TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state troopers have seen drivers use all kinds of tricks to get access to carpool lanes.
During Tuesday’s morning commute, a trooper pulled over a man who tried to use a creepy Halloween doll to gain access to the carpool lane of Interstate 5 in Tacoma.
The trooper found the male driver and the doll buckled up in the passenger seat in the car, violating the rule that requires two or more people in carpool lanes.
The doll, dressed in a pink outfit with a black hat, sported a creepy red skeletal face.
Trooper Guy Gill said on Twitter that the driver got a $136 ticket for the carpool lane violation but joked that the agency “gave him a break for not having a car seat.”
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White driver no doubt or we’d be hearing about “Troopers Shoot Man Using Creepy Halloween Doll in Carpool Lane.”
This is definitely news I can’t use…
only $136? Should be MUCH higher. In my state it’s more like $600-$700. For many people $136 is just a use tax, and many people get away with using the HOV lane as a passing lane or “I’m a special snowflake” lane and seldom get busted for it. So when they do get caught, they should get hit hard.
Reminds me of the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where Larry David picked up a hooker so he could use the diamond lane.
In western Washington, you do what you have to do to get in the carpool lane. The irony is, I bet he was pulled over for not having the “kid” I’m the backseat.