The driver who was caught using a mannequin to drive in the High Occupancy Vehicle lane on Highway 36 was sentenced Thursday.

Greg Pringle, 54, was ordered to pay a $100 fine and must spend one hour on four different days on the side of the highway in Westminster with a sign saying "HOV lane not for dummies."

His one-hour sessions begin on Monday.

Pringle was ticketed on Jan. 26 for driving an unauthorized vehicle in a high-occupancy lane, which are open only to buses, motorcycles, vehicles carrying two or more people or hybrid vehicles. "Tillie," his dummy, was hauled away to the Westminster Police evidence locker following the citation.

Pringle later launched a Web site to free his dummy, where he sold autographed "Free Tillie" T-shirts. He has also said he wanted to sell Tillie on eBay.

Pringle paid a $100 fine at the hearing and agreed not to profit from sales of the T-shirts and Tillie herself. He faces six months of unsupervised probation until arrangements are made to give any profits from those sales to a charitable organization.

At Thursday's hearing, Pringle said he spent $10 to create the mannequin using a polystyrene head, a coat hanger, and clothing stuffed with newspapers.