CA HOV White sticker

[gaswalla]

Do the stickers still expire at the end of this year? I was expecting an extension

 

[MIT_S60]

Do the stickers still expire at the end of this year? I was expecting an extension

January 1st 2019, so end of next year.

 

[Maximilien]

January 1st 2019, so end of next year.

I think I read before that the white stickers may extend to 2024 or 2025.

By the way, did you graduate from MIT?

 

[Viking1]

Just received my stickers today. I sent in the request on 1/24. So a month to process.

 

[caltechkid]

By the way, did you graduate from MIT?

Nerd alert! Oh wait I shouldn't be talking =)

 

[caltechkid]

Recevied by DMV on 1/11, told it was processed 2/4, still waiting in the mail for my stickers...told 4 weeks, though others who submitted well after me have received them so who knows.

Got them today!

 

[NikeWings]

Nerd alert! Oh wait I shouldn't be talking =)

Up for a prank contest are you?
Don't ever egg us on, we take these challenges seriosuly.

 

[caltechkid]

Up for a prank contest are you?
Don't ever egg us on, we take these challenges seriosuly.

Yes we do - I've put in my time at both Institutes of Technology =)

 

[NikeWings]

Yes we do - I've put in my time at both Institutes of Technology =)

The perfect hedge.
I went for all or nothing. Like betting on my Patriots.

 

[MIT_S60]

By the way, did you graduate from MIT?

Sure did! I'm still in shock my 5th year reunion is already coming up in a few months.

 

[Munk]

Howdy - my stickers arrived...now I am torn on...

1. how many I should put on?
2. where should I put them to minimize the impact on the look?

Thankfully my MS is white but it still going to change the look of the rear...open to any and all suggestions

 

[derekmw]

IF I were to actually take mine out of the glove box and put them on, I would probably only put the small one on the lower plastic unpainted section of the bumper. But for now, I've been driving in HOV to and from home everyday for a year without issues so I will probably keep doing this. lol

 

[caltechkid]

IF I were to actually take mine out of the glove box and put them on, I would probably only put the small one on the lower plastic unpainted section of the bumper. But for now, I've been driving in HOV to and from home everyday for a year without issues so I will probably keep doing this. lol

Brave man, I now know 3 people in SD who have been ticketed. I have the one on the rear only.

 

[chillaban]

Brave man, I now know 3 people in SD who have been ticketed. I have the one on the rear only.

I know one person up here in the SF area that has been ticketed too. And I also know someone else who pointedly told me that they've use the HOV lane in their gas car every day for 2+ years and never got a single ticket.

All I know is Murphy's Law isn't nearly as friendly to me. Go figure!

 

[MelaniainLA]

Yes we do - I've put in my time at both Institutes of Technology =)

Me too! Bio PhD at Caltech and ChemE Postdoc at MIT and now proud father of a S60

 

[iffatall]

Not likely in California ... the HOV lanes are massively crowded and will be unbearable by 2019.

Or, the number of HoV lanes will be increased from one to two.

 

[CuriousG]

DMV must be caught up. I submitted for my stickers on March 8th after over a year of not worrying about it. But due to my increased need to drive to the bay area at least once a week, I didn't want to chance jumping in the carpool lane anymore. I received my stickers today March 22nd. I could've been the 21st since I didn't check the mailbox that day. So it took only two weeks for them to process mine.

 

[JenniferQ]

IF I were to actually take mine out of the glove box and put them on, I would probably only put the small one on the lower plastic unpainted section of the bumper. But for now, I've been driving in HOV to and from home everyday for a year without issues so I will probably keep doing this. lol

I do the same. I have them in my glovebox but do not put them on. I usually have a kid with me, but for those times when I don't I have given up pulling them out. I did stick them on some CraftyFab which allows me to put them on and off at will but have decided it's too much trouble to even do that.

 

[Maximilien]

After like 4 months of waiting, I finally got the stickers!!

 

[Paladin732]

I applied for the ugly stickers on Jan 5 before I had received license plates, using requested personalized plate number, for which I had applied back on November 6 when I ordered the car. (Thanks to the tip on this thread I believe). Regular plates arrived late January. Today I received the CA HOV lane white stickers, which showed up associated with the issued regular license plates. I sure had a hard time deciding to put these stickers on. I guess white on black isn't too bad- it could be worse - bright green like the hybrid stickers. Still waiting for the personalized black 1960 vintage plates.