California DMV has given out the 75K hybrid HOV stickers!
If you haven't requested or received your California Hybrid HOV sticker yet, you are SOL for 2006. All 75,000 stickers have been distributed. There will be an addition 10,000 stickers available on Jan 1, 2007, but many of those are already spoken for. If you have not yet applied for one, you better do so soon.
Blame it on those damm Prius owners for sucking up all of the stickers. As you know, us HCH owners are a very elite group with a total population here in the US of under 7,000.
For those of you that don't live here in the land of milk and honey (or fruits and nuts, if you prefer), The state will allow solo drivers in certain hybrid cars (essentially the Prius, Civic, and Insight) to use the carpool lanes. But you have to display a sticker and pay an $8 processing fee. This perk is well worth the effort to apply for, especially for the ability to skirt the traffic at rush hour.
Other perks for Hybrid owners here in California include some cities issuing "Free Parking" tags to hybrid owners so they can park for free in municipal parking structures or on the street. No more feeding parking meters!
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