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"High Occupancy?" (by Mike Peters)
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Was going to say...
A judge agreed with her, and the June ticket was dismissed.
Still, it is annoying that state and municipal officers can drag you to court in your pregnant condition to prove what the legislature has already decided.
Almost as though the police exist to harass and obstruct the rights of citizens, rather than to serve and protect them.
The judge only agreed because if they denied, their stupid abortion laws would have to be revisited.
Technically it wasn't the police's job to make that kind of interpretation but after the precedent had been set they should apply the court's decision
it wasn’t the police’s job to make that kind of interpretation
This was the second ticket she'd had dismissed. The courts had already made the interpretation. Cops simply weren't abiding by it.
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Hey, at least they're consistent. Also, I can't think of anybody who wants abortion at 34 weeks.
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I like how she admitted she didn't think of the political ramifications and was just working the exploit she'd been given XD
In Texas, a pregnant black woman or immigrant only counts as 1 and 1/5th person though.
1 and ⅕? So more than a regular person? Did you mean just ⅕?
He meant 3/5 (the mother) plus 3/5 (the child), so a total of 6/5.
Ahh yes ⅗ ... I had it wrong ... Damnit!
Don't feel too bad. I had to think about it hard after I wrote the sentence. Then I thought about it some more, triple checked my work using a fractions calculator, then finally hit the submit button 🤣
Fractions are hard. Normal people don't think in fractions (anymore; they probably used to in days of yore).
This happened in Texas
Literally
Aren't there laws against children, babies etc riding in the front seat? Could backfire. /s
Children and babies, not fetuses. Should be fine.
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If it's a legitimate car crash, a woman's body has ways of shutting that whole thing down.
-Republicans
Unironically should be legal. I think pregnant women should be able to claim child benefit, too.
According to the article linked by another commenter, it literally is.
She was ticketed, but it was then dismissed in court, because she was right.
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What if I'm the one that's high?
High Occupant Vehicle lane?
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They have dedicated carpool lanes?
(almost?) all US state highways do, yes
Wild.
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What's a carpool lane? Do we have them in Europe?
It's a highway lane that you're only allowed to drive on if you have multiple people driving in the car. So you could avoid traffic, for example. It's supposed to reduce the number of cars on the road.
There is one in Norway it seems, in Trondheim.
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