KVVU-TV [Las Vegas]
1 July 2019
Nevada Highway Patrol pulls
over hearse driver in HOV lane
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- When local law enforcement warns
motorists that they must be accompanied by another person to utilize HOV lanes,
the small print reads as follows: passengers must be alive. Drivers have tried it
with dummies and pets in the past, but Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Travis
Smaka encountered a carpooling first on Monday — a hearse driver shuttling the
deceased. NHP tweeted the following after the incident: "The driver had
the dearly departed in the back, he thought the deceased could be counted as
two people. I guess we should clarify this, living, breathing people count for
the HOV lane." […]
New York Daily
News
25 January 2015
Police pull over N.J. man in
HOV lane — and find two kidnapped victims in back seat: officials
A New Jersey man
was busted for kidnapping after cops pulled him over for apparently driving
solo in the carpool lane — and discovered his terrified victims in the back
seat, officials said Saturday. Port Authority cops pulled over Luis Moreno Jr.
because he appeared to be alone in his silver 2002 Toyota Sequoia as he entered
an HOV lane approaching the George Washington Bridge on I-95 in Fort Lee, N.J.,
at 8:05 a.m. Friday, officials said. “I have two passengers in the back,”
Moreno protested, rolling down his rear driver’s-side window to show the cop. […]
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Associated Press
11 January 2006
Judge: Fetuses Don’t Count in HOV Lanes
PHOENIX (AP) - Fetuses do not count as passengers when
it comes to determining who may drive in the carpool lane, a judge ruled. Candace
Dickinson was fined $367 for improper use of a carpool lane, but contended the
fetus inside her womb allowed her to use the lane. Motorists who use the lanes
normally must carry at least one passenger during weekday rush hours. Municipal
Judge Dennis Freeman rejected Dickinson’s argument Tuesday, applying a “common
sense” definition in which an individual is someone who occupies a ``separate
and distinct″ space in a vehicle. […]
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Weekly World News
13 February 2006, p. 54.
Judge: Carpool Passenger Has
To Be Real
When Steve Chapnell, 41, was stopped for driving in the
carpool lane alone, he calmly insisted he did
have a passenger with him – his imaginary friend! […] [It should go without
saying that this is a made-up story.]
Stephan Pastis, Pearls Before Swine, 5 July 2019
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