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[ElectricBlanketFire]

If he's smart, he won't pay.

SEATTLE (AP) — A cardboard cutout of a head in a passenger seat definitely caught the attention of a Washington State Patrol trooper Tuesday morning.

That's because it wasn't just any old cardboard head, but that of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

A trooper stopped the motorist who was driving with the cardboard likeness in a carpool lane south of Seattle on Highway 167. The stunt netted the driver a $136 ticket.

Washington State Patrol spokesman Rick Johnson says every now and then they get somebody trying to be funny and says they've seen everything from teddy bears to mannequins all sitting beside drivers.

 

[hoserx]

If he's smart, he won't pay.

This is illegal?

edit: Duh, it's the carpool lane. I'm smart.

 

[Guevara]

Is that cardboard cutout available for the next debate?

 

[Sullichin]

The worst thing about this is that this guy probably thinks he's really funny and clever now

 

[Majine]

Mexico will pay for it.

 

[OnPoint]

The worst thing about this is that this guy probably thinks he's really funny and clever now

Nobody who gets a ticket thinks that.

 

[thefro]

This is illegal?

Driving in a carpool lane with only one person in the car is.

What is the penalty for violating HOV or HOT lane laws?

The current fine for illegally driving in an HOV or HOT lane or cutting a ferry line is $136. Additional local court costs may be added to this fine.

 

[kess]

Something something freeloaders

 

[QuantumBro]

If he's really smart, he'll open a crowdfunding campaign to help pay for it. Anti-Trump actions have a high rate of return on the internet now.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

I remember some gaf member said they used a cardboard to use the carpool lane. Funny tactic.

 

[Morat]

No wonder he got caught, the orange bastard would never stoop so low as to carpool!

 

[Zatoth]

Remember years ago some drivers here put a sex doll on the passenger's seat to use the carpool lane.