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Can you drive hybrid cars in the carpool lane without a clean air access ok sticker?

April 26, 2017air Carpool cars clean commuting drive hybrid Lane Transportation

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Can you drive hybrid cars in the carpool lane without a clean air access ok sticker?

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The CA DMV gave out two batches of clean air stickers for qualifying Hybrid cars. I had these on my Honda Insight. After they gave out the 85,000 stickers they stopped issuing them. You can buy a car with them but you can’t get them for a car that you have just purchased. You can get a set to replace damaged ones but again no new ones are available beyond these replacements. If you run your hybrid in the car pool lane with a single occupant and no stickers you can be fined for that. Last time I saw those fines they were at about $400 and they could be doubled in construction zones.