Russian Drunk Driver Takes Cop For A Ride

[Miranda]

Fri Jun 20, 2008

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian drunk driver knocked over a traffic policeman then drove for about 1 km (0.6 miles) with the officer clinging to the roof of his car, local police said on Friday.

The motorist only came to a halt after the policeman on the roof fired eight rounds from his pistol, police in the Khabarovsk region, on Russia's Pacific coast, said in a statement.

The driver was unhurt and is in jail awaiting charges, while the traffic policemen only sustained a graze to his right arm, the statement said.

(Reporting by Alexei Dovbysh; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Charles Dick)

[Destroit]

That's so one of those things you wish that somebody got on video. Oh well, still a cool story though.

[Morbid Side]

Did you hear about the one where the cop locked his keys inside the squad car? Only to have the person who was supposed to get a ticket instead had to give the cop a lift to the police station.