Green Options » car pool http://greenoptions.com/tag/car-pool Posts tagged 'car pool' Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:07:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Natural Gas Conversion Harassed by Police in Carpool Lane http://gas2.org/2009/02/08/natural-gas-conversion-harassed-by-police-in-carpool-lane/ http://gas2.org/2009/02/08/natural-gas-conversion-harassed-by-police-in-carpool-lane/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:07:39 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2009/02/08/natural-gas-conversion-harassed-by-police-in-carpool-lane/ A man from San Jose, California, has been pulled over by the California Highway Patrol more than 40 times for driving solo in the carpool lane, but has never gotten a ticket. The reason: His 1995 Dodge Caravan compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion is, apparently, too much for California cops to compute.

In California, the CNG conversion qualifies Carl Tankersley to drive solo in those highly desirable diamond lanes. Yet, although he prominently displays his carpool and CNG stickers as required by law, that doesn’t seem to be enough to stop the cops from disturbing his 30 minute commute on a fairly regular basis.

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