NewsNational News

Actions

Dead people don't count in the carpool lane, Nevada trooper tells funeral home worker

Posted
and last updated

Only living passengers count in the carpool lane, apparently.

CNN reports a Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a solo driver traveling in the high-occupancy vehicle lane on I-15 Monday.

The vehicle was a Chrysler minivan that the trooper later discovered to be equipped like a hearse.

After giving the trooper his registration paperwork, he handed him a pamphlet for the funeral home he worked for, and asked if the deceased person counted as a passenger in the HOV lane.

Sure enough, the trooper saw a gurney with a body inside.

The trooper laughed and told him, no — deceased people do not count as carpooling passengers. According to CNN, mannequins and pets do not count either.

The driver was let off with a warning.

This story was originally published on KNXV .