Outsmart em

Lets face it. When it comes to breaking the law, not very many people can say they haven't done it. If you haven't then stop reading this now because your life is very lame and boring and you lack an extreme amount of excitement. Now, for the rest of us who speed, have used fake I.D's, drank before you were 21, pulled a U-turn, and done about everything you could, just to see if you could get away with it, you will understand the humor in this story. Because if you are like me, when you speed you try and think of really good reasons to tell the officer if and when you get pulled over. You might carry a water bottle and splash it on your pants just before he knocks on the window and say "Sorry, I had to go so bad!" You might also tell the person next to you to scream like they are in a severe amount of pain and tell Mr. Ima PullYouOva that you need to get to the hospital right away. Maybe your a flirt. Or maybe you can cry your way out of it. Whatever your strategy is, we all try to outsmart the law. It gives us a rush and it gives you that pat on the back type of feeling when you know you've beat them.

Well, one 61 year old New Yorker man was not so lucky. You see, he tried to outsmart the law by placing a fully dressed mannequin in his passenger seat so he could use the high occupancy lane that requires two or more people on the Long Island Expressway. He would have been fine if it were a sunny day but placing a pair of sunglasses on the motionless woman and putting her visor down on a cloudy day made things look a little fishy. Quite frankly I think the idea is pretty genius but a $135 dollar fine later the idea gets shot down pretty quickly. But really, what is the harm in driving with a mannequin? I give the guy props for trying it. If I were a cop I think I would have let it slide. Who wants to report over the radio "Ya, can I get some back up, I just pulled over a guy with a mannequin and things could get ugly." Thats embarrassing isn't it? Just let gramps go. Go find a shooting or bust a meth lab or something. And if you have to pull someone over at least get them for speeding, geez.

I guess the lesson learned here is, if you are gonna break the law don't get caught. And if you are driving with a mannequin, make sure you check the weather forecast before you leave the house.