Featured CA HOV Update (re: PHEV/Prime Demand)

Hold that wagontrain . . . . it aint that simple

CA HOV Stickers may die a painful death (both green & white) because studies consistently show lanes are jammed to the point that they FAIL to maintain speeds of 45 mph per fed requirements for matching funds ... & the HOV lanes have remained that way for a 1/2 decade & more.

Mounting evidence suggests High Occupancy Vehicle lanes are useless

Similarly, studies show - a full THIRTY % are scofflaws ... cheaters ... feeling they'll get away with HOV lane use despite NOT car-pooling and/or despite HOV appropriate people NOT bothering to even apply for appropriate stickers (1/2 of the <8% clean car users).

California may get tougher on carpool cheaters

So . . . typical with bureaucracy ... rather than go after the 30% ... they want to tie punishment to the less than 1/2 of the 8% ... and NOT renew stickers, UNLESS more enforcement $$$ is allocated to going after the 30%.

What a great idea !!! kill stickers, so, rather than have 30% cheaters ... the state can have nearly 38% cheaters. Gotta love big gub'ment. So unless our elected's get their heads out of their thinking sphincters . . . . stickers go away in a little over a year. This is why i run my work travel time during 4AM & 1:15PM. The rest of you? I feel for ya ... but you're on your own, for counting on our elected's to incorporate rational thinking.

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Any updates on the greens stickers going beyond 1/1/2019?

 

There is already a HOV-3 here in one part of the Bay Area. I wish I could remember exactly where, but I cover way too much territory and normally don't have 2+ others ride in my car with me.

Don't forget about the Late Night Show that does the Car Sing-a-long episodes. It had one poking fun of how it turned from HOV-2 to HOV-3 to even higher all the sudden.