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HOV lane cheater uses dressed-up mannequin for passenger

TACOMA, Wash. — A Washington State Patrol trooper wasn't fooled by a "passenger" in a car speeding in the HOV lane.

A trooper tweeted that the driver was traveling at 81 mph when he was pulled over in Tacoma.

A dummy dressed up in clothes of various shades of pink was the violator's passenger.

Early this morning, a Tacoma trooper caught an HOV violator driving 81mph with this young lady in the passenger seat. In...

Posted by Washington State Patrol on Friday, February 17, 2017

The driver was ticketed for speeding and the HOV violation.

"On the positive side, they were both wearing their seat belts!" Trooper T. Bartolac posted on Twitter.