In most of the United States, there is a policy of checking on any stalled vehicle on the highway when the temperatures drop to single digits or below. About 3 AM., Montana State Trooper Allan Nixon #658 responded to a call there was a car off the shoulder of the road outside Great Falls, Montana. 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 trooper walked to the drivers door to find an older man passed out behind the wheel with a nearly empty bottle of vodka on the seat beside him. The driver came awake when the trooper tapped on the window. Seeing the rotating lights in his rear view mirror and the State Trooper standing next to his car, the man panicked. He jerked the gearshift into "drive" and hit the gas. The car's speedometer showed 20-30-40 and then 50 MPH but, it was still stuck in the snow, wheels spinning.
Trooper Nixon, having a sense of humor, began running in place next to the speeding (but stationary) car. The the driver was totally freaked, thinking the Trooper was actually keeping up with him. This goes on for about 30 seconds, then Trooper Nixon yells "PULL OVER!".
The man nodded, turned his wheel and stopped the engine. Needless to say, the man from North Dakota is probably still shaking his head over the State Trooper in Montana who could run 50 miles per hour.
Who says State Troopers don't have a sense of humor?
