Driver stopped for using clown dummy as passenger in HOV lane

Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The Washington State Patrol said a driver was pulled over in the high-occupancy lanes of a highway when their passenger turned out to be a creepy clown dummy.

Trooper Rick Johnson, public information officer for the Washington State Patrol District 2, said the driver was in the HOV lanes on Interstate 405 in Renton when a trooper noticed the unusual occupant of the passenger seat.

The trooper confirmed the passenger was indeed a Halloween dummy, and not a real-life creepy clown.

"Love the Halloween vibe but still doesn't count," Johnson wrote on social media.

Johnson said employing the dummy added an extra fine for the infraction, improper use of the HOV lanes.