Chandra Kshtriya
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Please support ZEVs, but signing this petition: https://www.change.org/p/jerry-brown-carpool-hov-lane-access-extension-for-zevs
I reject the idea that ZEV means cleaner. Many hybrids are cleaner than the 100 KWh Teslas and other long range BEVs, that consume as much energy and pollute as much as a gas car will in 8 years just to make the big battery pack.Please support ZEVs, but signing this petition: https://www.change.org/p/jerry-brown-carpool-hov-lane-access-extension-for-zevs
The HOV lanes have already become useless in LA and San Francisco area. They are so crowded by electrics and semi-electrics that it sometimes moves slower than the regular lanes.If you google 'carpool lane cheater rate' you find articles like this one which claims 41% of the cars are cheating in a certain area.
http://abc7news.com/traffic/dramatic-rise-in-carpool-cheaters-in-bay-area/975289/
In doing this I was also reading a story that CA is testing cameras to count occupants, but it would require a state law to permit it as cameras can only be used for red lights and toll booths, not moving violations like speeding or HOV. Interesting read. The ticket they talk about in this is $490. I would say if you get caught 1x a year and do this 200 times it's just a $2.45 toll. And I dont think it's moving violation so no insurance hit, but that could be wrong.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea...ch-Bay-Area-carpool-cheats-takes-12799627.php
There's some stuff from Seattle too. It doesn't give rates but says they only have like 135 total troopers to enforce all road issues and of course they're not all on at the same time. Only a $136 ticket, wouldn't stop me I tell you that.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...e-cheaters-are-there-and-how-many-get-caught/
It's a reward for ev drivers.I don’t get the whole thing about allowing EVs carpool access. Was it mostly to promote adoption of EVs? Or was there some other logic?