Can a hearse driver, drive a corpse in a car pool lane?

Question

for the cow that made the comment about my comma, that was a typo heffffffff!

Answer 1

I don't think so, unless the dearly departed is sitting in the passenger seat.  The casket (and contents) are really cargo, i.e. a shipment being moved to a destination.

Live well and do good.

Answer 2

No.  There was an instance of this a while ago.  A policeman pulled a driver over for driving in a carpool lane without another passenger, but the man said he was driving a hearse and had a corpse in the back.  The driver was still ticketed, and he took the case to court.  Of course he lost and had to pay the fine.

Answer 3

No, I don't think they're allowed

Answer 4

Only if they sit the body upright in the passenger seat. LOL

(Good question!)

Answer 5

Ha...Probably

Answer 6

of course not.

no comma is needed by the way

Answer 7

Carpool is 2 or more Licensed drivers (certain carpool lanes are 3, must be valid licenses).  Thats why people with their children in the car will get ticketed as well.  since a corpse isnt a person under the law, and you have to be a person to have a valid license, no you cant drive in the carpool lane.

Edit:  The whole point is to keep cars off the road.  Thats why it has to be licensed drivers.  Your corpse is going to be escorted regardless.

Answer 8

lol, good question.

I wouldn't think so, the point of a car pool lane is for living people to be saving gas by car pooling... But I don't think it actually specifies in the law about people having to be alive...

Answer 9

No

did you know someone else ask this exact same question about 2 days ago

Answer 10

To reiterate what's been said above:

No, you cannot drive a hearse in the carpool lane....unless you have a live passenger. A corpse is not a passenger. It's cargo.

(I must answer this question at least once a week.)