Can I drive in the HOV lane if i am driving Hurst with a corpse inside?

Question

Can I drive in the HOV lane if i am driving Hurst with a corpse inside?

Answer 1

Only if it's a legal corpse being transported to the funeral home.

Answer 2

'Hurst" is a manufacturer of aftermarket shifters for cars. http://www.hurst-shifters.com/

A 'hearse' is a funeral vehicle, a conveyance for the coffin from e.g. a church to a cemetery, a similar burial site, or a crematorium. In the funeral trade, they are often called funeral coaches.

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No. One cannot drive in a HOV in  hearse, thinking the 'passenger' in the coffin would count as  a passenger.  Not unless it has enough (living) passengers to qualify.

Each vehicle that travels on an HOV lane must carry the minimum number of people posted at the entrance signs. Usually that means at least two people, or in some cases three people. Each child counts as an occupant, but pets, infants still in the womb, inflatable dolls or ghosts do not (we've heard 'em all).

Violators are subject to a minimum $271 fine. The California Highway Patrol handed out more than 18,000 such citations in 1996.

Exceptions: A car manufactured with only two seats can use an HOV-3 lane if both seats are occupied. Motorcycles, even those carrying just one person, are allowed to use the HOV lanes.

Answer 3

No, you need a living passenger and a brain to drive in the HOV lane.