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Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
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11-18-2008, 05:53 PM
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Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
While I was enjoying my free day in LA yesterday, I decided to go have some fun and drove over to Santa Monica, not more than 12 miles away from Tarabell's house in LA. After much searching, I found a FREE parking garage to use while I wandered around the Promenade and watched the ocean. To my surprise, right across the aisle was this little area designated for EVs only! It must be a remnant of the 1990's CARB Zero-Emission-Vehicle mandate which sadly went away. You certainly don't see this kind of thing in the Midwest.
It even had a charger for the EVs to use while parked! How convenient!
But the funny and ironic thing is, guess who is parked there. The owner even put a note on the back windshield that said, "this car is half-electric."
Just as I got back into the car to leave, this parking enforcement officer just happened to come through. Apparently "half-electric" isn't good enough.
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11-18-2008, 06:08 PM
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Re: Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
LOL! That's funny!!
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11-18-2008, 10:06 PM
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Re: Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
sweet....wonder if you had parked a plugin prius there would you have gotten a ticket?
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11-18-2008, 10:10 PM
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Re: Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
It would set the precedent I assume. (of course only if it were plugged in)
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11-19-2008, 06:29 AM
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Re: Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
I guess half electric correlates with the half wit owner of that car.
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11-19-2008, 08:25 AM
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Re: Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
Or, maybe (s)he's just half-fast!
Great set of pictures!
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11-19-2008, 10:07 AM
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Re: Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
This could a historical story exclusive to CleanMPG!
For the first time, a parked hybrid ticketed because it's not green enough to be an LEV!
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11-21-2008, 03:00 PM
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Re: Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
Wonder if you plugged in a EBH would the security guy have known the difference that it wasn't a EV.
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02-19-2009, 12:38 PM
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Re: Hybrid Parked "Half-Illegally"
Next, people will be rigging their plain old gas powered cars with badges indicating they are electric and rig fake plugins to the side. Parking wars indeed!
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