On 5/29/2012 5:24, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2012-05-28 14:33, Jim Henderson a écrit :
>> On Mon, 28 May 2012 08:25:36 -0400, Francois Labreque wrote:
>>
>>> If the 8-month pregnant woman qualifies for using the carpool lane, s
he
>>> can also be fined for driving with a child on her lap.
>>
>> Technically the child isn't on her lap.
>>
>> Jim
>
> In my province, a child has to be in a car seat until he or she is 63cm

> (25in) from the seat to the top of the head, so she could still be fine
d for
> having an unrestrained kid in the car.
>
> Also, she still can't use the car pool lane has you have to have two (i
n
> some cases three) people of driving age to be able to use it. The goal 
is to
> reduce the number of cars on the roads. An infant can't drive a car by
> herself, therefore her mom does not qualify to use the carpool lane, as
 the
> baby's presence has no bearing on the number of cars used by that famil
y.
>

And that's why laws vary between countries, eh?

In California, it's also about reducing pollution, so you're allowed to 
drive electric and hybrid cars in the carpool lane by yourself.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."

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