Spain driver caught using doll in Madrid car-share con

Cabaal

Shows the lengths some people will take just to break the law

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36601656

Spain's civil guard force has caught a driver travelling in the high-occupancy lane of a busy road near Madrid, accompanied only by a child-sized doll.

biko

Yeah, I've seen similar trick for years, often in US.

shietpilot

Car pool lanes are a waste of a road anyway

Notch000

fair play to him, ony crime is getting caught, from experience them car pool lane work great in calafornia seen

fmcato

Not the first one, surely not the last.

This one is from 2012, Madrid too:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/10/18/madrid/1350550803.html

fancy pigeon

^^^^

They both look like mannequins in that pic

Sh1tbag OToole

I expected this to be far filthier than just having a doll sitting in the passenger seat

biko

Saw this on the net today and thought of this thread.

endacl

What if the doll identifies as human? Gotta respect that.

coylemj

In certain US cities there are similar lanes for cars with more than the driver so a system has developed whereby there are unofficial 'pickup points' where a motorist driving alone can pick up commuters, they get a free ride and the motorist gets to work quicker. There are unspoken rules that the passengers are expected to follow, including the obvious ones like no smoking and no consumption of food or drink but the one that got me was that there is no conversation allowed - the passengers are expected to zip it for the entire trip i.e. no smalltalk allowed, even among themselves and certainly not with the driver!

Shint0

coylemj wrote: »

the one that got me was that there is no conversation allowed - the passengers are expected to zip it for the entire trip i.e. no smalltalk allowed, even among themselves and certainly not with the driver!

I couldn't see that working for me or even most of the yappy American population. What happens if you break the rule? Are you reported and blacklisted?

bazz26

coylemj

Shint0 wrote: »

I couldn't see that working for me or even most of the yappy American population. What happens if you break the rule? Are you reported and blacklisted?

Option A The driver will politely remind you of the rules.

Option B....

dr.fuzzenstein

coylemj wrote: »

In certain US cities there are similar lanes for cars with more than the driver so a system has developed whereby there are unofficial 'pickup points' where a motorist driving alone can pick up commuters, they get a free ride and the motorist gets to work quicker. There are unspoken rules that the passengers are expected to follow, including the obvious ones like no smoking and no consumption of food or drink but the one that got me was that there is no conversation allowed - the passengers are expected to zip it for the entire trip i.e. no smalltalk allowed, even among themselves and certainly not with the driver!

http://sfcasualcarpool.com/etiquette

Doesn't seem to be quite that strict in San Francisco.

http://www.carpoolglobal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=128

Or wherever that is. I don't believe that anyone would come up with a rule that everyone has to sit in stony silence, unless it is a particularly grumpy driver who doesn't get on with people.

166man

shietpilot wrote: »

Car pool lanes are a waste of a road anyway

Why's that?

Stheno

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

I expected this to be far filthier than just having a doll sitting in the passenger seat

Thread disappoints

Voodoomelon