The proposed bill comes after a pregnant Texas woman got a traffic ticket for driving alone in the HOV lane in June.
HB 521
, which would allow pregnant drivers to use the HOV lane “regardless of whether the vehicle is occupied by a passenger other than the operator ‘s unborn child.” , of Plano, was pulled over at a sheriff’s checkpoint after driving in the High-Occupancy Vehicle lane by herself. She made headlines for claiming her unborn child should count as a second passenger.
“I was driving to pick up my son. I knew I couldn’t be a minute late, so I took the HOV lane. As I exited the HOV, there was a checkpoint at the end of the exit. I slammed on my brakes and I was pulled over by police,” Bottone told theBottone, who planned to fight the traffic ticket in court, had the ticket dismissed by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. She was later given a second ticket at the same location for the same reason.
Texas legislators were allowed to start filing bills this week for the upcoming session. Thousands of pieces of legislation are filed each session, but most never make it into law, according to the
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