Ripples are coming...
 

Young woman is suing Texas because she got s ticket for driving alone in the HOV. She is pregnant and claims she was not alone, her fetus is a person according to Texas law.

Pregnant woman says her fetus should count as a passenger in HOV lanes. She got a ticket

Another indicator of the day we live in.

One person in the car....give her a ticket and send her packing....instead the "incident" (trying to remain polite) is presented as worthy news hence validating the charade.

Complete/utter BS!

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Completely disagree. Texas made the law that says there were two people in the car; they can't have it both ways. Poorly-considered actions often have unintended consequences.

And this is ruining your whole day? Wow.

Incorrect!
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This case is the tip of the iceberg with all of the different laws from state to state. Keeps the lawyers busy and these cases are not going to be cases like personal injury lawyers advertise that they only get paid when the injured person gets paid. HUGE can of worms.

This is mostly my point. For 40 or 50 years people have been working for this day, and now that it is here, you might have thought they would have given some thought to the unintentional consequences.

To the person that said there is one person in the car, I completely agree with you. But, you see Texas disagrees with you and me and said in criminal law on the books that there are two.

I predict there is going to be at least a year of chaos to come, with so many unforeseen consequences springing up.

Actually, she said that she did the same thing when she was driving with her first pregnancy, way before the recent RoeWade decision, and that she is pro-life. It appears that she figured it is 2 people in the car, when one is pregnant, all along.

You are correct. Unintended consequences are the result of laws born from stupidity. O⁹

We have. The unintentional consequences of overturning R vs W are minuscule compared to the intended consequences of abortion.
In this case, let’s compare a traffic violation to millions of terminated lives.
It is an easy decision for intelligent people, but apparently not for many who are uneducated or educated beyond their intelligence.

Then she should get ticketed for not having the child in an approved car seat?, assuming Texas has that law

Although sympathetic, she is wasting her time and money. The judge will dismiss this case.

Ripples indeed
 

describes your response.

Given the ridiculous laws in Texas and other states about when life begins, the woman made a perfectly reasonable claim. The law of unintended consequences rules!

I suppose she will have no issue being charged for 2 when booking airline flights while pregnant.