Driver receives citation after using realistic looking dummy to drive in carpool lane

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. (WKRC) — Highway patrol issued a citation for a driver using a dummy to drive in the carpool lane.

"We’ve got to give it to them, the appearance is next-level modeling. But at the end of the day plastic is plastic," said California Highway Patrol in Santa Fe Springs on its Instagram.

The driver was originally pulled over for crossing solid double lines and then the officer saw the realistic-looking plastic dummy sitting in the passenger seat.

The driver was subsequently issued a citation for multiple carpool violations, according to the highway patrol.