PHOENIX (AP) – The Grinch came early for an Arizona driver who tried to pass off an inflatable figure of the Dr Seuss character as a passenger.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety said a state trooper last week noticed a car in a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on Interstate 10 in Phoenix with a “Seusspicious-looking” green passenger.
While the gag may have caused the officer’s heart to grow, it did not stop the driver from getting cited for being in the HOV lane during a restricted time.
The agency, however, could not help but post a photo of the Grinch figure with the driver’s face blurred on its Twitter account.
