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Old 07-11-2011, 07:49 PM
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Default Bay Area carpool 3 persons

I travel to the bay area once in awhile and was wondering if our cars qualify to travel in the carpool lane even if it says 3 persons or more.
I dont have fastrak either. Thanks in advance.

I did try searching but did not find any answers.
Old 07-11-2011, 08:15 PM
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for school i would go to and from the bay area a lot too, i figured with a passenger i qualify because unless they want a person in the hatch my car is full. never got hassled but maybe i was lucky...
Old 07-11-2011, 09:09 PM
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ya... you can carpool. I've done for years
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I used to have to go there every once in a while,after a few trips of waiting in traffic for hours I came up with the brilliant idea of a pillow inside a sweatshirt works wonders in our car looks like a real person lol but it has to be a hoodie

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Originally Posted by datsunHEAD
I used to have to go there every once in a while,after a few trips of waiting in traffic for hours I came up with the brilliant idea of a pillow inside a sweatshirt works wonders in our car looks like a real person lol but it has to be a hoodie
LMAO I'll try that. J/K
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it depends on the part..
some places are 2 people some are 3 people. since you have max occupancy of 2.. as long as you have 2 you are good to go..
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Ok thanks, just wanted to make sure
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Originally Posted by anotheraznguy
it depends on the part..
some places are 2 people some are 3 people. since you have max occupancy of 2.. as long as you have 2 you are good to go..
+1 correct.
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Originally Posted by anotheraznguy
it depends on the part..
some places are 2 people some are 3 people. since you have max occupancy of 2.. as long as you have 2 you are good to go..
or a pillow stuffed hoodie
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Originally Posted by anotheraznguy
it depends on the part..
some places are 2 people some are 3 people. since you have max occupancy of 2.. as long as you have 2 you are good to go..
Yup. Same goes for tolls that honor the car pooling. No toll if you have 2 in a Z. I went over a bridge one day in my G35 Coupe one day while headed to Thunderhill. I had the back seats folded down with 4 tires sitting there, and a passenger in the front. They nodded and let me go without a fee, not knowing it was a 4 SEAT Z.

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or a pillow stuffed hoodie
Funny, but risky. You'd get more than one ticket if you got caught.
Old 07-12-2011, 06:25 PM
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This is nice to know, we would not have taken the chance if I hadn't known this. I actually thought we were out of luck. Excellent info here.
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