In most northern states, law enforcement
authorities have a policy of checking on any stalled vehicle on the highway
when the temperatures drop down to single digits or lower.
About 3:00 a.m. one very cold morning in
March 2004, a State Police officer responded to a call concerning a car off the
shoulder of the road on the outskirts of Casper. He located the car, stuck in
deep snow and with the engine still running.
Pulling in behind the car with his emergency
lights on, the officer walked to the driver's door and found an older man
asleep behind the wheel with a nearly empty vodka bottle on the seat beside
him.
The driver woke up when the officer tapped on
the window. Seeing the rotating lights in his rear view mirror and the State
Police officer standing next to his car, the man panicked, jerked the gearshift
into "Drive", and hit the gas. The car's speedometer was showing 20,
then 30, then 40, and finally 50 MPH, but the car was still stuck in the snow,
wheels spinning madly.
The officer, having a sense of humor, began
running in place next to the "speeding" but still stationary car. The
driver was totally freaked out thinking the officer was actually keeping up
with him. This went on for about 30 seconds, after which the Patrolman yelled
at the man and ordered him to "Pull Over!" The man obeyed, turned the
steering wheel to the right, and stopped the engine.
Needless to say, the "driver" was
arrested and is probably still shaking his head over the State Patrolman who
could run 50 miles per hour. Who
says cops don't have a sense of humor?
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