---
title: "Colorado State Patrol Wants to Remind You ‘Help Me!’ Signs in Cars Aren’t a Joke"
description: "Didn't your parents ever tell you not to do that?"
date: "2017-05-25"
modified: "2017-05-25"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/10646/colorado-state-patrol-wants-to-remind-you-help-me-signs-in-cars-arent-a-joke"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "bad idea"
  - "Colorado"
  - "police"
  - "pranks"
---

# Colorado State Patrol Wants to Remind You ‘Help Me!’ Signs in Cars Aren’t a Joke

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/05/help-me-please.jpg>)
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There are lots of ways you can amuse yourself [on a long road trip.](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/7469/best-audio-books-for-road-trips>) You can turn to backseat classics like the license plate game or 20 Questions, settle in with a nice long book, or spend the whole time checking Twitter on your phone. Putting a sign reading "Help me please!" in the window as a joke to see what happens, though—that's just plain dumb.

[A concerned driver notified Colorado State Patrol](<https://www.kktv.com/content/news/Troopers-track-down-car-with-Help-me-please-sign-424212283.html>) last night after spotting the plea for help taped to the rear window of a white Ford Taurus outside Colorado Springs. The car was heading south on Highway 115, and troopers were finally able to track it down and pull it over just outside Canon City. They were understandably very annoyed to realize it was just a very, very stupid gag.

According to KKTV News, Colorado State Patrol Spokesman Josh Lewis said that officers "had a good long talk" with the driver and his friends, but they won't be charged with anything. And based on the pictures, it looks like a pretty [sizable police contingent](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/1991/these-police-chases-put-o-j-simpsons-to-shame>) made the stop—which hopefully scared the crap out of them. There's a whole lot of downturned-chin shame to enjoy in that bottom-left image.

https://twitter.com/_/status/867557617807138816

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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