it is discouraged but permitted.

Which means that you should figure out the last HOV exit before your freeway exit and exit into the main lanes there.

The HOV lanes that are just painted are great, if there's an accident or break down, you can still get around the issue, but it also means that some folks will use it as if it was just another lane which is not how it's supposed to be used.