A Washington State Patrol trooper stopped a driver in the HOV lane for having his passenger seat dressed in a plaid shirt. The driver was stopped during the morning commute earlier this week on northbound Interstate 405 in Renton. Instead of the required passenger for the carpool lane, the driver had dressed the passenger seat in a large plaid shirt in an apparent attempt to make it seem like they had a person sitting in it. The fine was $186, plus an additional $200 if you try to pass off a dummy as a passenger.
* In this case, the driver was the dummy.
* They should throw in another $100 for lack of effort.
* $186! Dress your seat in a shirt, they take the shirt off your back.
* “But officer, this is my good friend Calvin Klein.”