Posted on 07/11/2009 7:56:07 AM PDT by Mozilla
A drunk German sparked a slow-speed police chase after stealing a tractor to get home from a nightclub after his girlfriend left without him, said police, who used pepper spray to try to stop the vehicle.
"After his girlfriend abandoned him in a night club, the 23-year-old driver, who doesn't own a license, commandeered the vehicle to make his way home," a police spokesman said on Monday.
Six police cars began trailing the tractor, which was chugging along at 20 km (12 miles) an hour, after they were alerted to the theft at about 5 a.m. Saturday.
Officers tried holding up stop signs and directing pepper spray through the open window to bring the driver to a halt.
They then tried unsuccessfully to end his getaway by throwing nail belts on the road, but the tractor's tires proved too thick, said the police spokesman.
The 40-minute chase finally came to an end when officers shot at the tractor's tires after it rammed into a police car and collided with another vehicle.
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“said police, who used pepper spray to try to stop the vehicle.”
I could have told the cops that pepper spray is useless for stopping tractors. It MIGHT stop a bear, but it’s no good for tractors.
We seem to be getting one of these stories once a month now. Drunk takes joyride on heavy equipment.
There’s nothing like heavy yellow equipment when it starts feeling its oats.
You’re so right... It might stop a drunk bear, but a drunk tractor? No way.
They need to start carrying thermite. It may seem like overkill, but they will be thankful if they ever run into a tractor on PCP.
It’s not the tractor’s fault. The tractor is just lashing out at dump truck America and its unfair EO policies (cranes and tractors need not apply) ;->
“They tried...throwing nail belts on the road, but the tractor’s tires proved too thick...”
Obviously no country boys in that bunch.
Reminds me of the Farm Strike, when DC cops called tow trucks to remove tractors from in front of the White House. At least the farmers got a good laugh...
SUV's kill indiscriminately even sober. What's a tractor but a "militarily hardened" SUV? They're designed to till, er, kill! What's anyone need a tractor for?
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