RitcheyRch
02-25-2007, 10:34 AM
Surprised only getting a $90 fine considering he admitted to using the dummy for months.
http://www.nbc4.tv/automotive/11102199/detail.html
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- The police officer was no dummy, but the passenger was.
Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., have ticketed a driver for propping a first-aid practice mannequin in his passenger seat to fake his way into a highway car-pool lane. The mustachioed dummy was fitted out with a baseball cap and buckled into a seatbelt.
The officer who pulled the car over on the Long Island Expressway Friday says he was "trying to hold back a chuckle."
The driver is shrugging off the $90 fine. After all, his plan had been working for months. He said the dummy nicknamed Gilligan has been helping him cut his hour-plus commute since October, by getting him into lanes designated for cars with two or more people.
But he said he'll stick to the regular lanes from now on.
http://www.nbc4.tv/automotive/11102199/detail.html
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- The police officer was no dummy, but the passenger was.
Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., have ticketed a driver for propping a first-aid practice mannequin in his passenger seat to fake his way into a highway car-pool lane. The mustachioed dummy was fitted out with a baseball cap and buckled into a seatbelt.
The officer who pulled the car over on the Long Island Expressway Friday says he was "trying to hold back a chuckle."
The driver is shrugging off the $90 fine. After all, his plan had been working for months. He said the dummy nicknamed Gilligan has been helping him cut his hour-plus commute since October, by getting him into lanes designated for cars with two or more people.
But he said he'll stick to the regular lanes from now on.