Using the carpool lane as one person comes with a bit of creativity. A California driver thought it would be smart for him to make a dummy resembling rapper Snoop Dogg as a passenger before getting pulled over by police.
The California Highway Patrol’s Santa Fe Springs office posted on Instagram about the creative driver. The photos showed the driver trying to use a dummy resembling rapper Snoop Dogg as a passenger to avoid heavy traffic.
“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 said.
They added: “We’ve gotta give it to them, the appearance is next level modeling but at the end of the day… plastic is plastic.” A photo of the dummy showed that it was dressed in a black hoodie and wearing black sunglasses.
According to the post, it wasn’t actually the fake passenger that caused the unidentified driver to get pulled over. Instead, they were pulled over for driving erratically.
“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 department said.
The driver was issued a citation for multiple carpool violations.