Technically correct. The best kind of correct.

[Richard Bartrop]

Edited July 29, 2019 by Richard Bartrop

[Khils]

[bbowser]

Perfect!

[espo]

This would almost be worth it just to see if you could get away without getting a ticket. 

[Classicgas]

Well it is "technically" a green vehicle lol.

[Force]

Yep...you can't argue with that. 

[Mark]

It's a hybrid...burns both gas and rubber!

[oldnslow]

[Force]

40 minutes ago, Mark said:

It's a hybrid...burns both gas and rubber!

 

 

Edited July 29, 2019 by Force

[Deathgoblin]

I like it! 

[Snake45]

Technically correct. Factually correct. Common-sense correct. Correct! 

On a somewhat related note, yesterday I saw a sign I love: "Common sense is now so uncommon that it should be considered a super-power." 

[BigTallDad]

Another one...

[youpey]

Honestly what is defined as a green vehicle.  I mean I have a stupid Ford fiesta that gets over 35mpg. I got its cause it was cheap.  Is that a "green vehicle"

[porschercr]

1 hour ago, Snake45 said:

Technically correct. Factually correct. Common-sense correct. Correct! 

On a somewhat related note, yesterday I saw a sign I love: "Common sense is now so uncommon that it should be considered a super-power." 

Yes, I would tend to agree with that.

[iamsuperdan]

On 7/29/2019 at 3:17 PM, espo said:

This would almost be worth it just to see if you could get away without getting a ticket. 

"Green" spaces are not legally enforcable. Not here anyway. This came up when Ikea put some green spaces in front of the store.

Around the same time, a high end restaurant in town put up two signs that said "fancy car parking only." Oh, the outcry was huge! And amusing.

[Tom Geiger]

Technically Correct reminds me of a story....

Once upon a time a helicopter was lost in the fog in Seattle and couldn't find the airport.  It came upon a tall office building and got the attention of the people inside. They wrote up a quick sign and flashed them  "Where Are We???"   The building occupants scurried and posted back a sign of their own  that said  "You Are In A Helicopter"   

The pilot immediately went into action and found the airport.  The passengers asked him how he found the airport from that information...  He replied,  "I knew it must be the Microsoft building because they gave me technically correct but totally useless information."   And he knew how to get to the airport from there.

I was out in Seattle a few times this month and chuckled as I rode past their building..

[Hotrod 97]

On 7/29/2019 at 3:38 PM, Richard Bartrop said:

Ahhh I see that that’s one of those new green cars that run on Smiles Per Gallon 

[Flat32]

9 hours ago, youpey said:

Honestly what is defined as a green vehicle.  I mean I have a stupid Ford fiesta that gets over 35mpg. I got its cause it was cheap.  Is that a "green vehicle"

EPA has definitions.  Looking into the future HOV lanes will probably have "Green" added making them HOGV lanes.

https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/learn-about-green-vehicles

[Joe Handley]

Hmmmmmm, I wondered about this.....I can park my 200 in the Green Vehicle spots after all!

If anybody questions me on it, pop open the gas cap and let them take a whiff of corn liquor

[martinfan5]

5 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

"Green" spaces are not legally enforcable. Not here anyway. This came up when Ikea put some green spaces in front of the store.

Around the same time, a high end restaurant in town put up two signs that said "fancy car parking only." Oh, the outcry was huge! And amusing.

Private properties can get away a lot of things here,   so in theory, in some states,  a car that is park in a reserved spot for "green" vehicles could be towed at the owners expense, as long as its clearly marked such and I think I first warning must be given , but again, that is going to vary by each state.

As for public parking spots , yeah, I have no idea if they are legal on city/state/county owned land.

[Faust]

Awesome. 

I'd like to know, though, why that's not discrimination on the basis of vehicular choice...

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

I'd like to see what would happen if somebody parked a supercharged 500 HP '32 Ford hot rod running on pure hydrogen made using 100% solar electricity and wastewater in that space. You can't get much greener than that.

[Joe Handley]

34 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I'd like to see what would happen if somebody parked a supercharged 500 HP '32 Ford hot rod running on pure hydrogen made using 100% solar electricity and wastewater in that space. You can't get much greener than that.

That's the reason I haven't parked my 200 in one yet, only idiot proof way to tell it's flex fuel is to open the gas door and look at the yellow Flex Fuel models specific gas cap. Only other way to tell on the '12-'14 200 and Avenger is to look for the dual tip muffler like mine has, which also is the only way to tell which ones have the 283hp 3.6l V-6 and 6 speed auto vs the 170hp 2.4l no matter which trans it has

1 hour ago, Faust said:

Awesome. 

I'd like to know, though, why that's not discrimination on the basis of vehicular choice...

 

It's basically the same idea as Handicap, Expecting Mother, and Military Vet parking, but for those of us that have bought electric, hybrid, flex fuel, or dual fuel vehicles.  If you pay attention to what's on the road, there have been a good number of flex fuel cars and trucks made and with the exception of some years and models of Mopars, most will be badged as such and should (keyword there) be ok to park in these spots.  Hybrids and Electrics are usually pretty obvious as well, only ones that would be tricky is Dual Fuel, which is normally CNG since they don't look any different from their gas only or flex fuel siblings and would require a decal or badge to make it obvious that they can run CNG.