Does An Infant Count as A Passenger In CT's HOV / Diamond Lane?

Last night I was driving my daughter home from daycare. We were heading north on 91. It was rush hour and traffic was backed up.

I saw the sign for the HOV land and it read for “2 or more persons” and I wondered if my infant daughter “counted” as a person for purposes of the HOV lane. Then I thought, a blog post is born!

I hopped in the HOV lane and headed north with my daughter in the backseat. We passed a lot of traffic. I was not pulled over.

I got home and put my daughter to bed. Then I hopped on my computer and started looking for a statute. I couldn’t find one.

Then I checked out the US DOT’s page and found my answer: “all states with HOV facilities count children and infants as passengers”.

Ryan McKeen

Ryan McKeen is a trial attorney at Connecticut Trial Firm, LLC in Glastonbury, Connecticut. In 2016, he was honored by the CT Personal Injury Hall of Fame for securing one of the highest settlements in the state. He is a New Leader in the Law. ABA 100. Avvo 10. 40 under 40 for Hartford Business Journal. He has been quoted in Time Magazine, the New York Times, Hartford Courant, Wall Street Journal Law Blog and the Hartford Business Journal. He focuses his practice on Connecticut Personal Injury law. He loves what he does. Contact him ryan@cttrialfirm.com or 860 471 8333