Caught in the carpool lane? CHP won’t cite solo EV drivers until Dec. 1

SAN FRANCISCO The state s Clean Air Bicycle decal campaign ends next week but tickets won t instantly be handed out to solo electric automobile drivers who continue to use carpool lanes Related Articles Big Sur Highway reopening date communicated after massive landslide Trump administration wants to distribute billion it took from California s high-speed rail project Two brothers beat federal conspiracy charges Now Oakland will rename a street after the family s company Voters oust San Francisco supervisor who turned a coastal highway into a car-free park Ride Dinkies and boat trams for free at Muni s Heritage Weekend The California Highway Patrol is giving drivers two months to change their habits according to Sgt Andrew Barclay Driving solo is still a violation Barclay explained It s just our current framework to not cite until Dec The initiative which allows EV drivers to access carpool lanes regardless of how countless people are in their bus expires Tuesday Officers can still stop and warn drivers as the point of the grace period is to educate the inhabitants Barclay declared adding that the Department of Motor Vehicles is responsible for the majority of the educational campaign and will release information in the coming months The project existed for more than years under a federal law that allowed states to decide whether to grant carpool lane access to electric vehicles The original idea was to provide incentives to sell the vehicles which reduce air waste and greenhouse gases The the majority newest version of the federal law signed by President Obama in expires on Sept and it has not been reauthorized by Republicans who hold majorities in the House and Senate Staff writer Paul Rogers contributed to this description