Montana rarely, if ever, enforces speed limits – a fact lead-footed part-time resident David Letterman raves about – but 134 m.p.h. can still get you pulled over.
The Billings Gazette reports that Shaun Kachina Bell, 32, found that out the hard way on Sunday night. Yes … he was clocked going 134 m.p.h. in a 50 zone.
While drunk.
Quite incredibly, and fortunately, Montana State Trooper Kyle Hayter was able to track Bell down … and found a man passed out in the passenger seat.
Both men appeared to be intoxicated. Bell was charged with DUI along with felony criminal endangerment and a misdemeanor count of speeding.
Apparently you can still be ticketed for it if it endangers public safety. Bell was also charged for driving without a license or proof of insurance.
Hayter took Bell to Yellowstone County Jail after a background check revealed several outstanding warrants, a suspended license, and two previous DUIs.
Bell is currently $15,000 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned on June 21.