Baby on board… in her belly?
A pregnant Texas woman argued that her yet-to-born child counted as a passenger when police stopped her for driving in a High Occupancy Vehicle lane, according to the Dallas Morning News.
When officers at an HOV checkpoint asked Brandy Bettone if anyone else was inside the vehicle with her, the woman gestured to her baby bump.
“I pointed to my stomach and said, ‘My baby girl is right here. She is a person,’” Ms. Bettone said.
Officers weren’t convinced, as Ms. Bettone recollected that the officers said, “‘Oh, no.