Driver faces $135 fine for mannequin in HOV lane

Driver faces $135 fine for mannequin in HOV lane

ISLANDIA, N.Y. (AP) — The tipoff was the sunglasses. A New Yorker faces a $135 traffic fine for using a mannequin as her plus-one in the high-occupancy lane of the Long Island Expressway. An alert sheriff’s deputy on Long Island became suspicious when he saw the "passenger" wearing sunglasses and using the visor. The only problem: The sky was overcast…