POLICE HUMOR

POLICE HUMOR-- WYOMING HIGHWAY PATROL - GOTTA LOVE 'EMIN

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 PATROL OFFICER RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A CAR OFF
THE SHOULDER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF CASPER. THE OFFICER 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 AN OLDER MAN PASSED OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL AND A NEAR EMPTY BOTTLE OF VODKA IN THE
SEAT BESIDE HIM.

THE OFFICER 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 PATROLMAN, 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 PATROLMAN YELLED AT THE MAN ORDERING HIM TO "PULL OVER!" THIS MAN OBEYED
AND TURNED HIS WHEEL AND STOPPED THE ENGINE. ONCE OUT OF THE CAR THE DRUNKEN DRIVER
ASKED ABOUT THE PATROLMAN'S SPECIAL TRAINING AND JUST HOW CAN HE POSSIBLE RUN 50 MPH.

THE MAN, FROM CASPER, WAS ARRESTED STILL BELIEVING THAT A STATE PATROLMAN HAD OUTRUN HIS
CAR.