Police fear wurst, halt Wienermobile near Pentagon
MILWAUKEE - It\'s the most famous motorized sausage in the nation, but even the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile can\'t drive on a restricted road next to the Pentagon.
The crew of the 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels got grilled by police when it mistakenly traveled on a road closed to commercial traffic.
Ever since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, Route 110 has been off limits to vehicles with six wheels or more because of concerns that someone could drive a truck bomb close to the home of the nation\'s defense department.
So when the Wienermobile that departed from Madison, Wis., lumbered down Route 110 Tuesday evening, a Virginia state trooper\'s eyes widened. Perhaps expecting the wurst, he flipped on his flashing lights and pulled over the lost dog.
Traffic on the busy road that runs along the Potomac River backed up for a short time as people craned their heads and gawked, obviously relishing the sight of the Wienermobile getting busted.
A passing motorist gave a frank appraisal of the sausage pilot\'s gaffe.
“Everyone around here knows you don\'t bring trucks on that road, and it wasn\'t just any truck, it was the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile,” said Carrie Witt, who was driving to her home in Alexandria, Va., after visiting a friend.
At the Wienermobile wheel were Will Keller and Paula Pendleton, both 22 and recent college graduates from Illinois and California, who had just finished the two-week-long Hot Dog High at Oscar Mayer headquarters in Madison.
Packed in the back of the Wienermobile, which will travel throughout the East for a year, were boxes of Wienermobile whistles, Wienermobile Hot Wheels, Wienermobile-shaped Beanie Babies and a karaoke machine featuring the Oscar Mayer wiener and bologna jingles.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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