The tip-off was the sunglasses.
破綻就在太陽眼鏡。
A New Yorker faces a $135 traffic fine for using a mannequin as her "plus one" in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of the Long Island Expressway.
一名紐約客利用假人作為她的「共乘乘客」行駛在長島快速道路的高乘載專用車道，因而面臨135美元的交通罰款。
Alert sheriff’s deputy Deputy Robert Howard grew suspicious of a car in the high-occupancy vehicle lane when he was driving on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday Feb.2. He saw the "passenger" in that car was wearing sunglasses and using the visor.The problem：The sky was overcast.
有警覺心的長島副警長羅勃．霍華二月二日週二開車行駛在長島快速道路時，對高乘載專用車道上的一輛車起了疑心，因為那輛車裡的「乘客」戴著太陽眼鏡、還拉下遮陽板，問題是，當時是陰天。
When he pulled over the 61-year-old driver Kathleen Frascinella of N.Y. and discovered her only passenger was a mannequin, fully dressed with a long dark wig, blazer, shirt and scarf.
當他攔下這名61歲的紐約駕駛人凱瑟琳．佛瑞西尼拉時，發現她的唯一一名乘客是一具假人，戴黑色長假髮、穿外套、襯衫，圍上圍巾，有全套打扮。
Frascinella was issued a $135 citation for operating a vehicle in the HOV lane without a passenger.
佛瑞西尼拉因未搭載乘客開車行駛在高乘載專用車道，被開了一張135美元的罰單。
新聞辭典：
car pool lane/high-occupancy vehicle lane：名詞，共乘車道／高乘載車道。例句：A car pool lane is designated for people driving with at least one passenger.（共乘車道是給開車載著至少一名乘客的人使用。）
tip-off：名詞，密告、爆料、線索；動詞，密告。例句：The police act on a tip-off and busted the big cybercrime ring.（警方根據線報採取行動，破獲這個大型網路犯罪集團。）
overcast：形容詞，陰天的，陰暗的。例句：The weather forecast said it would be overcast and rainy today.（氣象預報說今天會是多雲有雨。）
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