Receive letter from DMV re: HOV stickers

[Jaguar88]

Originally posted by guru_del@Jan 16 2006, 05:45 PM
we shall see what they do in 08 but hopefully they keep the program going.

On a side note how long from the time the DMV Cashed your check until you got the stickers?  Just being impatient i guess.

Thanks,

[snapback]191380[/snapback]

I've heard on the radio that car pool usage is down 3-5% even with the addition of hybrids.

[justinc]

Originally posted by guru_del@Jan 16 2006, 01:45 PM
we shall see what they do in 08 but hopefully they keep the program going.

On a side note how long from the time the DMV Cashed your check until you got the stickers?  Just being impatient i guess.

Thanks,

[snapback]191380[/snapback]

Give it at least 2 weeks. That's how long I waited.

[toddwking]

Forget how long to cash the check - it takes them *forever* to send them to you.

And there's no one you can call - if you talk to someone at the main DMV number, they'll say they can't help you. Then they'll give you a number in Sacramento that doesn't work.

These are the geniuses who decided these stickers should be bright yellow and that they should go directly on the exterior paint. Stupid #)(@$*%)*%'s!!!

If a governer came in and said only, "I'm going to fix the DMV" as his platform and no other issue, I bet he'd win.

[darelldd]

Originally posted by ched1968@Jan 14 2006, 10:50 PM
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE TAKING IT BACK!!!! gRRRRRRRRRRR!!

[snapback]190297[/snapback]

There's nothing new here. The 2008 sunset clause was always part of the program.

[inventor00]

I must admit I do not see that many in the car pool lane- except on the 405 between OC and LA around traffic time (though now days that is all day..).

I do see quite a few Prius without stickers....but then again - I see new ones (without license plates) with stickers also.

I will just use them to speed up my drive when I can and until they tell me not to.

[Rancid13]

Originally posted by inventor00@Jan 27 2006, 02:44 PM
I must admit I do not see that many in the car pool lane- except on the 405 between OC and LA around traffic time (though now days that is all day..).

I do see quite a few Prius without stickers....but then again - I see new ones (without license plates) with stickers also. 

I will just use them to speed up my drive when I can and until they tell me not to.

[snapback]198933[/snapback]

Ditto on everything inventor00 said.

And if anyone's really that concerned about how 'bad' the yellow stickers look on the car or if they'll damage the paint beneath (which I don't believe they will), then perhaps they shouldn't 'deface' their cars with the stickers and therefore not use the HOV lanes either. Yellow HOV stickers= small price to pay to cruise solo in the carpool/HOV lanes.

[gschoen]

Originally posted by ched1968@Jan 15 2006, 01:50 AM
I THOUGHT THIS IS AN INCENTIVE GIVEN TO HYBRID CAR OWNERS TO BUY MORE CLEAN AIR VEHICLE..BUT WHY, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE TAKING IT BACK!!!! gRRRRRRRRRRR!!

[snapback]190297[/snapback]

Don't expect the hybrid exemption to last forever. As the total number of hybrids climbs it won't be feasible to allow them all in the lanes.

Plus, hybrids don't help traffic or congestion at all.