A New York man has some explaining to do.
Police caught the man using the "high-occupancy" vehicle lane on the Long Island Expressway. The lane is designed for car poolers most likely as a way to reward environmentally friendly car users.
Police pulled than man over as the passenger looked "dead" and very suspicious (I'm guessing similar to a Weekend at Burnie's kind of dead).
When the officer approached the vehicle he saw that the 61-year-old man had placed a female mannequin in the front seat to make it appear that his car had other occupants, therefore allowing him to use the car pool lane.
The man faces a court summons and a $135 ticket.
The officer simply replied "The tip-off was the sunglasses."
There were a bunch of cases like this when the HOV lanes opened on the 404.
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