Nice try: WSP busts driver using Halloween decoration in HOV lane
Jun 19, 2025, 5:00 AM
WSP pulls over woman using dummy in HOV lane. (Photo courtesy of WSP)
(Photo courtesy of WSP)
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) can add another fake passenger to its growing list of HOV lane violators.
WSP Trooper Rick Johnson is reminding the public that items do not count as humans.
HOV lane violator uses a dummy
Troopers pulled over a woman on I-5 south near 185th street on Monday who had a fake skeleton in the back seat. At least this one was dressed up, wearing a black t-shirt and a paper crown.
Her excuse? That she “accidentally left her Halloween decoration up,” Johnson wrote on X.
#AnotherOne on Monday SB 5 near 185th. HOV violator. The driver explained she accidentally left her Halloween decoration up!? pic.twitter.com/YUKbSBkUx0
— Trooper Rick Johnson (@wspd2pio) June 18, 2025
KIRO Newsradio’s Chris Sullivan had a cheeky response.
“No Kings???” he commented on X.
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