Police stop Nebraska man for bucking the law with a bull riding shotgun in his car

A car riding with a bull in it used to be pulled over by means of police in northeast Nebraska’s greatest town.

Don’t fear, he did not steer.

Norfolk Police Capt. Chad Reiman stated it did not take lengthy for officials to trace down the changed Ford Crown Victoria sedan with a bull riding shotgun after a 911 name about it riding on the primary freeway coming into the town of more or less 24,000 Wednesday morning.

“We didn’t have a full understanding of it until we saw it,” Reiman stated.

The car that Lee Meyer has pushed in parades throughout the house for years has part the windshield and roof got rid of to make room for his bull, named Howdy Doody, to experience alongside. A yellow steel farm animals gate serves as the passenger facet door — permitting for the Watusi bull to be tied up — and a set of longhorns serves as a hood decoration.

“It wouldn’t go far without being noticed for sure,” Reiman said.

A video of the traffic stop shot by News Channel Nebraska spread quickly online.

A sign on the side of Meyer’s car from a parade in Burwell late last month declared that Howdy Doody’s eye-catching ride was judged the Best Car Entry in Nebraska’s Big Rodeo Parade.

Reiman said Meyer told him that when he went to that parade, he drove Howdy Doody in a proper trailer, so it wasn’t clear why he decided to load the bull into his car Wednesday and drive the 36 miles from his home in Neligh to Norfolk.

Reiman said Meyer wasn’t headed to a parade Wednesday. Meyer didn’t answer his home phone Thursday morning so he couldn’t be reached immediately for an explanation.

But his wife, Rhonda, told the Norfolk radio station that shot video of the traffic stop that Howdy Doody has been Meyer’s “friend and buddy” ever since he were given him 8 or 9 years in the past.

Videos of Lee Meyer driving Howdy Doody around can readily be found online from 2017 and 2019.

Rhonda Meyer told US92 that “Lee thinks he’s a movie star” after the video of his traffic stop went viral, but that he’s also a little shy.

Meyer said Howdy Doody is like a member of the family now, but she wasn’t always wild about how much her husband spent on the bull over the years.

“The amount of money that he’s spent on this whole darn project between the car and the bull I could’ve had a brand new kitchen,” Rhonda Meyer said.

Reiman said there were clearly some traffic violations related to Meyer’s car, but the officer let him off with a warning as long as he turned around and took Howdy Doody home.

“We’ve never dealt with anything quite like that before.” Reiman stated.