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Wed 11 Jan, 2006 09:22 pm
So, are the anti-abortionists going to weigh in on this one?
Judge: Don't Count Fetus for Carpool Quota
Jan 11, 3:28 PM (ET)
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Unborn children don't count when it comes to carpool lanes, according to a judge's ruling.
Even after being fined $367 for improper use of a High Occupancy Vehicle lane, Ahwatukee Foothills resident Candace Dickinson stood by her contention that Arizona traffic laws don't define what a person is, so the child inside her womb justified her use of the lane.
"To follow her philosophy would require officers to carry guns, radios and pregnancy testers, and I don't think we want to go there," said Sgt. Dave Norton, the Phoenix police officer who cited Dickinson on Nov. 8.
Sole occupant vehicles aren't allowed to use the carpool lanes during morning and evening rush hours Monday through Friday.
The idea is to lessen traffic congestion, Norton said, citing federal guidelines for creating the lanes.
Norton said when he stopped Dickinson's car on Interstate 10, only one person was visible in the car.
When he asked Dickinson how many people were in the car, "she said two as she pointed to her obvious pregnancy," Norton said.
The case set off a firestorm of opinion but Phoenix Municipal Court Judge Dennis Freeman used a "common sense" definition in which an individual occupies a "separate and distinct" space in a vehicle.
"The law is meant to fill empty space in a vehicle," Freeman said.
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So, are the anti-abortionists going to weigh in on this one?
Why would they? This does not pertain to abortion.
Intrepid wrote:Quote:
So, are the anti-abortionists going to weigh in on this one?
Why would they? This does not pertain to abortion.
Of course not, it simply invalidates the only real argument the AA's have against abortion.
Ok, after further consideration my statement isn't entirely true.
They should simply add a restriction on the carpool laws that only people 16 years of age or older qualify as a carpool. IE: liscensed drivers.
So. . . nevermind.
Re: Judge: Don't Count Fetus for Carpool Quota
Reyn wrote:
Even after being fined $367 for improper use of a High Occupancy Vehicle lane, Ahwatukee Foothills resident Candace Dickinson stood by her contention that Arizona traffic laws don't define what a person is, so the child inside her womb justified her use of the lane.
nice try
Intrepid wrote:Questioner wrote:Intrepid wrote:Quote:
So, are the anti-abortionists going to weigh in on this one?
Why would they? This does not pertain to abortion.
Of course not, it simply invalidates the only real argument the AA's have against abortion.
Quote:The case set off a firestorm of opinion but Phoenix Municipal Court Judge Dennis Freeman used a "common sense" definition in which an individual occupies a "separate and distinct" space in a vehicle.
Yeah yeah, note that I'd already corrected myself.
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