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Published Apr 29, 2024 • 1 minute read
It’s called a carpool lane, but one California driver’s antics turned it into a car-fool lane in this instance.
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Last Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol’s Santa Fe Springs office shared a social-media post showing a driver trying to use a dummy resembling rapper Snoop Dogg as a passenger to avoid heavy traffic.
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“So folks have been asking, ‘If I have a mannequin in the passenger seat, does that count as a second occupant in the vehicle?’ Trying to use the carpool lane with no one else in the car!” the department’s Instagram caption began.
The answer is simple, they added: “NO.”
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“We’ve gotta give it to them, the appearance is next level modeling but at the end of the day … plastic is plastic,” the post added while sharing a photo of the dummy who was dressed in a black hoodie and wearing black sunglasses.
According to the Instagram post, it wasn’t the plastic passenger that caused the unidentified driver to get pulled over.
“Officer Kaplan made an enforcement stop on this vehicle for crossing solid double lines only to realize the driver was the only occupant in the vehicle with their plastic friend. The goatee was sharp … just a little too sharp,” the caption said.
Many in the comment section chimed in, claiming the mannequin shared an uncanny resemblance to Snoop Dogg.
As for the real person in the vehicle, the department shared their consequences: “The driver was subsequently issued a citation for multiple carpool violations.”
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