California Prius drivers with carpool decals have received a 6 month reprieve from the California Legislature. Originally scheduled to close down access to HOV lanes for hybrid drivers on January 1, 2011, the shutoff date has now been extended to July 1, 2011.
85,000 California drivers have been granted single driver access to carpool lanes since the program began, with a far majority of them being Prius drivers.
The white stickers, providing access to HOV lanes for plug-in cars, electric vehicles and hydrogren cars, have also been extended to 2015.
Source KCBS
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