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Wyoming State Police - gotta love 'em!!!!!
In most of the northern states, there is a policy of
checking on any stalled vehicle on the highway when
the temperatures drop down to the single digits or
below. About 3 a.m. one very cold morning in March
2004, a state police officer responded to a call:
there was 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 to find an
older man passed out behind the wheel with a nearly
empty vodka bottle on the seat beside him.
The driver came awake when the officer tapped on the
window. Seeing the flashing lights in his rear view
mirror and the state policeman standing next to his
car, the man panicked, jerked the gearshift into
"drive" and hit the gas. The car's speedometer was
showing 20-30-40 and then 50 mph, but the car was
still stuck in the snow, wheels spinning.
The policeman, having a sense of humor, began running
in place next to the speeding, but still stationary,
car. The driver was totally freaked thinking the
officer was actually keeping up with him. This went
on for about 30 seconds until the patrolman yelled at
the man ordering him to "pull over!" The man obeyed,
turned his steering wheel and stopped the engine.
Needless to say, the man from Casper was arrested and
is probably still shaking his head over the state
patrolman who could run 50 miles per hour.
Who says policemen don't have a sense of humor?
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| August 24, 2006, 11:12 |
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Re: Wyoming State Police - gotta love 'em!!!!!
I met that officer.
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| August 24, 2006, 14:21 |
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funlovingpair
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Frozen Tundra, Minnesota, US
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Re: Wyoming State Police - gotta love 'em!!!!!
I always liked the funny drunks.....
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