Hey, I’m a corporation too!
Heh:
When Jonathan Frieman of San Rafael, Calif., was pulled over for driving alone in the carpool lane, he argued to the officer that, actually, he did have a passenger.
He waved his corporation papers at the officer, he told NBCBayArea.com, saying that corporations are people under California law.
January 6th, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Hah, that’s quite funny and rather smart.
January 6th, 2013 at 10:48 pm
Heh, I could do that too. Not that it would get me very far…
January 7th, 2013 at 12:37 pm
I was visiting San Diego over the holidays and had the exact same thought enter my mind. Depending on how it works out for this guy, I don’t know if it is ‘great minds think alike’ or ‘misery loves company’
JLE
January 7th, 2013 at 4:27 pm
If “corporate power” were really the boogeyman he thinks it is, it would simply induce the officer not to show up.
January 7th, 2013 at 5:47 pm
Enjoy the ticket. This is like arguing that a speed camera violates your sixth amendment rights by voiding the confrontation clause. It does, but when you say that to an adjudicator in traffic court they just shrug their shoulders and find you guilty. Revenue trumps truth, apparently.
January 7th, 2013 at 8:38 pm
He is a grandstanding moron. I’d be more upset about some jerk getting away with being in carpool lanes for 10 years without getting a ticket.
Also, traffic court isn’t the sort of place you set any legal precedent. It’s a minor court and usually it’s in an office cubicle with a pro-tem judge who is really a glorified clerk. I don’t think you can even appeal a traffic ruling. It’s lower than small-claims court.
January 8th, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Turns out that “legal person for purposes of being sued” is not the same as “passenger”.