Dummy in carpool lane

[newsman]

LI driver caught using dummy in carpool lane

Last Updated: 8:32 PM, February 3, 2010

Posted: 1:12 PM, February 3, 2010
ISLANDIA, N.Y. — The tipoff was the sunglasses. A New Yorker faces a $135 traffic fine for using a mannequin as her plus-one in the high-occupancy lane of the Long Island Expressway. An alert sheriff’s deputy on Long Island became suspicious when he saw the “passenger” wearing sunglasses and using the visor. The only problem: The sky was overcast. When he stopped the vehicle, he found the mannequin, fully dressed with a long dark wig, blazer, shirt and scarf.

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[folriva]

It's a funny scene. I've seen this same stunt pulled in the Boston area.