So, apparently -- I really didn't know this was the case, but then again I've been a resident of the Golden State for only eighteen months or so -- Toyota Prius drivers have had the privilege of driving in high-occupancy-vehicle lanes even when they were alone in the car. All that was needed was a special yellow sticker that read, "Access OK California clean air vehicle." Yep, that's what California needed: more smug hybrid drivers. (Not that we have anything against hybrids, but you know what we're talking about.) Apparently, though, that's all about to end. While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an extension to the holier-than-thou yellow stickers, Prius owners are not among the privileged few for whom they will be available. Schadenfreude for non-Prius owners begins Dec. 31.
Unfortunately, the stickers will apply to certain electric vehicles, which means that owners of the $109,000 Tesla Roadster will take the place of Prius owners in the smug lane, and also means that Tesla CEO Elon Musk will have more to gloat about that the reported $15 million he made during the company's initial public stock offering.
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