He wanted cops to see red.
A resourceful Colorado truck driver replaced his busted tail light with a bottle of red sports drink — and cops let him go without a ticket.
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 on Monday night, ABC Denver reported.
A photo shared by Longmont Police on Facebook shows a bottle filled with a red liquid and duct-taped to the back of the man’s truck.
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.
Obviously, a bottle of refreshing electrolytes doesn’t fit the bill.
Cops let the man go without a ticket and true to his word, they spotted him at a garage later on Monday getting his tail light fixed.
“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.
“Working tail lights prevent accidents,” they said.
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