Calif. State Highways & Carpool Lanes

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Posted on Mon, Nov. 14, 2005
It's silly but true: Hybrid stickers don't work in county carpool lanes

By Gary Richards

Mercury News Staff Columnist

Q: I have been enjoying the use of the Highway 101 carpool lane in my Honda Civic hybrid, while getting 46ish mpg. Is it also OK to use the carpool lanes on Central, Lawrence and other expressways in Santa Clara County?

Richard Tiede, Tracy Moore and a few more

A: Hybrid owners, I have bad news: No. Due to an oversight, hybrid owners -- for now -- with carpool stickers cannot drive solo in diamond lanes on Montague, San Tomas, Lawrence, Central and Capitol expressways. Legislation permitting this on state highways does not refer to carpool lanes set up by a local agency, such as the county. Local officials will seek legislation next year to correct this silly oversight, but it could be 2007 before the change occurs. In the meantime, Dan-the-County-Man says the California Highway Patrol will enforce the hybrid ban on our expressways: ``So, knowing that, it would be helpful for you to make that information known to avoid a lot of tickets by confused hybrid owners.''

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