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Diamond Lane Blues: A Victim of Its Own Success
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 If you were thinking of buying a Prius so you can fly solo in the carpool lane (and, uh, oh yeah because it's better for the air, yeah, that's it) you'd better jump on it:
The HOV-permits-for-hybrids program is now so successful that the DMV might have to kill it this summer.
As of last week, the DMV had issued 42,657 stickers, says a report on the Media News Group sites. When they hit 50,000, they plan to re-evaluate the program, and by law they can only give out 75,000 ...
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But if they hit the cap and quit giving out stickers - unless they ban HOV use for all hybrids - we can probably expect a lawsuit or two on equal-protection grounds from new hybrid owners who are shut out of the diamond lane.
Study up before you buy: Here are the qualifying cars.
(Via Autoblog)
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| Posted by: Mack_Reed on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 09:44 AM
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