VW Beetle Police Car Wins 20 Mph Chase In Elizabethton, Tenn.

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. -- A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff's Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle – at about 20 mph. The beetle won.

Deciding the women behind the wheel showed no signs of stopping for a red light, Watson went around her and braked, expecting to sacrifice the beetle, but the truck stopped inches off the back bumper.

Driver Cynthia Ann Andes of Hampton said she drank half a liter of vodka and took prescription pain pills.

Comments

[sentimentiques]

06:19 PM on 02/20/2012

......the women behind the wheel......... driving side by side, one sitting on the other's lap? Perpetual small gripe: for some reason, a lot of people can't seem to differentiate between one woman and plural women, but at least a writer could try to get it right. Try it with "man" or "men" in the same sentence to get my point.

[smiles41]

02:35 PM on 02/14/2012

Reminds me of that 50s golden oldie, about the little nash rambler and the cadillac...and second gear...LOL.

[Fletch55]

01:42 PM on 02/14/2012

So if he arrests someone does he have to wait for a back up unit to put the pur in since the beetle seats like 1 lol

[BobbyNCorpus]

11:41 AM on 02/14/2012

The love bug rides again. HI ho silver.

[pickyourpoison]

10:43 AM on 02/14/2012

Driving a bug is sort of like driving a moped. It is fun, but you don't want your friends seeing you do it.

[Rogue Squirrel]

04:38 AM on 02/14/2012

I always thought they looked like clown cars. Now that they put on the stickers, they've proved me right.

[UTARebel]

05:03 AM on 02/14/2012

Just add the Keystone Cops!

[justintime30]

11:40 PM on 02/13/2012

One has to be on drugs to drive that. It's a rolling tampon.

[harleydavid105]

10:35 PM on 02/13/2012

Why is a foreign car being used by a gov't. run agency? This is America. Drive an American-made car. American tax dollars should not be used to purchase foreign products.

[Edwin Moore]

11:06 PM on 02/13/2012

Look at it like this. The Bug was sold at at dealership owned, managed and staffed by Americans. The Service Department employs American mechanics. The bugs were transported by American truckdrivers. We're talking about a lot of jobs. So unclench.

[harleydavid105]

11:27 PM on 02/13/2012

The same jobs would be supported by an American manufacturer. American tax dollars should be used to support American manufacturing. Since 2001 the American auto industry has lost 200,000 jobs while the 8 foreign car plants built in that time have added only 20,000 jobs. That is a loss of 180,000 jobs. Support the country you live in. BE AMERICAN BUY AMERICAN.

[J0E1]

12:17 AM on 02/14/2012

Oh well in that case, every Chinese product I buy helps support the wages of UPS workers nation wide.  I am a patriot!

[USAyesterday]

10:58 AM on 02/14/2012

Sometimes these cars are obtained through confiscation. In our state people who are repeat DUI offenders or using the cars for drug dealing/transportation run the risk of having their cars confiscated by the police. Though normally hear the cars or the proceeds from sale of the cars are given to the board of education.

[missyinSoCal]

07:45 PM on 02/13/2012

Punch buggy white!

[pickyourpoison]

10:46 AM on 02/14/2012

You said it first. My young children and I play it when we are out for a drive.

[grifrn]

07:33 PM on 02/13/2012

The reason for the Beetle is this: Notice the D.A.R.E on the care - Drug and alchohol resistance education. Police officers who teach this program will often use cars considered cool by school kids; often a Camaro, Mustang, PT Cruiser, etc. These officers normally don't make stops, but they are authorized to do so.

[Nerd Slayer]

08:18 PM on 02/13/2012

Ya I'm sure kids really find Volkswagen Beetle's to be really cool. And it's not like D.A.R.E in itself is a misguided and overall useless way to reach kids about drug and alcohol abuse in the first place, right?

[Edwin Moore]

11:07 PM on 02/13/2012

Wrong.

[Brianna Cole]

03:20 AM on 02/14/2012

I agree with Edwin, you are wrong about D.A.R.E.
At least in my school, it was informative. It was something the kids looked forward to.

[J0E1]

12:19 AM on 02/14/2012

Yes I know when I was a kid, I fantasized about owning a beetle and a pt cruiser while my friends talked about ferraris, hummers, and porches.  I was so cool.

[LateSleeper35]

09:33 AM on 02/14/2012

Argh! Pronounced POR SHA. There are no silent letters in the German language and e is pronounced as ah. You are welcome. Auf wiedersehen.

[onkelpetey]

07:29 PM on 02/13/2012

No Beatle Beetle.

[dragnetadam12]

07:17 PM on 02/13/2012

That's not a Beetle. Put the engine in the back, then you can call it a Beetle.

[setanta54]

09:48 AM on 02/14/2012

VW made a big mistake going from air cooled/rear engine to these things.

[theswagg]

06:37 PM on 02/13/2012

I have something that size dangling from the rear view mirror on my Superduty truck.

[Boobuzuela]

08:36 PM on 02/13/2012

It's less ugly than the truck testicles you have dangling from the hitch.

[Arn Arn]

04:51 PM on 02/13/2012

I think the police should drive vehicles with higher miles per gallon to save taxpayer money. VW Beetles may not be the most appropriate, but I'm sure there's a car out there that's a good fit.

[JennyLoveButt]

04:12 PM on 02/13/2012

Oh yeah let's drink half a bottle of vodka pop some pills and go for a drive................... When your driving home from work just think they are out there on the road with you somewhere.......................