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Should car pool lane rules read "two licensed occupants" rather than "two occupants"? Should a car with only a lady and her baby be allowed to use a car pool lane? Isn't the purpose of a car pool lane to provide an incentive to car pool, and reduce the number of cars on the road?
Should car pool lane rules read "two licensed occupants" rather than "two occupants"? Should a car with only a lady and her baby be allowed to use a car pool lane? Isn't the purpose of a car pool lane to provide an incentive to car pool, and reduce the number of cars on the road?
Honestly it probably should be that way. A few years ago I remember hearing about a woman that SUCCESSFULLY fought a ticket for driving in a car pool lane while pregnant. Her defense was Roe Vs. Wade since she was in her third trimester. I think that it was in Cali.
No, it's for getting another driver from driving their car, so unless your 2 year old drives her own car then it should be that way. A mother and her baby is not carpooling.
Man Ticketed For Driving With Mannequin In HOV Lane - News Story - KMGH Denver (http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/6468593/detail.html - broken link)
Honestly it probably should be that way. A few years ago I remember hearing about a woman that SUCCESSFULLY fought a ticket for driving in a car pool lane while pregnant. Her defense was Roe Vs. Wade since she was in her third trimester. I think that it was in Cali.
California law says you can't have two people share a seatbelt, so if there are two people in the car (mom and baby) then wouldn't they be sharing a seatbelt?
Sometimes the degree of enforcement required to strictly achieve a specific public policy goal is legally, politically and logistically impractical. So instead you design the law to promote the policy in such a way that it is enforceable, even if it allows others for whom the policy is not designed to also benefit. Allowing any two occupants in an HOV lane is the best way to promote the desired public policy while still making it practical to enforce. If that's not a compromise you're willing to countenance, I bet you'd change your mind if law enforcement ever seriously tried to enforce a "two licensed drivers only" approach.
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