Do babies count for use of HOV lanes?

[Anonymous]

Wow. I can't believe how many people are asleep at the wheel. The fake posts are hilarious. Thank you for making me laugh.

[Anonymous]

i'm the person who wrote at 11:25 that they have to be driving age. i wasn't kidding, but i now see that i am wrong. the person who wrote 11:54 is clearly kidding, for those who missed the humor, but i wonder if he/she wrote that making fun of my answer. in other states, HOV lanes do in fact require the second person possess a drivers license -- the point is for less people to be driving on the streets. So it surprises me that an infant would be considered an additional person for HOV purposes, but I am happy to hear that, since I just always assume I can't get on 66.

[Anonymous]

Of course an infant is a person! What are they? A quarter of a person? It's just me an little quarter squat in the backseat. Together we equal 1.5 people. Haha some of these posts are funny.

[Anonymous]

What about a corpse? Does that count as a person?

If not, suppose your passenger died during the journey. Would that put you in violation of the law? Seems harsh.

If corpses do count, couldn't I just drive around with a dead body in the passenger seat?

TIA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I can't believe how many people are asleep at the wheel. The fake posts are hilarious. Thank you for making me laugh.

Explains a lot of the fights on DCUM, though, doesn't it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:no, i believe they have to be driving age.

Babies and children who cannot drive count. Virginia just requires you to be person and not an animal.

In order to qualify for use of an HOV lane, you have to be physically able to drive, but not necessarily legally. Thus infants don't count, but advanced toddlers, who could conceivably grasp the wheel, do count.
Chimpanzees count, because they could be trained to drive at least a few feet. Dogs and cats, lacking opposable thumbs, do not.

Regarding infants, that seems to directly contradict the VDOT link in the earlier post. Do you have a source on that?

Source? What was Moses' source when he found the 10 commandments? What was Aristotle's source when he invented the gyro? What was Joseph Smith's source when he was told about magic underwear etc?

I will take a combination of divine inspiration and rock-solid logic over a "link" to a "website" any day of the week. There are all kinds of nutters on the internet.

My favorite posts of the day.

[Anonymous]

So if I have my infant and monkey, I don't qualify for HOV-3 but would for HOV-2?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if I have my infant and monkey, I don't qualify for HOV-3 but would for HOV-2?

Not if the monkey is dead. Or too sick to drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i'm the person who wrote at 11:25 that they have to be driving age. i wasn't kidding, but i now see that i am wrong. the person who wrote 11:54 is clearly kidding, for those who missed the humor, but i wonder if he/she wrote that making fun of my answer. in other states, HOV lanes do in fact require the second person possess a drivers license -- the point is for less people to be driving on the streets. So it surprises me that an infant would be considered an additional person for HOV purposes, but I am happy to hear that, since I just always assume I can't get on 66.

Maybe they count infants as an additional person because a part of 66 is in the only major highway in the States that is completely dedicated to HOV at certain times.

[Anonymous]

Please stop! Pregnant chick here finding it increasingly difficult to hold her bladder!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So if I have my infant and monkey, I don't qualify for HOV-3 but would for HOV-2?

Not if the monkey is dead. Or too sick to drive.

LOL I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!!!!

[Anonymous]

You will get a ticket however if you put a mannequin in the front seat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You will get a ticket however if you put a mannequin in the front seat

Yeah, but probably not if you put a babydoll in your carseat because that is less obvious.

[Anonymous]

16:01, that's awesome!! you are funny!!

[Anonymous]

After last weeks' supreme court ruling that corporations are persons as regards the first amendment, you might be able to use HOV if you can travel with your ameritrade account open on your iphone.