An HOV scofflaw in Washington state was caught because a trooper saw that the seat belt on the “passenger” wasn’t buckled; Associated Press story here. An excerpt on how the driver did it:

He created his passenger by draping a rain jacket over plastic piping, topping it off with a Halloween mask of Gandalf, the “Lord of the Rings” wizard, a beard and a baseball cap.

Thanks to colleague KC for passing this along. Clearly, I need to be taking a closer look at who’s using our HOV and HOT lanes — I’d hate to miss Gollum zipping by.

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