Anger Erupts After California Says Green Cars Must Have More Than One Occupant In Carpool Lanes

For some California commuters, cutting down on carbon emissions isn’t a sexy enough reason to buy an electric car. But the ability to bypass freeway traffic without having to carpool — that’s another story.

So there is grumbling in high-occupancy-vehicle lanes across California these days. On Jan. 1, the owners of as many as 220,000 low- and zero-emission vehicles stand to lose the white and green clean-air decals that allow them to drive solo in the diamond lanes.

The decal program was designed to get more clean-air vehicles on state roadways. But it also clogged the lanes, sometimes to the point of gridlock.

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Agent009 - 9/17/2018 1:55:09 PM

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Yep, con them into green then tax the devil out of it once they are there

xjug1987a - 9/17/2018 2:17:12 PM

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"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."

January 20, 1981: From Reagan's Inaugural Address.

PUGPROUD - 9/17/2018 3:16:18 PM

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Another government "bait and switch" scheme.

mre30 - 9/17/2018 3:20:42 PM

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They are called "carpool" or "high occupancy vehicle HOV" lanes after all.

They were never renamed "No/Low Emissions Vehicle Lanes".

Kick the B**tards out !

qwertyfla1 - 9/17/2018 3:34:06 PM

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I would suspect window tinters will be quite busy come late December.

SanJoseDriver - 9/17/2018 4:34:11 PM

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It's illegal in CA to tint the front windows

SanJoseDriver - 9/17/2018 4:34:59 PM

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The article is blowing things a little bit out of proportion. Anyone buying a new EV gets a red sticker that is good for 3 years. The green and white stickers are toast.

MDarringer - 9/17/2018 6:41:25 PM

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Snowflake meltdown.