Imagine being an Arizona trooper, just doing your job, and suddenly a Chevrolet Camaro comes flying past you. Then you notice that the muscle car is doing 105mph. Then you realize that it is doing those crazy speeds with no hood on the car.
Well, that is exactly what happened to one Arizona trooper, as revealed by the Arizona Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol. In a Facebook post by the department, they confirmed the incident, with the car noted for driving at 30mph over the speed limit of 75mph on that particular road.
Yet there was more to the story than simply stopping a speeding car. Firstly, the lack of a hood as well as a front bumper, made it clear there was something amiss. Then, there was the fact that the driver at the wheel of the car had actually had his license suspended three times this year.
The first time, it was suspended in January over a financial responsibility issue. Then in March, the driver lost it again due to street racing. The third time was in June, which was followed by a failure to appear in court. Yet in this instance, the driver had been contacted twice and then cited twice for driving on a suspended license.
This Was a Truly Unusual Arrest
This must be one of the most unusual arrests that the AZDPS Highway Patrol has ever carried out. In their social media posts, they confirmed that a Highway Patrol State Trooper was conducting traffic enforcement on I-10, near Gold Nugget Road. It was then that they saw the Camaro speeding towards them.
The car was travelling in the left lane at a high rate of speed, and the State Trooper deployed the dash-mounted radar display in their patrol car. That display showed a steady reading of 105mph, which was 30mph over the 75mph speed limit in that zone. Unsurprisingly, the State Trooper pulled the driver over and asked if he had a valid driver’s license, to which he said yes.
It was then that the other suspensions were revealed when they ran their checks. The State Trooper then asked the driver if he knew he was suspended, and amazingly, he indicated that he did know that. “The driver was arrested for speeding and driving on a suspended license,” said the Facebook post. “Suspended License + Criminal Speeding = JAIL,” added the Highway Patrol. If the fact that the car was caught speeding wasn’t enough, the police then noticed something else strange about the muscle car.
This Camaro Had No Hood or Front Bumper
When they caught the car, the police realized there was no hood and no front bumper on the muscle car. A giant turbo indicated it had clearly been modified, and maybe the driver was out trying to test it to its limits. In a twist of irony, the car that the police used to chase the modified Camaro was actually a Camaro patrol car, except this one looked to have all of its bodywork panels in place.
Joking aside, speeding is an incredibly serious offense, and the Highway Patrol was keen to stress that in its Facebook post. “Speed limits are set to protect everyone on the road. The faster you travel, the longer it takes to stop,” they said. “Watch your lead foot, and if a judge suspended your license, maybe take that as a sign to cool it on the driving until you’re in the clear.”