Highway Patrol Trooper Jeff Kinghorn drove near the SUV zipping along the carpool lane on Interstate 15 in Bountiful on Friday to see if the driver had a required passenger, or a toll transponder. He lacked both.
As the driver saw the trooper eying him, he compounded problems by crossing over the double-white lines to get out of the express lane, another violation. Kinghorn then noticed the SUV’s license plates had expired.
So the driver hit a trifecta for potentially expensive violations. The penalty for using the carpool lane illegally or crossing the double-white line is up to $337 for each.