The Briefing Room
State Chapters => California => Topic started by: SZonian on September 18, 2018, 12:26:45 pm
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It's not easy being green.
A measure passed by California’s state legislature last year is causing a bit of road rage, as more than 200,000 low- and zero-emission vehicles are set to lose their decals that allow them to drive in the car-pool lane without another passenger.
The decal program, which the state started back in 2012, was meant to boost the number of clean-air vehicles in California. Instead, it has congested the HOV lanes, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, drivers who received the white and green clean-air stickers before 2017 will have to purchase a new vehicle to qualify. Drivers could obtain the decals if they buy a used car that did not previously have one and would have qualified under the previous program’s requirements, the paper reported.
A new income threshold will also eliminate certain drivers from participating in the program.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/18/california-angers-some-zero-emission-drivers-by-taking-away-decals-that-allow-them-to-use-carpool-lane.html (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/18/california-angers-some-zero-emission-drivers-by-taking-away-decals-that-allow-them-to-use-carpool-lane.html)
Sorry, but schadenfreude. What right-minded person didn't see this coming? CA turning on the people who were gullible enough to purchase these so-called "green" vehicles to gain a perk and feel smug at the same time...what a surprise. Not.
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Another wonderful example of useful idiots thinking the the Alligator will eat them last.