Rush Hour
I really love the quote at the end of this story I found on Komo4.
“We were on routine patrol during rush hour this morning,” said State Patrol pilot Troy Davis. “Out of the corner of my eye, I saw this blue streak streaking down on the freeway on southbound 405. That really got our attention as he was passing a lot of traffic at a high rate of speed.”Davis says his colleague in the plane used aircraft marks on the freeway to calculate the driver’s speed and clocked the man at 104 mph during the first check, then the driver continued to speed up to 110 mph.
Traffic was light, Davis said, and the driver was driving in the carpool lane with a passenger.
“He was able to get a nice long straight stretch and he really let it have it,” Davis said. “I’m sure all the cars around were wondering, ‘Gosh, where’s a trooper when you need one?’ Well, there was a trooper when they needed one — we were straight up in the air watching this guy drive like a jerk.”
Sure enough, the pilots were able to direct state patrolmen on the ground and the 23-year old driver was arrested for investigation of reckless driving and cited for driving without insurance.
Nothing like an objective news organization becoming part of the story…
What brappy meant to say was "I’m sure glad that a news organization pulled its head out long enough to do the right thing and help with an extremely dangerous situation."
Yr welcome, brappy.
Anyone know of a good lawyer? I got this ticket for reckless driving and the cop was a real jerk about it.
Um, gang: what exactly did the ‘objective news organization’ have to do with it?
That wasn’t a news helicopter shot; it was footage taken by the state patrol guys from their own airplane. They don’t all drive Crown Vics and BMW R1150RTs, you know.