[Carolyn]

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Drivers in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland are turning to inflatable passengers to try and beat transit lane rules.

Blow-up dolls, shop mannequins and dogs dressed up as children have all been used to try and justify driving in lanes where vehicles are required to have at least three occupants.


"There were some odd people that tried these antics," North Shore city council traffic safety manager Andre Dannhauser told Reuters.

Drivers caught trying to beat the system are fined NZ$150 ($114).



Enforcement officers taking pictures of offending cars in transit lanes have been treated to a wide range of excuses from caught-out motorists, Dannhauser said.

"The most common one is the imaginary passengers they claim we couldn't see because they were so small," Dannhauser said.


For a while some enterprising students charged a small fee to get driven past the enforcement officers, before running back up the road to repeat the trick. "The money they generated from that was not enough to pay for the beer for the thirst they generated," Dannhauser said. (NZ$1=$1.32)

source - Drivers turn to blow-up dolls to beat traffic rules - Yahoo! Canada News

[Darla_G]

i have the perfect punishment for drivers that get caught with their sex dolls in their cars. If they get caught they need to get their picture taken with the doll and then that picture would be published in the newspaper or online. Seriously who wants to get caught with her?

[GlossyAbby]

Originally Posted by Darla_G

i have the perfect punishment for drivers that get caught with their sex dolls in their cars. If they get caught they need to get their picture taken with the doll and then that picture would be published in the newspaper or online. Seriously who wants to get caught with her?

http://englishrussia.com/images/bubble_baba/1.jpg

Darla have you been saving that picture to use in a post ?

[Darla_G]

Originally Posted by GlossyAbby

Darla have you been saving that picture to use in a post ?

ROTFL well don't you think Abbie that she is one the purtiest sex dolls you've ever seen? I mean just look at those lips!

[Carolyn]

Originally Posted by Darla_G

ROTFL well don't you think Abbie that she is one the purtiest sex dolls you've ever seen? I mean just look at those lips!

Darla, You could enter her in the DTB lip contest hahahaha

[Darla_G]

Originally Posted by Carolyn

Darla, You could enter her in the DTB lip contest hahahaha

hey great idea!

[Shelley]

Ha ha! That is hilarious

[Adrienne]

Originally Posted by Carolyn

Darla, You could enter her in the DTB lip contest hahahaha

man that would be awesome. I can already see her winning ROTFLMAO

[ticki]

people tried that here in the states and got busted big time. it's not just a fine. you can get arrested for criminal fraud charges for it. serves them right!

[Karren_Hutton]

You could hook them all up to a compressor and have them inflate and deflate on demand!!! hahaha....