Driver and baby considered carpool?

[LoverBoyJ]

On my way to dropping off and picking my 8 month old son to his grandma, the usual road I use has a carpool lane. Is it considered carpooling? Just a thought

 

[Bulk Beef]

Baby is half - need two.

 

[ryzmah]

Yeah, this was in the Washington Post a couple of weeks ago.

 

[notfred]

if it says two people for a carpool: you need two people. Age is irrelevant.

 

[LoverBoyJ]

Originally posted by: sward666
Baby is half - need two.

my one is already a handfull, two would be later.

 

[DaWhim]

baby = human being
so is fetus.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: notfred
if it says two people for a carpool: you need two people. Age is irrelevant.

 

[ucdbiendog]

it does count as carpool. however, i do not think it should. i thnk only licensed drivers should count for that

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: ucdbiendog
it does count as carpool. however, i do not think it should. i thnk only licensed drivers should count for that

So a van full of grade school kids doesn't count as an HOV?

 

[jonnyGURU]

Two people. I don't remember a sign on the HOV that says "you must be this tall to be considered a passenger."

 

[FleshLight]

Does the other passenger have to be alive to be elgible to count as a person?

 

[Sundog]

Originally posted by: ucdbiendog
it does count as carpool. however, i do not think it should. i thnk only licensed drivers should count for that

Yeah, there is some good logic for ya :roll:

 

[LoverBoyJ]

I think thers a flaw in that analogy. If your passenger is 20 something BUT doesn't have a license, it won't count?

 

[BlamoHammer]

I agree that it should be two licensed drivers in order to be a carpool. That is why the lane was created, to reduce the number of drivers on the road...

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: Sundog

Originally posted by: ucdbiendog
it does count as carpool. however, i do not think it should. i thnk only licensed drivers should count for that

Yeah, there is some good logic for ya :roll:

With the exception of buses and the like it is perfect logic. What is the purpose of the HOV lane. Here at least it is to cut down on emmissions.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
I agree that it should be two licensed drivers in order to be a carpool. That is why the lane was created, to reduce the number of drivers on the road...

Why so? You could have a passenger who is well over the legal age, but might not have a driver's license. By that logic, it would mean that the van pool/car pool doesn't qualify for the express lanes.

I think babies and non-licensed drivers sould be considered legitimate passengers. Blow up dolls should not. :roll:

 

[VietDude]

I agree with Tiles. You don't need to have a license to be deemed worthy as a passenger. As long as you've got a living person, doesn't matter what age.

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: VietDude
I agree with Tiles. You don't need to have a license to be deemed worthy as a passenger. As long as you've got a living person, doesn't matter what age.

Then what is the point of HOV lanes?

 

[MournSanity]

Does a blow-up doll count as a person? It does a lot of human-like things...

 

[Wozster]

Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
I agree that it should be two licensed drivers in order to be a carpool. That is why the lane was created, to reduce the number of drivers on the road...

Exactly

The lanes were created to reduce traffic, plain and simple

 

[DeeKnow]

last time i checked a baby qualified as people...

 

[phonemonkey]

Kinda makes you wonder what would happen if you had a child in a car seat, but someone didn't see it and reported you to whoever oversees such stuff (ie: in Seattle, there's a number to call to report people abusing it).

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: phonemonkey
Kinda makes you wonder what would happen if you had a child in a car seat, but someone didn't see it and reported you to whoever oversees such stuff (ie: in Seattle, there's a number to call to report people abusing it).

That would really piss me off if my passenger was a licensed driver that was a midget.

 

[Linflas]

Babies definitely count here. There was a lot of complaining about it for a while but it was pretty cut and dry that babies=people.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Really? You mean, if I had a baby, I could drive in the HOV lane? Where can I get one????