Do Babies Count for HOV?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This debate comes up about every 6 months in the WashPost's Dr Gridlock column
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070803065.html

Some say the little runts don't count and some say people are people no matter how small. If you think kids shouldn't count because they can't drive themselves, then how about the disabled or the elderly or your visiting-friend from NYC who never got a license? How could police enforce such silliness?

The law says all humans should be counted in the HOV lanes. When I drive my 5 kids (all under 10 yos old so not driving themselves yet) down the HOV, I am on the right side of the law.

Plenty of disabled and elderly people drive themselves. Five kids under 5....you could be car pooling thus keeping another parent off the road...not everyone is as fertile as you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who ever said there is no such thing as a stupid question?

I find this amusing, because a few years back there was a heated debate about this issue during a Dr. Gridlock chat on Washingtonpost.com. So there are a bunch of people out there with the same question.

If you are suggesting that a question/opinion is not stupid because multiple people have it, may I remind you that George W. Bush was the President of the United States for 8 years.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why people are arguing here. The answer is yes. Whether you like it or agree is another issue, irrelevant to OP's question.

OP, yes, your child counts so long as s/he is born and not still in utero. Period.

[Anonymous]

What if you are pregnant and driving in the HOV lane without the requisite number of people and you get pulled over. While pulled over, you give birth. Do you still get a ticket for the previous violation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if you are pregnant and driving in the HOV lane without the requisite number of people and you get pulled over. While pulled over, you give birth. Do you still get a ticket for the previous violation?

Of course! LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I take the HOV on 66 every morning and I always get stopped but when they see the kid in the back they wave me by. Sometime I will get jackass who will actually make me roll down the window to see my daughter.

Right, and if not for that "jackass" out there enforcing the HOV law, you could spend an extra 30 minutes sitting in traffic instead of having to put down your window. Good point!

He is a jackass because you can clearly see my daughter yet he still needs to go around to the other side of the car make me roll my window down and see my kid. Not saying all are jackasses just the one that did this.

That's because there was a woman who was pulled over with a doll in a carseat. Turns out she didn't even have children and thought this would be a great way to use the HOV lane.