US driver pulled over for speeding tried to switch places with dog, police say

Motorist maneuvered inside car before getting out on the passenger side following police stop in Springfield, Colorado

A driver who was pulled over for speeding and appeared to officers to be drunk tried to switch places with his dog in an attempt to avoid arrest, police in Colorado are alleging.

An officer watched the motorist maneuvering inside the car before he got out on the passenger side on Saturday night in Springfield, a town of about 1,300 people on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, police said in a Facebook post on Sunday.