California carpool cheater fail: 'Nice try — but jackets don’t count'
- Posted on March 17, 2026
- By Los Angeles Times
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California carpool cheater fail: 'Nice try — but jackets don’t count'

Officers pulled over a driver in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of the 10 Freeway and found a seatbelt fastened in the passenger seat, but no passenger, according to a California Highway Patrol social media post.