Warren.King@p0.f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Warren King) (11/20/90)
Index Number: 11878
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
The following was in the local paper:
A visually impaired San Francisco man tried to convince a judge he
wasn't driving solo in the HOV lane, arguing that his dog, Queenie,
should count as a second person because she was helping him navigate.
Sherman Hill, 48, contended that he is legally blind--even though he
has a valid driver's license. Queenie, who was seated on his lap as he
wheeled south on U.S. 101, was supposed to bark if they got too close to
other cars. But Judge John S. Pasco decided the obvious: A dog is not
a person. And he fined Hill $116 for violating a traffic law that
reserves commuter lanes for vehicles with two or more people.
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