In most of the northern states, there is a policy of checking on any stalled vehicle on the highway when the temperatures drop in to the single digits or below.
One morning in March 2004 about 3 AM, a Wyoming State Trooper responded to a call of a car off the shoulder on the outside of the town of Casper.
The trooper located the car, with the engine still running, stuck in the deep snow alongside the highway. Pulling in behind the stalled car with his emergency lights on, the officer walked to the driver’s door to find a man passed out behind the wheel. And a near empty bottle of vodka in the seat beside him.
The trooper tapped on the window and the drive woke up, seeing the police lights in his rear view mirror and the trooper standing next to his car, the man panicked. He jerked the gearshift into drive and hit the gas. The car’s speedometer was showing 20-30-40… then 50 mph… but it was stuck in the snow.
The trooper, having a sick sense of humor, began running in place next to the speeding, but stationary, car. The driver was totally freaked, thinking the officer was actually keeping up with him.
This went on for about 30 seconds when the trooper yelled at the man ordering him to “Pull over!” The driver obeyed, turned his steering wheel, and stopped the engine.
Once out of the car the drunken driver asked about the trooper’s special training and just how could he possibly run 50 mph. The bewildered man was arrested, still believing that a trooper had outrun his car!
One morning in March 2004 about 3 AM, a Wyoming State Trooper responded to a call of a car off the shoulder on the outside of the town of Casper.
The trooper located the car, with the engine still running, stuck in the deep snow alongside the highway. Pulling in behind the stalled car with his emergency lights on, the officer walked to the driver’s door to find a man passed out behind the wheel. And a near empty bottle of vodka in the seat beside him.
The trooper tapped on the window and the drive woke up, seeing the police lights in his rear view mirror and the trooper standing next to his car, the man panicked. He jerked the gearshift into drive and hit the gas. The car’s speedometer was showing 20-30-40… then 50 mph… but it was stuck in the snow.
The trooper, having a sick sense of humor, began running in place next to the speeding, but stationary, car. The driver was totally freaked, thinking the officer was actually keeping up with him.
This went on for about 30 seconds when the trooper yelled at the man ordering him to “Pull over!” The driver obeyed, turned his steering wheel, and stopped the engine.
Once out of the car the drunken driver asked about the trooper’s special training and just how could he possibly run 50 mph. The bewildered man was arrested, still believing that a trooper had outrun his car!
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