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If you’re going to take three police cruisers on a high speed chase, you might as well come up with a valid excuse for it when you inevitably get caught and pulled over, one way or another.
This Minneapolis man got the memo, but what makes his story outstanding is the way in which he chose to put it into application. It all went down on the Indiana Toll Road on April 22, the Indiana State Police says in a press release, and it should probably serve as a lesson that stupid excuses won’t get you out of trouble. Also, speeding is bad. Unless you’re a professional racer on the track.
A red Mustang passed two ISP patrol cars at the mile 96 marker, at a speed of 120 mph in a 70 mph area, ISP says. Both cars followed suit with sirens and lights, repeatedly summoning the driver to pull over, for nearly 25 miles. The only sign of acknowledgment coming from the Mustang was when the driver slowed down to 100 mph and, for whatever reason, turned off the lights.
A third patrol car deployed stop sticks, but the Mustang driver was able to avoid them. A second attempt wasn’t as successful and thus the man’s glorious adventure came to an end.
The man was “reportedly slow to respond to troopers commands but was safely taken into custody,” without further incident, the report notes. But here’s the funniest part about the incident: he “told troopers he did not stop because he thought the troopers wanted to race.”
Troopers weren’t amused. The driver was preliminarily arrested for “Resisting Law Enforcement with a Vehicle, Resisting Law Enforcement, and Reckless Driving” and received citations for several moving violations. His excuse for speeding and fleeing, while stupid, is not punishable by law.
This Minneapolis man got the memo, but what makes his story outstanding is the way in which he chose to put it into application. It all went down on the Indiana Toll Road on April 22, the Indiana State Police says in a press release, and it should probably serve as a lesson that stupid excuses won’t get you out of trouble. Also, speeding is bad. Unless you’re a professional racer on the track.
A red Mustang passed two ISP patrol cars at the mile 96 marker, at a speed of 120 mph in a 70 mph area, ISP says. Both cars followed suit with sirens and lights, repeatedly summoning the driver to pull over, for nearly 25 miles. The only sign of acknowledgment coming from the Mustang was when the driver slowed down to 100 mph and, for whatever reason, turned off the lights.
A third patrol car deployed stop sticks, but the Mustang driver was able to avoid them. A second attempt wasn’t as successful and thus the man’s glorious adventure came to an end.
The man was “reportedly slow to respond to troopers commands but was safely taken into custody,” without further incident, the report notes. But here’s the funniest part about the incident: he “told troopers he did not stop because he thought the troopers wanted to race.”
Troopers weren’t amused. The driver was preliminarily arrested for “Resisting Law Enforcement with a Vehicle, Resisting Law Enforcement, and Reckless Driving” and received citations for several moving violations. His excuse for speeding and fleeing, while stupid, is not punishable by law.
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