Driver caught with spooky—and illegal—co-pilot in carpool lane, according to California cops

The driver was going fast on the highway when the California Highway Patrol noticed a hitchhiker who looked strange.

In San Jose, when police pulled over the driver, they found a dead body sitting next to them, the CHP-San Jose said in a Facebook post on October 11.

A picture shared by CHP shows that the driver’s passenger was a plastic skeleton wearing a scary hooded face mask and a seat belt.

“Now that it’s Halloween, it’s important to remember that decorations being moved in the back seat do not count toward carpool requirements,” CHP wrote.

CHP shared a picture of an officer giving the driver what looks like a ticket through the passenger window of the car.

The California Department of Transportation says that you can get a $490 fee if you drive in the carpool lane with less than two people.

After all, the skeleton “was wearing (a) seatbelt,” and people on Facebook were quick to make jokes about it. Some asked if the cop had to “check for a “pulse?”

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“But officer, I was still alive when we left the house,” joked someone else.