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HOV stickers on clean cars worth a solid $1,200 from your insurance company

A few years ago, a little yellow sticker on your ride was worth about $4,000 on the used car market. These "Clean Air Vehicle" stickers allow clean cars with just one occupant into the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes in California and can save some commuters up to two hours a day. Wow. If time is money, then what is the ability to speed along in the fast lane worth in 2009, especially since the state stopped handing the badges out a while ago? Audatex, a company that tries to answer questions like this one, has come up with a figure for ... Read more →

An oldie but a goodie: using a Gandalf mannequin passenger to ride the HOV lans Sebastian Blanco

Even with low gas prices, there is still a side benefit to burning less gas when you carpool: driving in the HOV lane. In some cities, these high-occupancy vehicle lanes are restricted to vehicles ...

Spain will offer carpoolers lower toll booth costs Xavier Navarro

Photo by Catorze. Under CCL 2.0 In order to stimulate more carpooling, the Government of Catalonia, Spain, is going to try a strategy that could affect people's wallets: drivers of cars occupied by ...

Using the VAOs: Carpooling in Madrid Xavier Navarro

VAO (Vía de Alta Ocupación) is the Spanish name for HOV lanes. Madrid has been working with a VAO lane on one of the main entries of the city, via the A6 highway (Northwest). This lane ...

UK cameras look through you to catch carpool lane violations Jeremy Korzeniewski

Finding a way to inconspicuously get into the carpool lane without actually having a passenger can be a lucrative business and is also a source of great consternation to drivers legally allowed to be ...

Ohio to kick GM's full size two-mode hybrid SUVs out of the HOV lane 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ohio legislators are changing laws that allow any hybrid into the HOV lane. This means that GM's SUV hybrids are no longer allowed in the get-to-work-on-time lanes. House Bill 62, sponsored by state Rep. Todd Kiser, R-Sandy, would bring Ohio in line with the new national standards which only include ...

What are Hot Lanes and are they a good idea? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

No, Hot Lanes are not roads that have caught fire. Hot Lanes or High Occupancy Toll lanes are a lot like HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lanes, which you are probably familiar with. The difference with HOT lanes compared with HOV lanes is that cars with low occupancy, i.e., just the driver, can travel ...

Hybrid drivers can still use car pool lanes in Arizona, Bi-fuels are SOL 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A couple of weeks ago the state of California announced that they had run out of the special stickers needed by drivers of hybrid cars to use car-pool lanes when driving alone. Hybrid drivers are not completely out of luck though. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano announced that some hybrid cars ...

Hybrid bill awaiting Arnold's signature 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A measure to allow more vehicles in California's HOV lanes is on the desk of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. If signed, the new law will increase the number of carpool permits for hybrid vehicles from 75,000 up to 85,000. The permit allows drivers to use the diamond lanes even when driving alone. The ...


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