Carpool sticker fail: where to report this guy?

[densaer]

I spotted a two-door mid-1990s Honda Accord with a set of carpool stickers in the Bay Area recently. I took quick snap of the car here:

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I'm pretty sure that's illegal, and that the first cop worth her salt would pull this car over. Is there a way to report this to the DMV? After all, each one of these means that some legitimate user somewhere was denied a set...

[KK6PD]

I do believe that the red sticker on the right rear fender is a NGV sticker. Natural Gas Sticker ....its thats so, its OK!!!

Pat KK6PD

If its not, call DMV report plate

[densaer]

There's no alternate sticker on the vehicle (it's a low-res iPhone photo) - that red thing is a reflector. Anyway, I thought natural-gas powered vehicles qualified for the white HOV stickers, not the yellows.

[darelldd]

NGV gets the white stickers since they're considered cleaner than anything that burns gasoline. There were no Accord NGV's that I'm aware of. And that red thing is definitely a reflector.

Book 'im Dano.

But no, I have no idea who to call. DMV?

[Barcelona Red Lass]

Call the DMV with the license plate number and report that you saw it with yellow HOV stickers. If the car isn't listed in their data base as being eligible/issued stickers perhaps they'll send a letter/the cops/do nothing..one can never tell anymore.

[hill]

Did you look at 'em up close? Some that are on sale, on eably read:



And they're not illegal. If they go in the HOV w/ 2 or more in the car, no harm, no foul.
Now, if they ARE real, then maybe it's a double whammy (no that's not leagal jargon) in that they may be stolen. If that's the case, the owner of the car could go down ... faster than George Michael in a public restroom.

[densaer]

Originally Posted by hill

Did you look at 'em up close? Some that are on sale, on eably read:

No, they're real, and they all have the same serial number on 'em.

[dogfriend]

If you really want to turn him/her in, I would email the pic to the local CHP office. The license plate is clearly readable, and the vehicle is not listed under the V.C. section as one of the eligible vehicles for the sticker. Its a misdemeanor per the V.C.

V.C. Section 21655.9 - HOV Lanes: Use By Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles

[Patrick Wong]

If that owner wanted to illegally attach carpool stickers to that Honda, s/he should have also purchased Honda Accord Hybrid badging for the trunk. That would probably be good enough for most CHP officers...

[V8Cobrakid]

a self converstion to cng or other will get you hov rights here in california.

i say find something better to do...

stalking people just to take a pic of their car sitting in a parking lot is more likely to get you in trouble.

in order to prove it or have it be understood in these courts.. you would have to take a pic of him in the carpool lane... and then again, you would get in trouble for operating your camera while driving...