prius backlash

"22 years. Man, L.A. has changed a lot during that time. The air got dirty and the sex got clean." -FBI Agent Angelo Pappas


In Carpool Lanes, Hybrids Find Cold Shoulders
Other motorists gripe that drivers of the fuel-efficient vehicles are slowing the HOV flow.
By Amanda Covarrubias, Times Staff Writer
April 10, 2006

"There's a mentality out there that we're a bunch of liberal hippies or we're trying to make some statement on the environment," said Travis Ruff, a real estate agent from Newbury Park who drives a Toyota Prius. "People are a lot less friendly than when I drove a Mercedes."

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To those that are complaining I say, TOUGH and if your complaining & driving an SUV that you don't need, EAT SH*&

The HOV lanes were stop & go during rush hour prior to the law being enacted.