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Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:27 amby God Optimus Prime
BELLEVUE, Wash. – You forgot to buckle up, dummy! A commuter who put a homemade dummy in the passenger seat to sneak into the car pool lane was caught Wednesday near Seattle. But it wasn't because a cop realized the passenger was fake. Instead, the State Patrol trooper noticed the dangling belt buckle on the passenger side and suspected a seat belt violation.
Patrol spokeswoman Christina Martin told The Herald of Everett that the driver acknowledged trying to beat traffic by using the HOV lane.
He created his passenger by draping a rain jacket over plastic piping, topping it off with a Halloween mask of Gandalf, the "Lord of the Rings" wizard, a beard and a baseball cap.
The trooper issued a $124 ticket and confiscated the dummy.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090313/ap_ ... _hov_dummyhahahahaha
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:41 amby Archanubis
Another for the "stupid" file.
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:02 pmby TheMuffin
I dunno. I've always wondered if that would work.
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:30 pmby Venomous Prime
TheMuffin wrote:I dunno. I've always wondered if that would work.
I think almost every sitcom ever created has done it at least once.
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:06 pmby TRANS+CRAZY
LOL!
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:39 pmby Wheelimus Prime
this just made my day ( which consisted of watching AVP, going to Verizon, and playing mechquest
)
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:43 pmby Roadbuster
Wow. Guess the real dummy in the car isn't the man-made one.
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:17 pmby Halo
Truefact: I've driven in the HOV lane going to the DC Area with 2 buckled up My Size Barbies.
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:33 pmby Scatterlung
In the event of accidents, it's customary for emergency services to tend to the silent victims before the ones screaming in pain.
Who would they have rushed to first? The idiot behind the wheel with a broken nose or the passenger draped over the guard rail across the road?
That woulda taught him.
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:00 pmby Editor
Not the first time this has been done, not the last.
With how backed up the I-5 gets at times, I'm surprised there isn't a story like this once a week out of the Seattle area.
Re: Washington Man Caught In Carpool Lane With Unbuckled Dummy
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Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:07 pmby travicon
haha i think this story is so funny because: a. the gandalf mask b. it wasnt the dummy itself that got the guy pulled over it was the fact that he forgot to buckel it up!