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Originally Posted by Schwa
Thank goodness the SUVs are excluded! Single occupant commuting is one of those things that's best to avoid if possible, but using an SUV to do it is just silly, glad they stuck to their initial proposal of only letting high mileage, low emission hybrid vehicles have this privilege, and BOOOO to Ford for trying to make them change it.
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You know, after thinking about this a bit, I (as the proud owner/driver of an '05 FEH), have to say that I agree with you. I need my SUV, living in the rural snowbelt, but in those places that *have* and need carpool lanes (i.e., big cities with freeways and traffic [yuck! wouldn't catch me living there...]), it makes NO sense to encourage individuals to drive SUVs when they are commuting alone. And if they carpool, they can still use the HOV lane, regardless of their vehicle. The law enacted seems like a good and reasonable one (now *that's* a rarity!).
Now, how can we encourage the Prius, Civic and Insight owners to carpool?
