A pregnant Texas woman who claimed she was entitled to drive in a high occupancy vehicle lane because of her unborn child received another ticket for the same offense, authorities said Tuesday.

Those minimal barriers haven’t prevented some folks from trying to sneak into the lane with non-living occupants. Things that don’t count as an occupant (but people have tried) include ...

A person attempted to use an “imaginary friend” to evade tolls while driving the express lane on Interstate 880 ... And only real people count.“Imaginary friends don’t count as ...