Giant Banana Pulled over in Montana Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Times

78 pointsposted 3 hours ago
by Bender
(cowboystatedaily.com)

38 Comments

init2null

2 hours ago

Every time he gets pulled over for a selfie it's an abuse of power. If he can't ignore it, they shouldn't be doing it. Wait for a random encounter in a parking lot or gas station like the rest of us.

tsherb

an hour ago

I feel like we’ve got to at least link to the guy’s website: https://bigbananacar.com/

Cockbrand

an hour ago

Let me be the first to say that this is a lovely website in a lovely, slightly modernized turn-of-the-millennium style.

nxobject

10 minutes ago

Gloriously boring WordPress, too.

Klonoar

an hour ago

It’s like looking at an adult Richard Scary tale.

harwoodr

an hour ago

I used to drive a 1991 Suzuki Cappuccino - a tiny right-hand drive kei sports car. The first couple of years I drove it, the police pulled me over on a regular basis - no tickets issued but lots of questions asked.

One time while I was waiting for a light, an officer knocked on my window (which is somewhat startling)... I rolled it down and he excitedly asked "What kind of car is this?!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Cappuccino

alentred

2 hours ago

> World Needs More Whimsy

100% that! When did everything get serious and look-alike? Anyway, I am taking off, shopping cart racing in the mall...

Henchman21

16 minutes ago

In the early 2000s the media ecosystem decided to re-tell every story, but darker & “grittier”. Then 9/11 happened and the darkness became permanent. It would be nice if we were coming out of that phase!

WJW

a few seconds ago

Oh don't worry, if history is any indication it shouldn't be much longer than 30-40 years from now. Basically 2 generations from the previous shift.

In the meantime, be the change you want to see! You don't have to be darker&grittier yourself just because the media ecosystem has decided that's where the current fashion is.

echoangle

2 hours ago

I would probably pull him over too but arguably he should be pulled over less than normal, right? The risk that he’s some criminal is probably pretty low since not a lot of criminals would chose a car like that to travel.

On the other hand it probably has an increased likelihood to have technical problems that make it reasonable to pull it over though.

bot403

2 hours ago

If im a drug smuggler I'm definitely driving the most boring, common car directly BEHIND the banana car.

ajb

an hour ago

The cops should know that trick by now - the "distraction car" is literally the plot of "Smokey and the Bandit" from 50 years ago. Nevertheless, you may be right :-)

bena

17 minutes ago

However, the distraction car is breaking the law in Smokey and the Bandit. It’s not incorrect for them to try and pull it over.

iambateman

2 hours ago

Yes but every good police officer had watched Arrested Development and so knows that there’s always money in the banana stand.

garyfirestorm

2 hours ago

Wow you waited from 2012 to crack this joke with that username

JackFr

16 minutes ago

If he were my Uber, I would tip so much.

nine_k

2 hours ago

(1) Obtain a vehicle that commands attention. (2) Enjoy everyone's attention! (3) There's no point three.

sixsided

an hour ago

ACAB (All Cops Appreciate Banana)

OutOfHere

an hour ago

Open cars worry me. How do they handle the wind, rain, snow, hail, etc.?

orbital-decay

32 minutes ago

As someone who rides bikes most of the time, the right question is how you handle it.

doubled112

15 minutes ago

This. I’ve ridden a bike year round in southwestern Ontario.

In general, I’m fairly waterproof.

-30C was pretty cold, especially moving, but rare enough I could dress for it and keep my body parts.

Snowstorms are always fun. Free physics lessons included. How much traction can you get? Whoops, I’m laying on the ground.

Thunderstorms and hail you might want to avoid.

_tk_

36 minutes ago

Alternative title:

Person who wants to get noticed indeed gets noticed

nekusar

2 hours ago

Gee golly whillikers!

Pigs are abusing their authority! Oh whatever shall we do?

ceejayoz

33 minutes ago

Traffic stops can and do go bad. Each is a risk, even if small. If they discover something like a bag of drugs in the back, it raises clear Fourth Amendment issues.

Cops shouldn't be putting law-abiding citizens at risk for a selfie.

nekusar

27 minutes ago

My answer is to fire their lardasses for due cause and make them unhirable across the nation.

But this country's courts said this shit is cool. And so is highway robbery by pig. And they don't need to come for help if you call 911.

Oh and qualified immunity means they can what the fuck ever they want.

If RICO act was serious, they'd shut down all pig stys (police stations).

superkuh

2 hours ago

Poor guy. He just wanted to spread some joy and now he's risking his life repeatedly. One of these police stops it's not going to work out. There are just too many US police eager to use physical violence for no reason.

allenrb

2 hours ago

While absolutely and sadly true, something tells me that rogue banana drivers are not the ones most likely to be killed in a traffic stop.

Besides, his family would surely win the resulting case… on a peel.

superkuh

an hour ago

It could never be against the police officer themselves due to qualified immunity. They are free to break the law however they wish. And that completely lack of accountability creates the risk inherent in every (US) police interaction.

tremon

11 minutes ago

> rogue banana drivers are not the ones most likely to be killed in a traffic stop

...until the bananas go brown, of course.

eschulz

43 minutes ago

There's almost a zero percent chance of a police officer harming him during one of these stops. Annoying him a perhaps violating his civil rights, possibly, but not harmed.

ceejayoz

22 minutes ago

"Violating his civil rights" is harm.

cobbzilla

an hour ago

He’s totally fine. He’s driving a car that basically no minority would ever drive, plus it has an open cockpit to facilitate the officer’s “trust but verify” instincts.