However, there appears to be a 60 day grace period when the CHP won’t be issuing tickets for vehicles with otherwise valid/unexpired decals. They may stop drivers and give a verbal warning, however.
The law (AB 2678) provides for a 60-day non-citation period after the federal authorization lapses. CHP acknowledges the decal program ends at midnight September 30 and has indicated that enforcement will begin in earnest after that grace period. During the initial 60 days, violations by those with decals may be treated with education rather than immediate tickets. Tom > On Sep 30, 2025, at 4:12 PM, Mark Hanson via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Too bad. > C. > > If you drive an electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid or low-emission vehicle, > your HOV lane access will expire on Wednesday, Oct. 1. > This means on many federal highways, using the high-occupancy vehicle lanes > in a car with less than two occupants will no longer be allowed. > The federal law permitting electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to use the > HOV lanes without meeting the occupancy requirements expires at the end of > the month and the Republican-controlled Congress did not extend the law. > https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2025/09/electric-vehicle-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicle-occupancy-rules-change-tuesday-at-midnight/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250930/4a2e1c86/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
