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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

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Jason <jason@nospam.com> wrote:
> 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

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

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Jason wrote:
> 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
>

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?

In article <dd2t62$at8$9@blue.rahul.net>, dold@XReXXHybri.usenet.us.com wrote:

> Jason <jason@nospam.com> wrote:
> > 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
>
> 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

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

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What's a single driver lane? Do you mean HOV lane?

RAT

"Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:jason-0608051017580001@pm4-broad-9.snlo.dialup.fix.net...
>
> 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
>
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In article <htyJe.279$Ub1.79@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, "Rattus The RAT"
<rats_and_guns_n_roses@REMOVE-THIS-PARTyahoo.com> wrote:
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?
>
> RAT
>
> "Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:jason-0608051017580001@pm4-broad-9.snlo.dialup.fix.net...
> >
> > 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
> >
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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.

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