Who's the Dummy on the L.I.E.?

Drivers will go to some strange lengths to take advantage of HOV lanes: Yesterday, a Suffolk deputy sheriff pulled over a driver and his Plexiglas passenger.

According to Newsday, the deputy sheriff "saw right through the commuter's passenger," who was made of "smoke-tinted plastic." The deputy's office said the deputy sheriff thought the passenger "looked unusual. He stopped the vehicle, and it was a two- or three-piece construction of Plexiglas, dressed in clothing to appear to be a passenger."

Ronkonkoma resident Steven Dinowitz apparently said, "It’s never been a problem before, I’ve had him with me for over a year." That's when the deputy sheriff explained how the additional passenger needed to be human. Dinowitz received a summons and Sheriff Vincent DeMarco said, "It’s a shame when our hardworking commuters are inconvenienced by someone trying to beat the system."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 25, 2008 10:59 AM

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west side Michael

Trouble is that the cop found the dummy

in the driver's seat.

whitecastlerock

What a bunch of fucking meatheads out on the Island...

soopaman

I used to rid in with Obama but then I too got a ticket for riding with a dummy. Never again.

fatcat7070

Car pooling is for suckers... I think it was a great Idea.... I did it for months until I got caught back in October.... haha I must admit my CPR dummie looked a lot better, and at least I made the front page and was put on Inside Edition.

A $90 ticket to save about 30-50 minutes a day for a year.... What a steal, not to mention all the gas you save by not sitting in a parking lot, I mean the LIE.

However, I must admit I am reformed.... Now i just take my Civic Hybrid in all by my lonesome... Who needs the aggrivation of a passanger that early in the morning.

Former Dummy User-

whitecastlerock

try carpooling dilhole. @ganghiscon The Newsday article said he was headed westbound-towards the city.

ed_Extinct

"It’s never been a problem before, I’ve had him with me for over a year."

Sounds like an admission of guilt.

NannyState

David Blaine's next stunt: being an HOV dummy for the next forty years.

ganghiscon

@JMH - Where does it say he's going to the city?

Felix Hoenikker

Sex doll HOV passenger for the win.

JMH

"I don't get it, I was breaking the law before, but now that I got caught they're punishing me? It's never been a problem before."

You live in Ronkonkoma. There's an LIRR station right there. There are a ton of trains into the city during rush hour. Maybe you should look into that if you don't want to sit in traffic?