This is the moment a driver was rumbled in the carpool-lane with the 'most interesting ' of passengers . The state trooper came face-to-face with a life sized cardboard cutout of actor Jonathan Goldsmith when he pulled over the vehicle . The debonair actor , aged in his 70s , is famed for playing 'The Most Interesting Man in the World ' in the Dos Equis beer commercials . When questioned about his two dimensional travelling companion the motorist replied : 'He 's my bestfriend . ' Two dimensional companion : This motorist was pulled over on the Interstate by a trooper with a cardboard cut out of actor Jonathan Goldsmith . Actor Jonathan Goldsmith appearing in 'The Most Interesting Man in the World ' beer commercial for Dos Equis . Motorists regularly try and cheat the lanes in a bid to beat congestion , but the traffic officers described it as one of the best scam attempts he had seen . The driver was spotted flouting the High Occupancy Vehicle Lane ( HPV ) on the Interstate 5 near Tacoma in Fife , Washington . The cardboard likeness was not confiscated by the trooper but the driver was warned not to use him again . The driver received a $ 124 penalty ticket for offence . Channeling the cardboard cutout , Washington Police tweeted : ' I do n't always violate the HOV lane law ... but when I do , I get a $ 124 ticket . ' The amusing message was retweeted more than 850 times . Vehicles using HOV lanes must be carrying at least two people . Children count as occupants but under the rules pets , infants still in the womb , inflatables and even ghosts , do not . Using dummies in these lanes has been a problem for police all over the country for years . Previously motorist have been caught using wooden creations and even plastic skeletons as fake passengers in a bid to avoid sitting bumper-to-bumper . In the past a motorist was pulled over using this wooden creation as a fake passenger on the Long Island Expressway .
Trooper spots cardboard passenger in a vehicle using the carpool-lane . Pulled motorist over on the Interstate 5 in Tacoma in Washington . Discovers cutout of star of The Most Interesting Man in the World beer ad . Advertisement - Continue Reading Below