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 AN 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.