I was driving home after a long day. I live in Tulsa but often travel for work. I had just come off of I-70 heading east and was now on I-135 heading south out of Salina. Anyway, a car gets behind me and starts flashing their lights at me. It was about 8:00 at night. I didn't notice anything weird about my load, I was pulling a trailer, so I just kept driving. That car eventually quite flashing their lights and drove on ahead of me. 15 or so miles later another car merges onto the highway right behind me and pulls up next to me and starts flashing their lights. Now I know something's up. I pulled over on I-135 and go back to check my trailer. Sure enough I had blown tire. The trailer has 2 tires on each side and the load wasn't heavy enough to make a difference when it blew. I didn't know it had happened. So I start gathering my tools to change the tire and crawl under the trailer to place the jack on the axle and a the Kansas HP officer pulls up. He got out of the car and asked what was up. I showed him the tire and we made a bit of brief small talk about what was on the trailer. I work in the oil field with progressive cavity pumps which look like 20' corkscrews and he was curious about them. He even asked me where I was heading, but I didn't get upset. He was very polite and held a flashlight for me the whole time I was fixing the flat, about 30 min. After that I picked up my tools and said thank you, he said have a good night and I got back on the highway.
This whole story is just to say that the officer was very helpful and friendly. I say THANKS to the Kansas HP and that officer.
I just thought we could use a "the cops are the good guys" story.
This whole story is just to say that the officer was very helpful and friendly. I say THANKS to the Kansas HP and that officer.
I just thought we could use a "the cops are the good guys" story.
