Pregnant Women In The HOV Lane
Pregnant women in the HOV lane might be coming to Texas. Texas State Rep. Briscoe Cain, a Republican, filed a bill that made it onto the agenda for the 2023…
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 03: Drivers use the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane (C), also called the diamond or commuter lane, at sunset on the 118 or Ronald Reagan Freeway on February 3, 2005 near Simi Valley, California. To encourage sales of environmentally-friendly hybrid cars, lawmakers are contemplating legislation that would allow states to determine whether to allow hybrid vehicles with no additional passengers to be driven in highway HOV lanes, currently reserved only for motorcycles and vehicles carrying multiple passengers. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)Pregnant women in the HOV lane might be coming to Texas.
Texas State Rep. Briscoe Cain, a Republican, filed a bill that made it onto the agenda for the 2023 legislative session. The bill would allow pregnant women to drive in the HOV lane.
The bill states, "An operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant is entitled to use of any high occupancy vehicle lane in this state regardless of whether the vehicle is occupied by a passenger other than the operator's unborn child".
A lot of this seems to have stemmed from a situation that happened in Texas earlier this year. A woman was stopped by police for driving in the HOV lane when she was on her way to pick up her son. When the officer asked if anyone else was in the car, she said yes, and pointed to her stomach.
The case was dismissed in court.
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