On 5/23/2012 3:08 AM, Invisible wrote:
> On 23/05/2012 02:33 AM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
>
>> I'm sort of waiting for a company to get sued for exactly this reason.
>
> Because that, apparently, is how the law works. The result of one court
> case determines what the law is, and until that court case happens, the
> law is undefined.
>
> And here I was thinking that the law-makers define the law...

They do.  And some people have learned that you don't worry about a law 
until you see whether and how it will be enforced.

And of course some people in authority (like HR folks and high school 
principals) have a hard time anticipating that something they regard as 
a grand idea may in fact be entirely contrary to the law.

Regards,
John

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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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On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:17:35 -0700, Darren New wrote:

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

Same is true here in Utah as well.

That seems to be becoming more common in the US (at least).

Jim

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