LA driver caught using jacket as a fake passenger to avoid carpool lane rules
A driver in Los Angeles was caught attempting to deceive the carpool lane system by draping his jacket over the passenger seat and buckling a seatbelt over it, creating the illusion of having a passenger. This incident occurred on Highway 10 near West Covina on March 3. California Highway Patrol officers quickly recognized that something […]
Surprise costs: California electric vehicle drivers lose carpool privilege
California’s Carpool Lane Privilege for EV Drivers Set to End For over two decades, electric vehicle (EV) owners in California have had a unique advantage—access to carpool lanes even when driving alone. This perk, part of the state’s Clean Air Vehicle Program, was designed to reward those who adopted electric and hybrid cars early on […]
California carpool lane violator caught trying to pass dummy off as passenger
Does he seem like some kind of dummy to you? A California driver learned a lesson from a painful experience when police pulled him over in a carpool lane and the “passenger” was a life-like mannequin. “So people are asking, ‘If I have a mannequin in the passenger seat, does that count as a second […]