When police pull over a driver, they’re always ready to hear the “big story.” Sergeant Doug Baldwin of the Pensacola (Florida) Police Department remembers a time when a van was swerving and weaving across the center line. When the officer approached the van, now stopped, he noticed that the driver had moved over to the passenger’s seat.
The officer shined his flashlight across the front seat to the man who had suddenly become the passenger in a driverless van. The officer asked for the man’s driver’s license and registration.
“I wasn’t driving,” the man claimed and pointed to the backseat. “The guy in the back was.”
The officer shined his flashlight in back and got a good look at the perpetrator—a huge teddy bear.
It didn’t take the officer long to assess the situation. One of the van’s occupants was stuffed. The other was obviously loaded.