The California Department of Motor Vehicles has announced that it is no longer accepting applications for carpool stickers from owners of the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic or Honda Insight hybrids. A state law allowed the DMV to issue 85,000 stickers, which allowed these hybrids to access the carpool lanes without the require number of passengers. The stickers were available on a first-come, first-serve basis. A DMV spokesman said today that they are 700 applications over the limit.

“We have no more stickers available to issue and any applications sent to DMV will likely not be successfully processed,” spokesman Steve Haskins said. “Any unprocessed applications and checks will be returned as soon as the last of the stickers are mailed to customers.”

“It looks like we have reached the end of this program.” he added.

The stickers remain with these hybrids when the cars are sold, which likely means that used hybrids with the stickers will go for a premium over the same vehicle without the sticker.

## Source: San Jose Mercury News ##

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