On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:12:20 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Heh, I saw that one come up recently.
> 
> My brother (a cop) once stopped a guy in a truck for using the commuter
> lane[1] with only one person in the truck. His argument was that since
> the back of the truck held a couple dozen frozen bodies on the way to
> the medical school, he had plenty of people to meet the commuter limit.
> Judge said "We'll let you off this time, but don't do it again." :-)

Heh.....That's good, I know my cousin (who's a Sheriff's deputy) has lots 
of stories like that.  Best quote from him to date:  "I love my job.  
Where else do I get to shoot guns, drive fast, and mess with people?"

> There was also a case here where a lady got stopped for being alone in
> the commuter lane. She pointed out she's 8 months pregnant, and if she
> can't have an abortion it must be because the "baby" counts.  The judges
> actually agreed with this one. :-)

Seems reasonable to me....

> [1] Special lane on the freeway reserved for cars with multiple people,
> which tends to go faster during rush-hour, because americans are too
> lazy to find neighbors going the same way at the same time to save gas.
> :-)

Yeah, we have those here as well, though you can buy a tag that lets you 
use it as a single person occupied vehicle.  They also give the tags to 
people who drive hybrids.

Jim

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