Bay Area driver busted using bizarre tactic to cruise in carpool lane

Source: New York Post

A Bay Area driver’s crafty attempt to dodge carpool lane tolls unraveled when California Highway Patrol officers caught sight of their homemade “passenger” riding shotgun. Officers from CHP’s Hayward division pulled the driver over after spotting a dummy buckled into the front seat, with the FasTrak Flex transponder conveniently set to multiple occupants in a not-so-subtle attempt to score carpool or express lane perks. 3 From a distance, the makeshift sidekick might have fooled some, but officers quickly called out one glaring oversight.