- Virginia Bill Would Count A Fetus As A Person In HOV Lanes
- MTA Police Nab 21 "Persistent" Scofflaws In One Day
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Virginia Bill Would Count A Fetus As A Person In HOV Lanes
“A proposed bill in Virginia would allow a pregnant woman’s fetus to count as a person when traveling in a car, which would therefore allow them to use High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes in the Commonwealth,” WUSA reports. The legislation would require that the woman certify her pregnancy and have the information linked to her transponder account. A similar bill was introduced last year in Texas, after a woman contested a citation for violating HOV 2+ rules in Dallas on the basis that her fetus was the second person in her car. The Texas Legislature did not advance that bill, and the Virginia proposal is not expected to get traction.
NBC News also reports on the Virginia bill, giving more consideration to its political context as well as the societal implications of so-called personhood laws.
Carpooling Express Lanes Issues of Law Texas Virginia Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)MTA Police Nab 21 "Persistent" Scofflaws In One Day
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that its police force “stopped and towed the vehicles of 21 New York State persistent toll violators in a single day on Wednesday, January 11.” The scofflaws, whose vehicle registrations had previously been suspended for non-payment of tolls, collectively owe over $400,000 in tolls and fees. The targeted enforcement exercise was carried out by officers “equipped with specialized license plate readers that can identify motorists who are operating vehicles with a suspended registration due to unpaid tolls.” MTA Bridges and Tunnels President Daniel DeCrescenzo, Jr., said the authority “is committed to the collection and protection of our toll revenue,” and noted that it has recovered nearly 90 percent of the tolls owed by scofflaws whose New York vehicle registrations have been suspended since the inception of cashless tolling.
Silive.com reports that the MTA crackdown continued into yesterday morning’s peak-period, with police impounding an additional eight vehicles. The combined total of tolls and fees owed by the scofflaws apprehended over the two days is $500,000.
New York Post also covers this story.
Crime Beat Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York New York City ScofflawsThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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