He is contesting his ticket based on the premise that he was carrying papers of incorporation in the car and corporations are people, thus meaning there was more than one person in the car. He actually wants to lose the case at this level so he can appeal, ideally all the way to the US Supreme Court. The goal is to overturn the fundamentally flawed premise of corporate personhood.
Go Jonathan!
Frieman contests carpool violation, corporate personhood…
A lone Marin driverâ?™s naughty sneak into the carpool lane could spell the end of corporate personhood as we know itâ?”or at least thatâ?™s San Rafael resident Jonathan Friemanâ?™s plan, as he heads …
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Supreme Court won't touch this : /
probably not, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't cheer him on for trying
It's worth it to make the point. Corporate personhood should never have happened in the first place.