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HOV Cheater Holds Sign On Highway

Greg Pringle Performing Court-Ordered Service

POSTED: 5:00 am MST March 14, 2006

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

Greg Pringle, 54, was ordered to pay a $100 fine and was ordered to stand on the side of the highway in Westminster with a sign that says "HOV lane not for dummies."

He was performing his community service Tuesday, during the morning and afternoon rush hours.

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 will 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.

Pringle said he spent $10 to create the mannequin using a polystyrene head, a coat hanger, and clothing stuffed with newspapers. Tillie joined him Tuesday on the side of the road.


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