Police officers will tell you that they're not dummies. 

So it only stands to reason that they would notice a fake human being in the passenger seat of a vehicle travelling in a high-occupancy vehicle lane on Highway 1.

The motorist received several tickets before the "passenger" was hauled away in a police car.

"We routinely conduct patrols on Highway 1 to enforce all the traffic laws, including HOV violators," Cpl. Garth Domm of Port Mann Traffic Services said in a news release.

"This is one of those cases where the RCMP got their mannequin."