Fake baby, real fine -- Woman nabbed in HOV lane with phony kid in car

Toronto Sun ^ | 2006-03-23 | Jonathan Jenkins

[Vaquero]

HOV lanes are stupid and they don't accomplish anything.

Bingo

[CygnusXI]

I'm waiting for.. and unfortunately I may be prophetic here... lanes reserved for Hybrid cars.

OMFG!!

Why did I give them that idea?!?!
*sad but (prolly) gonna be true.


(I want a Hummer lane!)

[GMMAC]

Surely, as this is Canada & somehow a man's always to blame, our relentlessly gender bigoted injustice system will waive any fine and - at worst - substitute a brief period of 'house arrest' for the demerit points.

Also, watch for the 'Elizabeth Fry Society' & every other radical feminist, criminals-as-victims group to immediately begin whining for increased public funding in order to provide such women with more realistic dolls.

[HairOfTheDog]

I always got away with it with my old labrador... - course I had to keep poking him when he tried to lay down.

[highball]

i call BS, cop just made up an excuse to pull her over.

I think you're propbably right. This time, he got lucky and actually found something.

[Publius6961]

HOV lanes are stupid and they don't accomplish anything.

Amen...

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences." -- C. S. Lewis

[HairOfTheDog]

Agreed. Mom with kids in the car is not carpooling.

I hate the concept. It's most dangerous when traffic ~is~ heavy and cars are whipping by at 55... past slow and stopped traffic.

[Doohickey]

She deserved it for trying that stunt without tinted windows...

[Vaquero]

yes we all want a lane for a hummer.(chortle)

NEWSFLASH!!!!

the HOV lane here on the LI Expressway, has a new sign inviting 'Green Friendly' cars with the appropriate window stickers to enter.

[dennisw]

HOV lanes are stupid and they don't accomplish anything.

Lard ass bureaucrats love them because it means more make work jobs for them and it annoys the rational drivers

[stuartcr]

Yeah, people with kids and old passengers have no right, wanting to get out of traffic...who do they think they are?

[Publius6961]

That'll be fixed with "light rail" dontcha know.

Until the overpaid morons driving the damm things go on strike...

[Doohickey]

No way! HOV shaves 45 minutes off of my morning commute. My state is dumb enough to let me drive by myself on the HOV just because I drive a hybrid, and I'm smart enough to take advantage. The time I've saved over the past six months alone pay for the $3000 premium I paid.

[kstewskis]

LOL, yeah probably!

[RetiredArmy]

HOV lanes are stupid and they don't accomplish anything.

Sure they do. They create a steady stream of taxing monies for the local governments with the tickets they give out. :>)

[Tanniker Smith]

Does that mean she was tested and found to be HOV Negative?

There is a deep circle in Hell waiting for you for that one.

[Psycho_Bunny]

If you can't handle objective personal opinion, and post in accordance with the rules of the web site, you should leave.

[right right]

I used to work odd hours, and was stuck in traffic jams going the opposite way of the rush because they took away 2 lanes to create an 8 lane jam going the other way and leave me in a 4 lane jam that would not be there but for the HOV screwing. The problem is usually where the lanes all lead to. Four, 6, or 26 lanes leading to 2 lanes is a jam. Government of any form cannot see past the next election date. Stuck on Stupid.

[Williams]

Having watched the Animal Cops shows, I've never seen an episode involving violent cruelty to animals, of the type that would presage violence to humans. For example, teenagers or young adults abusing animals. I've seen countless episodes of malnourished animals, often very poor uneducated people who get arrested for not getting their pet veterinary care.

IF they are privately funded that tempers my reaction somewhat. IF they are coming out of public funds, they do noble work but I would spend the money protecting kids from predators, etc.

[Kaylee Frye]

I disagree. The HOV lanes on I-5 allow me to work at my job. My daily commute is at least 3 hours total (Sometimes as much as 4 hours). If I didn't ride the bus (and thus use the HOV lane to avoid most of the traffic), I cannot imagine how long my commute would be. If the goal of HOV lanes is to increase use of mass transit and to increase carpooling, I would say they are very successful.