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Originally Posted by overlander63
Becky, do you know if a loaded hearse can use the carpool lane?
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So here's an interesting story from Seattle:
A few years back (and this was well publicized), a pregnant woman was driving in the carpool lane (2-per-vehicle required), when she was pulled over by the motorcycle patrolman, who, despite her protests that she was 8 months pregnant and carrying her second passenger in her belly, proceeded to write her a ticket for single-occupant riding in the carpool lane.
When she later showed up in court to contest the ticket, she brought with her the - now newborn - child she thought should qualify her for the carpool lane. She showed the baby to the judge, and asked whether he would qualify on that day if she and the baby were in the carpool lane. The answer was "of course!"
She then asked how it is, that one month earlier, before the child was born, that he did not qualify at that time. Would His Honor thereby imply that the unborn baby, just one month earlier, was not a baby at that time?
The judge threw the case out of court, stating that he certainly was not interested in getting involved in THAT political discussion, and dismissed the case and the ticket.
Innnnteresting....