can I drive in HOT lanes free in Los Angeles, i.e. the 10 freeway?

Well A) tinted windows are illegal in California
And B) yes they have cameras and more CHP on the 110 now.

Take the risk if you want. Not sure what the fine is.

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no ticket. There's no thermal cameras or anything. Its up to CHP to verify the correct number of occupants vs the setting you put it on.

 

Tinted windows on drivers and right front passenger side door is illegal period. Whether or not you get an officer who wants to ticket you is their call.

That said.. if you park on the street in an area with meter maids.. you will get the ticket. Meter maids can give you a fixit ticket. If there is anything illegal on your vehicle, they can issue you a citation. I once received a citation from a meter maid for not having front plates, for expired meter, and tinted windows.

 

Calif is a tough state, glad I live in lawless NJ.

 

Yep, I once got a ticket issued by a meter maid for no front license plate on a dealer demo, which requires only one special issue, clearly marked dealer plate. It was a real hassle to get it dismissed, as it is not handled through the courts, but rather a separate office full of folks out of the same mold as the meter maid. A customer came to the dealership asking for paper advertising plate fillers from us because he got a ticket while parked. He arrived as the car was being cited, and couldn't convince the meter maid that the new car temporary tag in the window was all he needed. She thought he was required to have the paper advertising to prove it was a new car. This was in Beverly Hills.

 

As a side note on those dealer tags.. this is the only state I have ever lived in where you can drive a vehicle with no identifiable tags or markings legally.

One night when driving home from work, some hood rat on the 105 freeway slammed into the front right side of my car and didn't stop. They had no plates on their low rent used car that was obviously just purchased because it had no tags on it.

I got stuck with a $998 repair bill on my car. ($1000 deductible on my insurance as I carry maximum coverage on my policy.)

 

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Passengers in the back only? Yea . . . maybe if you're a limo driver BTW ... not only can these high dollar TELEPHOTO cameras see very well in low LUX ... they also see very well low LUX looking into headlights.
Your tax dollars hard at work. They're zoomed in through the windshield.


They just put up a couple more of these bad boys on your route ... and this one is on the HOV only exit ramp. No use trying to back up. Good thing I got stickers. Maybe be the time you see it - the State will have a nice humor sign hanging from it ... like "Smile!!!" ... or "SUCKER!!!" "Naughty Naughty!!!"

Yep ... and if the camera sees your front plate is missing ... or a headlight is out ... kiss those fix it ticket dollars good bye.
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Particularly if there is an infant or child seat in the back, which could well be out of the line of sight of the camera.

 

The cameras are NOT to see how many people are your vehicle, they are just there to take a picture of your car and license plate if you are driving in the HOT lanes w/o a transponder. Are you driving in the HOT lanes by yourself, but have the transponder set to 2/3 people? If you are and CHP pulls you over, expect a nice hefty ticket.

 

I guess I don't understand the purpose of the cameras. I can see it if the violation does not involve the number of people in the car (like a red-light camera, or toll road with a fixed rate), but what is the point if an officer has to pull you over to count heads before a ticket can be issued?

 

Does the system have an indicator overhead so that the CHP officer can tell how the transponder is set? If it shows multiple passengers, and if he sees only the driver, he makes the stop on the vehicle- makes no difference if the driver moves the switch on his transponder, as the violation as already occurred. On the 73 toll road there are red lights on the overhead structure that go on momentarily to indicate there has been no transponder signal in a particular lane. All the officer has to do is sit and watch as car passes the reader. It shows on the far side in the direction of traffic, so he can see it as you go under, if he is parked on the shoulder past the reader.

 

Wow that camera scares me.

 

There are overhead lights that flash to indicate what setting you have it on. The cameras on the other hand are there just to pick off the people with no transponders.

 

I have a Fastrak from the OC, so seems I will have to get another transponder with a switch for 1,2,3 people for the 110? Since green stickers can use it after March 1, 2014

 

Anyone have a guess which FasTrak setting we would use along with the green decals on the 110 HOT lanes? 1, 2 or 3? If you choose 1, they will bill you, correct?

Perhaps by March 1 they will post more info.