No, the deceased don't count as passengers in the carpool lane.
Body cam video shows Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Travis Smaka’s encounter with a hearse driver in Las Vegas.
The black van was driving southbound in the carpool lane of Interstate 15, just past the Stratosphere hotel and casino in Las Vegas, when the Nevada Highway Patrol trooper noticed the driver appeared to be alone.“Hi! Trooper Smaka, Nevada Highway Patrol,” he said as the man in the van handed him his driver’s license. “You got your registration and insurance as well?”Then the driver sort of nodded and motioned toward the back of the van. He said there was a body back there.
The traffic stop Monday came amid increased HOV lane enforcement on I-15 running parallel to the Las Vegas Strip. Since mid-June, it’s a $250 fine to drive solo in a carpool lane — a change from before when enforcement occurred only during morning and evening rush hours. On the first day of enforcement, the department reported dozens were ticketed.
People have been trying to skirt carpool lane laws since their inception — and often in creative, if not successful, ways.
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