卡车司机逃避罚单，用红色饮料代替坏掉的尾灯

He wanted cops to see red.

他想让警察看到红色就能混过去。

A resourceful Colorado truck driver replaced his busted taillight with a bottle of red sports drink — and cops let him go without a ticket.

科罗拉多州一名足智多谋的卡车司机用一瓶红色运动饮料替换了坏掉的尾灯，警察没有开罚单就放了他。

A Longmont police sergeant pulled over the man, a driver for an oil company in town every two weeks, while he was on his way to get the light fixed Monday night, ABC Denver reported.

据美国广播公司丹佛报道，这名男子是一家石油公司的司机，每两周开一次车。

A photo shared by Longmont police on Facebookshows a bottle filled with a red liquid and duct-taped to the back of the man’s truck.

朗蒙特警方在facebook上分享的一张照片显示，这名男子的车尾用胶带粘着一个装满红色液体的瓶子。

Colorado law says all on-road vehicles must be equipped with a red light that can be seen from at least 100 feet away in daylight.

科罗拉多州法律规定，上路车辆必须配备红色车灯，保证在白天至少100英尺外都能看到。

Obviously, a bottle of refreshing electrolytes doesn’t fit the bill.

显然，一瓶鲜艳的电解质饮料并不符合要求。

Cops let the man go without a ticket and, true to his word, they spotted him at a garage later Monday getting his taillight fixed.

警察没有开罚单就放了他，果然，他们周一晚些时候在一个修车库里发现了他，当时他正在修理尾灯。

“While we appreciate the ingenuity of this tail light, this is not a permanent solution,” Longmont Fire, Police and OEM wrote in a Facebook post.

“虽然我们欣赏这种独创的尾灯，但这并不是一个永久的解决方案。”龙蒙特消防公司、警察和原始设备制造商在Facebook的一篇文章中写道。

“Working tail lights prevent accidents,” they said.

他们说：“正常使用的尾灯可以有效防止事故发生。”