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What A Dummy! NYPD Stops Driver In HOV Lane With Fake Passenger In The Back Seat

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The NYPD pulled over a New Jersey man driving in the High Occupancy Vehicle lane in Brooklyn with a homemade dummy in the back seat.

According to police, the driver was coming from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Tuesday morning when he was stopped near the Gowanus Expressway ramp.

That's when the officer spotted the fake passenger, wearing sunglasses, an orange hoodie and even a seat belt.

The driver was given a summons.

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