JasonG -
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Originally Posted by JasonG
Shame a "Hybid" Lexus getting what, mid 20s maybe 30MPG gets a carpool sticker but a Metro/TDI/Basjoos/etc getting 50MPG (and up) get stuck in traffic.
It was a good law, but was too abused by the mild hybrids.
This goes hand and hand with the 80MPH Priuses (sp?) thread.
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At first I read this on face value and somethinig didn't sound right. Then I realized that mild hybrids never qualified :
Eligible Vehicles - Single Occupant Carpool Lane Use Stickers
From the above you can see that Lexus was never in the list.
Also, it's hard to abuse a law that only had 85,000 stickers *max*. First buy first serve. The new law will have 40,000 stickers *max*.
From my POV the sticker served it's purpose of incentivising hybrid car ownership. Now that the hybrids have gone mainstream, there is no need to incentivise hybrids. If CNG sales were as great as hybrids (in California at least) then I would guess that stickers for CNGs would also become candidates for revocation. As the emission laws get more stringent the bar is raised and the sticker goes defunct.
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