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Motorist fined $351 for dummy in car-pool lane
msnbc.com ^
| Nov 4, 2005
| AP
Posted on 11/04/2005 12:43:27 PM PST by proud_yank
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Say what you want about police officers, but they are no dummies. The California Highway Patrol gave Kevin Morgan, 28, of Petaluma, a $351 citation for driving in a high occupancy vehicle or "HOV" lane with a kickboxing dummy propped in the passenger seat.
The dummy was wearing a Miami Dolphins windbreaker and a baseball cap, but Officer Will Thompson noticed that the "passenger" had no legs.
"When I looked inside his window, I thought, 'Oh, that's cute,'" Thompson said. "I didn't even ask him where he got it. I think he was pretty embarrassed because all the people driving by were laughing."
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: carpool; fraud; hov; hovlanes
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Legless mannequin passenger ping!
To: proud_yank
So many jokes...so little time on a Friday afternoon. LOL
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:44:23 PM PST
by
mlc9852
To: proud_yank
There were actually two dummies in the vehicle. One was the driver.
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:46:15 PM PST
by
sourcery
(Either the Constitution trumps stare decisis, or else the Constitution is a dead letter.)
To: proud_yank
He shoulda coughed up the extra 3 bucks for the optional leggy version:
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:46:25 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: proud_yank
let me guess...it's a brunette with a surprised look on her face,she stands about 5'2"....wait....???....I have no idea what your talking about!!
Doogle
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:47:30 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF...7thAF ..4077th TFW...408th MMS..Ubon Thailand.."69",,Night Line Delivery..AMMO)
To: proud_yank
WAIT A MINUTE!!! Kick boxing dummy with NO LEGS!!
(sounds like a Dolphin running back to me... light'em up).
To: proud_yank
Hillary driving Bill around again?
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:48:10 PM PST
by
ladtx
("It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." -- -- General Douglas MacArthur)
To: proud_yank
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:48:21 PM PST
by
fizziwig
To: Doogle
Ok I am a 5'2 brunette....What are YOU talkin about?!
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:52:44 PM PST
by
apackof2
(There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman... neither works. Will Rogers)
To: proud_yank
I didn't know Hillary Clinton was in California???
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:52:45 PM PST
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: proud_yank
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:53:56 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: apackof2
ah...ah....errrrr.....I don't recall
Doogle
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:54:13 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF...7thAF ..4077th TFW...408th MMS..Ubon Thailand.."69",,Night Line Delivery..AMMO)
To: proud_yank
Well, it's better than the Mexican gang-banger who strapped a dead body to himself so he could take it touring (to the dump) on his motorcyle...
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:54:16 PM PST
by
livius
To: proud_yank
To: Doogle
ah...ah....errrrr.....I don't recallConvienant Memory Syndrome
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posted on
11/04/2005 12:59:09 PM PST
by
apackof2
(There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman... neither works. Will Rogers)
To: proud_yank
I would check the wording of the law, and see if it specifies that any passengers actually be human. Or alive.
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posted on
11/04/2005 1:02:52 PM PST
by
G-Bear
(My liver is EVIL, and I must PUNISH it!)
To: G-Bear
If Dummies are Outlawed... only Outlaws would be dummies.
To: proud_yank
Never bring a legless-kickboxing-dolphin-blowup-dummy to an HOV lane!
To: G-Bear
A good attorney would point out that 'air bags' save lives.
To: apackof2
Ok I am a 5'2 brunette....What are YOU talkin about?! LOL!
You'll be sorry...
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posted on
11/04/2005 1:11:09 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
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