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So ...what do you think?

http//www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=53255

"A pregnant woman ticketed for driving in the carpool lane will have her day in court next month to argue that her unborn child counts as a second person in the car. "I understand the reasoning for the HOV lane," said Candace Dickinson, 23. "But whether my son is in a car seat versus in my stomach, I don’t get it. It’s the same thing."

The near-full-term Ahwatukee Foothills woman was driving to work on Interstate 10 near Interstate 17 at 6 a.m. last week when a Phoenix police officer pulled her over.

"He asked how many people were in the car with me, and I said, ‘Two’ and he said ‘No, one.’ I said I was nine months pregnant and had my son in the car with me," she said. "The way the law is written, he can occupy the vehicle without occupying a seat."

Officer Frank Valenzuela, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, said this is not a common occurrence on Valley freeways. He said the law’s intent is not to include pregnant women, but to increase vehicle occupancy to conserve fuel and reduce traffic."


If I were the officer I'd have ticketed her for not having her "child" in a car seat.

Well I suppose you can't blame her for trying but that really is taking things too far.

Then the law,madam, is and ass !

All occupants should be correctly seated.

Technically I think she's wrong, but c'mon, ticketing a 9 months pregnant woman. :roll:

Officer discretion is going out the window when revenue gathering is the primary purpose of traffic stops.

The judges in the city I work in held a Town Hall style meeting last week and basically admitted that they are now unable to cut drivers a break in traffic court because the state has passed down rules so that they can offset dwindling tax revenues with traffic fines.

What? Being preggers means you can break whatever law you like and get away with it?

/can't wait for that as a bank robbery excuse

What got me was the fact that she was actually driving to work at 9 months pregnant! I mean don't they have maternity leave over here?

ha, ha !!! No , really you're killing me :lol:

No.

Well thank goodness I'm too old to have any more babies then! :grin:

I think she should get double the fine.

Women who use pregnancy as an excuse for everything give the rest of us a bad name evil

First if she was nearly to term whats she doing in a car on her own ?? what if the baby comes she could have a accident and kill them both .

So next will we be saying the folks with multiple personalities* bipolar* have a car full of poeple

Absolutely.


I diasagree.


Who's asking you?


Shut up, all three of you, I'm trying to drive here!

Which one of you three is the mod ? :lol: :lol: :lol:
I hope the other two pay there dues :twisted: :roll:

you're not a person within the law until you have legal status, you only get legal status after birth.

surely?

Ask Scott Peterson why they are going to execute him twice.