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Car Forum / Honda Cars / August 2005Hybrids: Single-Driver Lanes
I saw an article in the newspaper yesterday indicating that they are passing a law in California allowing owners of Hybrid vehicles to use "single-driver" lanes. Brock Yates, in his article that appeared in the Sept. 2005 issue of "Car and Driver" indicated that other states also allow the owners of hybrid vehicles to use single-driver lanes. I wonder how many owners of hybrids made by Honda are going to the parts counter in Honda dealerships and ordering "hybrid" emblems (or whatever they are called) and placing those emblems on the back of their cars? It would be hard for police officers to easily tell the difference between a true hybrid and a non-hybrid Honda. The owners of Toyota vehicles can't do this since the Prius is unique. Jason  SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. > I saw an article in the newspaper yesterday indicating that they are > passing a law in California allowing owners of Hybrid vehicles to use > "single-driver" lanes. Brock Yates, in his article that appeared in the > Sept. 2005 issue of "Car and Driver" indicated that other states also > allow the owners of hybrid vehicles to use single-driver lanes. > I wonder how many owners of hybrids made by Honda are going to the parts > counter in Honda dealerships and ordering "hybrid" emblems (or whatever [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > this since the Prius is unique. > Jason The California law requires one to apply for a special sticker to put on your car. There will only be 75,000 available for hybrids, although I see them on the Civic-GX natural gas, and I've seen an Insight with one, which must have been modified to run on something other than gasoline, since the hybrids were not eligible for the sticker previously. http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/reg/reg1000.htm The California Hybrid law has been signed, but is still on hold. http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/carpool/proposedhybrid.htm Signature--- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5 > > I saw an article in the newspaper yesterday indicating that they are > > passing a law in California allowing owners of Hybrid vehicles to use [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > The California Hybrid law has been signed, but is still on hold. > http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/carpool/proposedhybrid.htm Hello, Thanks for the post. I now wonder if people that make fake documents for illegal aliens will start making fake DMV stickers to sell to the owners of Honda cars? I hope that Honda owners refuse to buy them even if it happens. Jason SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. dold@xrexxhybri.usenet.us.com wrote: > The California law requires one to apply for a special sticker to put on > your car. There will only be 75,000 available for hybrids, although I see > them on the Civic-GX natural gas, and I've seen an Insight with one, which > must have been modified to run on something other than gasoline, since the > hybrids were not eligible for the sticker previously. > http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/reg/reg1000.htm > The California Hybrid law has been signed, but is still on hold. > http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/carpool/proposedhybrid.htm The stickers are available now. They were previously available for non-hybrid cars of a class known as "Inherently Low Emissions Vehicles" Now that they are available to Hybrids, there is a short list of the hybrids that qualify. Different years have different standards, and for 2005, the Honda Insight doesn't qualify because it isn't clean enough. Signature--- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5 > I saw an article in the newspaper yesterday indicating that they are > passing a law in California allowing owners of Hybrid vehicles to use [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > this since the Prius is unique. > Jason it uses a sticker, places on the passenger side rear quarter. the sticker is sent by the DMV, and is issued pending verification of the VIN on record. i guess you could buy a wrecked hybrid, and keep it registered. get the sticker and put it on a regular civic? What's a single driver lane? Do you mean HOV lane? RAT > I saw an article in the newspaper yesterday indicating that they are > passing a law in California allowing owners of Hybrid vehicles to use [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > this since the Prius is unique. > Jason Hello, I should have used the term "HOV lanes" in my post. I screwed up--sorry. Jason > What's a single driver lane? Do you mean HOV lane? > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > this since the Prius is unique. > > Jason SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. |
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