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In most of the northern states, there is a policy of checking on any stalled vehicle on the highway when the temperatures drop down to the single digits or below.
About 3 a.m. one very cold morning, 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 awakened when the officer tapped on the window. Seeing the rotating lights in his rear view mirror and the state patrolman 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 s now, wheels spinning. 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 a minute when the patrolman yelled at the man, ordering him to "pull over." The man obeyed, turning his wheel and stopping 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.
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That's Cold!!!  On the Troopers part that is! He should of run ahead and done a Superman act by stopping the car! That woulda REALLY blown the guys mind!! 
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Or lean forward like he was flying next to the car 
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Haha.. nice story but suspect an urban myth? Where is the speedo connected to? Speedo connected to front wheels.. drive train connected to rear wheels (unless it was a 4x4 I guess, in which case what was it doing stuck in the first place..?) would show zero speed if stationary.
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It's entirely possible...the story said there was a car stuck in the snow. Most cars being FWD, the speedometer could easily climb.
Mark
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Welcome aboard Pekka. A lot of those guys don't carry, my favorite, the Colt anymore.
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While I suspect this is an urban myth a know that a number of the vehicles I have owned show a speed when stuck in the snow.
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Urban myth? not really... its a joke. Don't analyze, laugh.
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Just to analyze a bit further - Most car speedometers are connected to the transmission. The back wheels spin, the speedo shows the speed.
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So has anyone tried the Ferris Buller technique of putting the car in reverse and taking off miles?
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Dill, putting the car in reverse to rewind the miles won't work.......Angelis
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Quote:
Haha.. nice story but suspect an urban myth? Where is the speedo connected to? Speedo connected to front wheels.. drive train connected to rear wheels (unless it was a 4x4 I guess, in which case what was it doing stuck in the first place..?) would show zero speed if stationary.
Most real cars have the speedometer connected to the gearbox like my '51 Plymouth.
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