California Carpool Lane Stickers

[LMPR15]

I heard that the number of stickers being given out in California to drive alone in the carpool lane is limited. Has anyone had a problem getting stickers? How long does it take?

[San_Carlos_Jeff]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(LMPR @ Jun 26 2006, 10:46 AM) [snapback]276824[/snapback]</div>

I heard that the number of stickers being given out in California to drive alone in the carpool lane is limited. Has anyone had a problem getting stickers? How long does it take? [/b]

Yes there is a limit and I think it's getting close to the end. There's a long thread on this here:
http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=11396&st=320

It took me about 4 weeks after mailing in the forms. It's taken other folks longer.

[Godiva]

Yes, currently they are limited to 75,000 and only good until 2008.

Another thread (do a search) says they've just passed the 67,000 mark and are predicted to run out around August.

The stickers usually arrive in a few weeks, as long as you followed directions correctly.

[Nda3rdCar]

I received mine in two weeks but we waited until we had a license plate #.

[EmptyG]

I just got my Prius and won't have my actual license for at least a month - can you fill this out WITHOUT having an official license yet? Sorry if this has been addressed before, but I couldn't find it

[Godiva]

I think you can order with just the VIN number.

When I got my car I decided to splurge on custom plates. I paid for them online and when it was confirmed they had accepted it, I used that and the VIN number to order my decals.

[EmptyG]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ Jun 27 2006, 03:28 PM) [snapback]277620[/snapback]</div>

I think you can order with just the VIN number.

When I got my car I decided to splurge on custom plates. I paid for them online and when it was confirmed they had accepted it, I used that and the VIN number to order my decals.
[/b]

Thanks fellow San Diego Prius owner!! Heheh - see ya around town!


So....

You can only use these stcikers until 2008, correct? So you only have them useful for one year then they are just stickers on your car?

I want to make sure I am correct on this before I order.

[mssmith95]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(EmptyG @ Jun 27 2006, 03:18 PM) [snapback]277609[/snapback]</div>

I just got my Prius and won't have my actual license for at least a month - can you fill this out WITHOUT having an official license yet? Sorry if this has been addressed before, but I couldn't find it
[/b]

No, you MUST have your license number or they will most likley reject it (originally you could just write NEW in the space, but they changed that a few months back).

However, you can get your plate number very quickly if you contact the DMV person at the dealership and sweet talk them into running a DMV report using your VIN number. If you try to call the DMV, they will not list your plate number until almost the time you receive the plates (or even after in my case). However, the internal DMV report run by the dealer lists it almost immediatley. If you can not contact them directly, then go back and get your salesperson to help you with the DMV person...remember, getting the stickers was a big selling point for you and for them...so do not let them tell you it can not be done!

I do not know if you live in an are that requires a fast pass also (I think that they do in Orange County)...but if so, you need to do that as well...and fast as you are running out of time!

Good luck!



Yes, if you order personalized plates that may do the trick too, as they then have a plate number!

Yes, for now they are good until Jan 2008, but looks like that will most likely get extended...somewhere in a thread here they tell you which congress person to contact to push for the extension.

It only takes a few minutes to contact the dealer to get the plate number, so do not risk sending it without it. It took them 4+ weeks to reject my first one...luckily I was early enough that I did not have to worry about them running out, but you are getting close.

[Lil Mo]

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I do not know if you live in an are that requires a fast pass also (I think that they do in Orange County)...but if so, you need to do that as well...and fast as you are running out of time!

[/b]

The DMV form does not say that you needed a Fastrak in Orange County.

Has that been everyone's experience? If it is, I may not get my pass...

[mssmith95]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lil Mo @ Jun 27 2006, 04:36 PM) [snapback]277683[/snapback]</div>

The DMV form does not say that you needed a Fastrak in Orange County.

Has that been everyone's experience? If it is, I may not get my pass...
[/b]

Yes, upon further research I think you are right. I heard Fastrak so many times and figured it was Orange County, but it looks like it is only in the Bay Area.