article_snippet: This is the moment a driver was rumbled in the carpool-lane with the 'most interesting' of passengers.
article_snippet: When questioned about his two dimensional travelling companion the motorist replied: 'his's my bestfriend.'
article_snippet: Motorists regularly try and cheat the lanes in a bid to beat congestion, but the traffic officers described it as one of
article_snippet: The driver was spotted flouting the High Occupancy Vehicle Lane (HPV) on the Interstate 5 near Tacoma in Fife, Washington.
article_snippet: Channeling the cardboard cutout, Washington Police tweeted: 'I don't always violate the HOV lane law ... but when I do, I get a $124 ticket.'
article_snippet: Using dummies in these lanes has been a problem for police all over the country for years.
article_snippet: Previously motorist have been caught using wooden creations and even plastic skeletons as fake passengers in a bid to avoid sitting bumper-to-bumper .
article_snippet: In the past a motorist was pulled over using this wooden creation as a fake passenger on the Long Island Expressway .
highlights_snippet: Pulled motorist over on the Interstate 5 in Tacoma in Washington .
  