ONE FAST POLICEMAN    

 

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 ROTATING 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 IT 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 GOES ON FOR ABOUT 30  SECONDS WHEN THE PATROLMAN YELLED AT THE MAN ORDERING HIM TO "PULL OVER!"  THE MAN OBEYED, TURNED HIS 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.