Here’s a creative use for a blow-up woman doll – and it’s not what you think.

During the Wednesday morning commute, a driver was stopped on Northbound Interstate 5 when a State Patrol trooper noticed the driver used the inflatable woman doll wearing a wig and riding shotgun so he could use the carpool lane.

The driver “quickly pulled out of the HOV lane” after seeing the trooper, but was stopped near South 320th Street in Federal Way, agency spokeswoman Julie Startup said.

“While looking at the car it was obvious that the passenger was a doll,” Startup said in a statement. “The driver attempted to make the doll look more like a passenger by buckling it into the front passenger seat, leaning it to the right side and adding a blanket, enhancing the appearance of sleep.”

He apologized for his behavior, but still received a $124 ticket.

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