The results are in, and an overwhelming majority of you (5) say I should be able to drive in the carpool lane if I have Lily with me in the car. As far as John and I have been able to hunt down on MNDot, the requirement is only for another occupant, not adult or driving-age person. So there. As it should be.
In looking for this information, we came across a lot of funny news stories about people going to ridiculous lengths to use the carpool lane. The worst and silliest was the one with the pregnant lady, who when stopped by a police officer and asked where her other car occupant was, pointed to her belly. Yeah, I don't think so, honey. The judge in the case ruled that she was silly. Well, no, just that she had to pay the fine and no way were police officers going to be doing pregnancy tests on the side of the road to qualify single female drivers for the carpool lane. Other attempts to circumvent the rules to get into the carpool lane included a woman who planted a fake baby in a carseat in her car (it was a doll), a man who used a blow-up doll in the passenger seat--actually, several men have done this, and I wonder why is it always men doing the blow-up doll? Do they have these lying around at home?--and people claiming their pets qualify as multiple-occupancy. Hmm. A dog is an occupant, yes, but I think most laws specify occupants as humans. Too bad. Sorry, doggies.
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