Nevada trooper pulls over hearse traveling in high occupancy vehicle lane, saying passengers must be alive in order to be counted as occupants in cars using it.
The reminder was prompted by a traffic stop Monday involving a hearse traveling on the carpool lane on Interstate 15 in Las Vegas.
The agency says the hearse driver assumed the body in the back counted toward the two or more occupant requirement for the lane.The agency says only living, breathing people can be counted for the HOV lane.
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