If you ever find yourself in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, remember to obey the speed limit.
The town is notorious in the state for being one big speed trap, which even led to an investigation in 2012. But when the Google Street View car was rolling through the town in May 2009, the speed trap was in full force.
As you're heading down WV-39 into Gauley Bridge, the speed limit abruptly drops from 55 mph to 25 mph right as you cross over the train tracks. But despite warning signs, the Google Street View car apparently did not slow down enough.
Following along in Street View, you can clearly see an unmarked police car parked ahead on the left hand side of the road.
And just as the car passes, the cop immediately pulls out and follows the Google car.
Then the lights come on.
And the Google Street View car pulls over to the side of the road.
In 2010 YouTuber Floridanatureman also noticed the incident, but with only 2,700 video views at the time of writing, it went largely unnoticed.
Now of course, we don't know exactly why the Google Street View car was pulled over in 2009, maybe it's because the cop thought the camera on top of the car was a hazard.
Either way, it's pretty entertaining to watch a Google car get pulled over, one frame at a time.
Bonus: Can you find the Doc Brown in this group of Bernie Sanderses?
[h/t: Reddit]
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