Clean Air Sticker for Carpool Lane

[danjakle]

I have already tried to sign up for the clean air sticker at the Calif DMV. I filled it out and sent in my $8. Calif DMV sent it back because they said the Feds hadn't yet approved it. It allows owners of 45MPG cars to use the carpool lane as a single - only three - Prius, Honda Insight and Honda Civic Hybrid.

I heard it was supposed to be September 2005. Has anyone heard anything different?

[Erick]

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d1...d109:h.r.00003:

This is where you can check out the bill. It has gone through The House and the Senate and they help a conference on it so now we just wait until they can iron out their differences and then Bush has to sign it. THEN, the DMV has to start accepting applications. IF this passes SOON, I would think maybe in November we could be driving in the carpool lanes... As you can see, I'm not holding my breath....

[hawkjm73]

Opps. Connection went down. Didn't think this post made it up.

[hawkjm73]

I have been watching this site for updates.

NSSGA.org

I haven't done any verification on this group's information, so I will take thomas.gov as the official status.

It looks like they are trying to get this to W this week.

[miketoyo]

danjakle,
are the california forms available at the DMV? Tried to go online to "Forms", but none available yet.

has anyone asked at their local AAA auto club?

thank you
mike

[IsrAmeriPrius]

The application is available on line at the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles Application for Clean Air Vehicle Decals (REG 1000) web page.

Make sure to read the not so fine print:

NOTE: Applications will not be accepted for Hybrids at this time. Governor Schwarzenegger has signed legislation to allow Hybrid vehicle access to the high occupancy vehicle lanes but the decals cannot be issued until the Department receives Federal government approval.

[Erick]

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I have been watching this site for updates.

NSSGA.org

I haven't done any verification on this group's information, so I will take thomas.gov as the official status.

It looks like they are trying to get this to W this week.[/b]

That would be really great if they got it to W this week! Which site had this info?

[Godiva]

I've been posting updates in the Priuschat News section on this.

Currently the Highway is just about done. Wed. morning they are going to clean up a little and then hopefully send it for a vote that afternoon. If that happens it will be on the President's desk by the end of the week. If he signs it.....

*IF* he signs it it will take a few weeks for the CA DMV to get the forms up for us to fill out and send in our money. I'll be watching that almost daily as well. When it's up I'm sending in my money.

BTW, just in case...I'll be printing out whatever is on the site or I get in the mail and carrying copies in the car. Because I truly believe some cop or highway patrolman won't be up on the current law and will pull me over for driving in the HOV lane. (See that post about free parking in L.A.)

[Erick]

Thanks! Please keep us all updated. I'd just about given up hope but now it seem slike it might actually happen! I actually have a friend who has been riding in the carpool lanes in his 05 since CA approved it and has never been pulled over. He keeps tying to convince me to do it too but it's not worth it... I'll wait for the sticker! This bill won't affect my commute at all, but it will cut my wife's commute in half. So that means she gets the Prius and I get her sporty little G35 8)