Leaf not eligible for a Florida HOV Sticker

I went to the Florida DOT and I do not see the Leaf as a qualifying motor for a HOV sticker

Any ideas

http://www.flhsmv.gov/dmv/ILEV-HYBRID-VEHICLE-LIST.pdf

From the U.S. Department of Energy's web site:

http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/laws/law/FL/5733" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


And from Florida:

http://www.flhsmv.gov/dmv/HOV.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is funny that the LEAF is conspicuously absent from the decal list, while the Volt is there.

Isn't it fun being a Floridian? :roll:

Perhaps use the Contact section and call? Or go into a DMV? There must be someone who updates that list and you just need to find out who they are.

As an aside, from a Californian's perspective I find it interesting that ANY hybrid qualifies for an HOV sticker. I take that to mean that there are not a lot of hybrids on the road in Florida? I guess it's different out West because if everyone in California received an HOV sticker for owning a hybrid, the HOV lane would be beyond useless

Best of luck!

the gov't and voters in Florida are all suffering dementia....

Not sure how current, or accurate this is, but I think it gives a pretty good measure of how residents of various states view hybrid cars (and, probably, by extension, electric cars):


State | Population | Prius Owners | Number of Persons for every Prius
Vermont - 625,741 - 3,924 - 159
California - 37,253,956 - 223,526 - 167
Oregon - 3,831,074 - 20,248 - 189
District of Columbia - 601,723 - 2,939 - 205
Washington - 6,724,540 - 32,840 - 205
New Hampshire - 1,316,470 - 5,692 - 231
Massachusetts - 6,547,629 - 27,134 - 241
Virginia - 8,001,024 - 31,144 - 257
Maryland - 5,773,552 - 22,164 - 260
Colorado - 5,029,196 - 18,054 - 279
Connecticut - 3,574,097 - 12,797 - 279
Maine - 1,328,361 - 4,602 - 289
Arizona - 6,392,017 - 21,919 - 292
Hawaii - 1,360,301 - 4,355 - 312
Rhode Island - 1,052,567 - 3,289 - 320
New Mexico - 2,059,179 - 5,937 - 347
Minnesota - 5,303,925 - 14,891 - 356
Wisconsin - 5,686,986 - 15,783 - 360
Delaware - 897,934 - 2,414 - 372
Montana - 989,415 - 2,555 - 387
New Jersey - 8,791,894 - 21,438 - 410
Illinois - 12,830,632 - 30,611 - 419

Florida - 18,801,310 - 43,175 - 435

Nevada - 2,700,551 - 6,031 - 448
North Carolina - 9,535,483 - 20,920 - 456
Pennsylvania - 12,702,379 - 27,711 - 458
Iowa - 3,046,355 - 6,490 - 469
Kansas - 2,853,118 - 5,944 - 480
New York - 19,378,102 - 39,741 - 488
Oklahoma - 3,751,351 - 7,509 - 500
Alaska - 710,231 - 1,401 - 507
Idaho - 1,567,582 - 3,071 - 510
Utah - 2,763,885 - 5,240 - 527
Missouri - 5,988,927 - 11,196 - 535
Wyoming - 563,626 - 1,035 - 545
Indiana - 6,483,802 - 11,698 - 554
Ohio - 11,536,504 - 20,336 - 567
Arkansas - 2,915,918 - 4,700 - 620
Texas - 25,145,561 - 40,098 - 627
South Dakota - 814,180 - 1,266 - 643
Nebraska - 1,826,341 - 2,749 - 664
Georgia - 9,687,653 - 14,270 - 679
Michigan - 9,883,640 - 13,727 - 720
Tennessee - 6,346,105 - 8,650 - 734
South Carolina - 4,625,364 - 6,188 - 747
Kentucky - 4,339,367 - 5,713 - 760
West Virginia - 1,852,994 - 2,435 - 761
Alabama - 4,779,736 - 5,647 - 846
North Dakota - 672,591 - 707 - 951
Louisiana - 4,533,372 - 4,253 - 1,066
Mississippi - 2,967,297 - 2,101 - 1,412

Weatherman said:

It is funny that the LEAF is conspicuously absent from the decal list, while the Volt is there.

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I would file the form anyway. The LEAF is a zero emission vehicle, so it should qualify, even if it is absent from the list. I'd file and make them explain to you why it does not qualify if they refuse.

Already cvontacted Florida DOT and they agree that the Leaf should of been included and are working getting this issue resolved and yes to apply for the sticker anyway

Virginia ... now THERE's a state with NO desire to clean up the environment/raise mpg's. You can drive a registeres SUV hybrid there, and still get stickers. Too funny. Then again ... a bunch of our fed legislators live in VA ... and you can't expect THEM to car pool/lead by example ... right?


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That table is very reassuring, it means there is lots of room for reductions in fuel consumption.

Here, there is a 10,000 HOV limit (Fed permission) on hybrids and they have to be a Prius, Honda Insight, or Honda Civic HB (high mileage hybrids). The last article I saw was another 2500 left.