The driver came awake 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 snow, 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 30 seconds when the patrolman yelled at the man ordering him to "pull over!" the man obeyed, turned his wheel and stopped 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. Who says policemen don't have a sense of humor?