True!!
WYOMING STATE TROOPERS - GOTTA LOVE THEM BOYS!!!!!
IN MOST OF THE NORTHERN STATES, THERE IS A POLICY OF
CHECKING ON ANY STALLED VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE
TEMPERATURES DROP IN THE SINGLE DIGITS OR BELOW. ONE
MORNING IN MARCH 2004 ABOUT 3 A.M. 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 ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWAY.
PULLING IN BEHIND IT 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 DRIVER WOKE UP,
SEEING THE ROTATING LIGHTS IN HIS REAR VIEW MIRROR AND THE
STATE POLICEMAN 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 STILL STUCK IN THE SNOW.
THE TROOPER, 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 GOES ON FOR
ABOUT 30 SECONDS WHEN THE TROOPER YELLED AT THE MAN
ORDERING HIM TO
"PULL OVER!" THE DRIVER OBEYED, TURNED HIS WHEEL, AND
STOPPED THE ENGINE.
ONCE OUT OF THE CAR THE DRUNKEN DRIVER ASKED ABOUT THE
TROOPER'S SPECIAL TRAINING AND JUST HOW HE COULD POSSIBLY
RUN 50 MPH.
THE MAN WAS ARRESTED, STILL BELIEVING THAT A TROOPER HAD
OUTRUN HIS CAR.
WYOMING STATE TROOPERS - GOTTA LOVE THEM BOYS!!!!!
IN MOST OF THE NORTHERN STATES, THERE IS A POLICY OF
CHECKING ON ANY STALLED VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE
TEMPERATURES DROP IN THE SINGLE DIGITS OR BELOW. ONE
MORNING IN MARCH 2004 ABOUT 3 A.M. 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 ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWAY.
PULLING IN BEHIND IT 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 DRIVER WOKE UP,
SEEING THE ROTATING LIGHTS IN HIS REAR VIEW MIRROR AND THE
STATE POLICEMAN 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 STILL STUCK IN THE SNOW.
THE TROOPER, 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 GOES ON FOR
ABOUT 30 SECONDS WHEN THE TROOPER YELLED AT THE MAN
ORDERING HIM TO
"PULL OVER!" THE DRIVER OBEYED, TURNED HIS WHEEL, AND
STOPPED THE ENGINE.
ONCE OUT OF THE CAR THE DRUNKEN DRIVER ASKED ABOUT THE
TROOPER'S SPECIAL TRAINING AND JUST HOW HE COULD POSSIBLY
RUN 50 MPH.
THE MAN WAS ARRESTED, STILL BELIEVING THAT A TROOPER HAD
OUTRUN HIS CAR.