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Police: Man Tried To Pass Off Wooden Dummy As Real Person So He Could Use Carpool Lane

We all know how enticing that carpool lane can be — but when you’re driving solo, you just don’t belong there. Police in New York say one driver tried to get around the rules for high-occupancy vehicle lanes, as they’re also known, by setting up a wooden dummy as his passenger. [More]