Pregnant woman who claimed her fetus was an HOV lane passenger gets another ticket

Brandy Bottone has said she was not trying to make a political statement when she told Dallas deputies that her fetus counts as a living person.

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Brandy Bottone, the Texas woman who said she had a right to the HOV lane because her fetus counted as a second passenger, is at it again.

The 32-year-old from Plano was issued a second traffic citation in July for riding solo in a high-occupancy lane, Claire Crouch, a spokeswoman from the Dallas District Attorney’s office, told NPR.

“It was about a month after the first ticket that she was pulled over and ticketed again,” Crouch said, adding that “the current case is pending.”