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Blabbermouth, got your ears on, good buddy?

'This is Bonnie bear.'

'Come in, blabbermouth.'

'Bonnie bear needs a little chatter.'

Bonnie bear, this is blabbermouth.

Come on in.

Knew you wouldn't let me down, good buddy.

Need a little chit-chat to wake me up.

How's Tricks?

Five squared, Bonnie bear.

Y-You headed for Hearth and Home?

'You got it.'

Been in Bakersfield in court since 8 o'clock this morning

and I caught a cold.

'Maybe I should have stayed up there'

but I think I can make it home.

You're talking to one wiped-out bear.

I-I see you in the alley, B-Bonnie bear.

'Flip them on f-for me, please.'

Thanks, B-Bonnie bear.

Hey, what's friends for, huh?

I-I guess.

'Sure glad you had your ears on, good buddy.'

'You brought me back to life.'

Bonnie bear, clear.

10-4. B-Blabbermouth, clear.

B-B-B..

...b-b..

M-M-Mom! Come quick!

I-I need you! Mom!

Corey, what is it? What's wrong?

I-It's...Bonnie!

Okay, Corey. You're excited.

Alright, you know what to do.

Calm down, think a word and wait for it.

It'll come.

A-Accident!

Just happened!

Highway..

...pat-patrol car!

N-Need help!

B-B..

...Bonnie!

'Any unit in the vicinity of Livermore canyon'

'we have a citizen's report of an 11-83 on route 21'

'Two miles east of the canyon.'

'Units responding, identify.'

LA 15-7 Mary 3 and 4 in Partridge canyon.

Will handle. 5 away.

I don't see any accident.

Dispatch said citizen's report.

I don't even see a citizen.

Yeah, there it is.

It's one of ours. I'll call it in.

LA 50, Mary 3 and 4.

10-97, there's a TC on route 21.

It's a one-car rollover, unit 7 Charles.

Officer injured. Two miles east of Livermore canyon.

Roll an ambulance.

She okay?

I don't know. I'm going to try to release her.

- Yeah.

'There's an ambulance on the way and paramedics.'

Well, where are they?

Be cool, man. They'll be here.

She's going to be alright. Come on.

Let's go. Come on.

How did this thing happen?

How the heck did it happen?

You made good time, Perk.

Well, that's what you asked for, wasn't it?

- Yeah.

I picked up a citation on the way out.

Would you believe it, the same girl cop

that got me twice before?

She's getting on my nerves.

She says here, she clocked you at 74 miles an hour.

How fast wereyou going?

74.

Alright. I'll pay the fine.

And my bonus?

Be in your next paycheck.

Only way to make money in this business

is to make time on the road

in spite of the 55 speed limit.

The bonus is nothing in comparison.

Thanks, Mr. Larkin.

Hey, get some sleep.

I got you down for another run in 12 hours.

I'll take it. Uh, my logbook is in the cab.

- Hey, Grossi.

Have you seen Getraer?

Well, he's down the hall.

Ponch, please. I got it all laid out.

What's this all about?

Oh, let me guess, let me guess, uh..

You're starting a new filing system, huh, Grossi?

- Very funny, but highly wrong. - Of course, Ponch.

I mean, Grossi's gonna write an expose on us

and tell the world our shirt size and stuff.

Uh-huh. Well, I should have thought of that.

Alright, if you must know..

...I'm doing some research for another article I'm writing

for the "Highway Patrol" magazine.

Hmm. What's it on this time, huh, Grossi?

If I tell you, will you keep it quiet?

Someone else hears what I'm doing

they might steal my idea.

Alright.

Alright, you got our word.

"Driver fatigue as a cause of highway accidents."

That it?

Yeah, that's it.

It's been done before.

Not the way I'mdoing it.

I'm correlating all the facts.

All the accidents we've had over the past six months

where drivers have fallen asleep at the wheel

or just blacked out or, or frozen at the controls

in, like, a hypnotic trance.

Sounds great.

Then, I'm gonna consult

with a professor of psychology at the university..

Hey, I was looking for you two.

We're going over to the hospital to have a chat with Bonnie.

You want to come?

Oh, I'd love to

but, uh, when one has committed oneself..

Yeah, well, uh, she'll understand.

Tell her I'll drop by later.

Right.

Drop by to see Bonnie at the hospital later.

Excuse me.

You must be with Officer Bonnie Clark.

- Yes. - I'm Mrs. Marshall.

Your Officer Turner came by the other day

and I, I spoke with him.

Oh, yes, of course.

I'm Sergeant Getraer. This is Officer Poncherello.

Mrs. Marshall's the one who phoned in Bonnie's accident.

Oh, yes, thank you. We're very grateful.

This is my son, Corey.

They told us that she couldn't have any visitors yet

but Corey wanted her to have these flowers.

'They said if we could find her nurse'

'we could give them to her.'

You can go in now.

Oh, thank you.

Well, uh, look, we have to go in and see Bonnie

and talk to her about the accident.

Maybe I could take those flowers in for you.

Tell her they're from blabbermouth

her CB pal.

Okay, blabbermouth.

That's really nice of you both.

How is she?

She's lucky. She didn't hit the truck. She just rolled the car.

She might have been killed, though

but she had her seat belts fastened

and that's what saved her.

The truck?

She said it blocked the road.

'We need more details, but we'll find them.'

And don't worry. Bonnie's gonna be just fine.

Thank you. We're very glad.

Alright.

You know what I'm in for?

- Observation.

My unbroken bones are being observed by an expert.

Exactly, well, your, uh, unbroken head-bone

did have us a little worried.

I thought Jon was coming.

He's down the hall with your doctor.

They're trying to get a diagnosis on your lucky streak.

Bonnie, uh..

...can you remember any better now?

I mean, can you give us the license number or--

Logo, no license number.

But on the rear door of the trailer

there were..

...company logo, big..

...burned into my unbroken head bone.

"Trans-Allied."

"Trans"

Yeah. You know that shimmery logo?

Do you remember anything else?

Yeah, the truck that was...blocking the road..

...was, like..

...it knew I was there..

'...like it..'

...wanted me to hit it.

Gentlemen, it's time for Miss Clark

to have her beauty sleep, hmm?

See you tomorrow, bonbon.

Thanks for the flowers.

Oh, uh, the plant's from us.

The flowers are from, uh, blabbermouth. You remember?

Uh-huh.

She'll remember tomorrow.

Thank you.

Better find Jon, tell him she's gone to sleep.

Well, I want you two to check out "Trans-Allied trucking"

first thing in the morning, alright?

You know it.

Listen.

Calm down.

We don't know that this was intentional.

We don't know what happened.

If you can't handle this calmly

I'll send somebody else.

We'll handle it...calmly.

If I'm late, blame Grossman.

He call you last night?

About that article. Bent my ear for an hour.

"Fatigue as a cause of accidents."

Ha! I think he's trying to set us up as a guinea pig.

LA 15 Mary 3 and 4.

We're in service at Crescent and 30th.

We're gonna be en route to "Trans-Allied trucking"

at 10-29, notify Getraer.

'15 Mary 3 and 4, LA'

'We have a traffic hazard Fourth and Crescent.'

'An army tank. Can you handle?'

LA, did you say "Army tank?"

'That's a roger, Mary 3.'

10-4, LA.

It's alright. We got it outnumbered.

Okay, clear the intersection!

Alright, folks, come on. Let's move out.

Hey, we're all blocked up here.

I mean, this thing stopped and won't move.

Come on, sir. Just keep moving.

Come on, folks, move it.

Tanks in the street now. World War III already, huh?

Just back off, mister. Alright?

Yeah, yeah.

What do you think, some paramilitary nuts, huh?

Maybe.

Whatever it is, it's combat-ready.

You hit the cop!

Alright, alright, what was that?

Molotov cocktail.

Who threw it?

He retreated.

Okay, buster, you're a prisoner of war. Come on.

'Ow, ow! I'm here, okay, that's enough!'

What are you trying to do, deafen me?

You know what that sounds like in there, that banging?

Oh, that echo.

Do you have an explanation for this?

Well, it stalled, and I can't get it started

and all those people were getting so frenzied

so, I just got back inside so I wouldn't get hurt.

You okay?

Yeah. Just a little splattered.

Got some registration and identification?

I got this permit to move the tank.

What is this, this the way to get even

with the freeway traffic, huh?

No, no. I'm on my way to show it at the Colosseum.

It's their annual funny-car show.

Alright, Jon, listen. I'll handle this.

You go on to the trucking company.

Yeah, as soon as I get a clean shirt.

Are you gonna to run me in?

Why don't you make your escape?

I'll put my partner in for a purple heart.

Hallucination. What a great angle.

Highway hallucination.

Man, this will really make my article.

Hallucinations cause accidents?

As a result of fatigue.

Drivers seeing strange things in the road.

Naked ladies..

...army tanks.

This guy really thought he saw an army tank?

Oh, yeah. Right in the middle of the intersection.

World War II, "Sherman" tank.

Wow! This is perfect.

Just what the article needs.

On-the-spot, firsthand facts.

Yeah, several kids were throwing things at it, too.

Wait a minute.

You're telling me other people saw this thing, too?

Oh, yeah. Several kids.

Wow! Mass hallucination.

Jon..

...this could be historic.

Then, I climbed up on it, see?

You climbed up on it.

- Climbed up on it.

The kids were throwing molotov cocktails.

Hit the tank, splattered, went all over my shirt.

You're putting me on. There was no tank.

Well, no, Grossie, see, there was a tank.

Ponch took a polaroid picture of me.

I was standing on the turret.

Jon..

...this is real.

- Oh, yeah. - It's no help at all.

Well, look, Grossie, if I ever see a tank that isn't there

you'll be the first to know, alright?

Hey, I can take a joke, okay, even if it isn't funny

and I'm telling you something.

Highway hallucination is a great angle.

It's just what my article needs.

Uh, only too glad to help, Grossie.

I'm telling you, none of my trucks

went through Dynamite Alley at that time yesterday.

None.

I'd like to question some of your drivers.

Be my guest, but most of them are on the road right now.

If you'd make up a list of the drivers who were out yesterday

I'd appreciate it.

Alright. It's a lot of work, and it's going to take time

and all it's going to prove is what I've told you.

My drivers are clean.

I'll come back.

Perk.

Yeah, thanks.

You were on Dynamite Alley yesterday.

Did you see a CHP Cruiser?

I did the day before, when I got the ticket.

Yesterday, no. The road was clear as spring water.

He's got to be lying!

Look, I can't swear that he intended to run me off the road

but he saw that I went off the road!

And it was a "Trans-Allied" truck. I saw the logo.

Listen, we'll find the guy, and maybe we'll find a witness.

Look, Bonnie, uh, maybe you'll recall

'some other identifying mark on the truck, huh?'

Wait a minute, witness.

Did you talk to Corey Marshall?

Yeah. She called it in.

No. Her son, blabbermouth.

He's got a CB. I was talking to him just before the accident.

Why didn't I think of it when he brought me the flowers?

You were sedated. They wouldn't let him in.

Yeah, Bonnie, and he didn't say a word.

Was his mother talking for him?

It's protective. He's got a stuttering problem.

Alright, you relax.

We'll take it from here.

Jon, Ponch.

Be gentle, okay? I mean, he's a pal of mine.

'Alright?'

Good-looking rig you got here, Corey.

Built-in scanner and everything.

I-I can pick up all different channels

but my favorite is the highway patrol.

Alright. Let's try to get someone in..

Look, uh, did he give you any details on what he saw?

No. Pressure and excitement intensify his problem.

He just gave me the essentials and I went to the phone.

He was afraid he wouldn't be able to say it.

Well, he's a hero to us.

Look, if it wasn't for him

who knows how long it would have been

before somebody found Bonnie.

Would you like some coffee?

Yeah, I'd love it.

Uh, i-is..

..Bonnie okay, today?

Oh, yes. Much better.

She really dug the flowers.

Thanks to you, she's going to be back on duty, real soon.

And every time she passes down here

she'll be flashing her lights.

That's good.

Corey, whoever caused Bonnie's accident

should have tried to help her.

Only her seat belt saved her life.

'We want to ask him whyhe didn't stop.'

If you can tell me exactly

exactly what you saw, it might help us find him, okay?

I...I saw what..

...Bonnie said.

'You saw the truck?'

Well, what kind of truck?

Can you describe it?

A big..

...truck..

...blocking..

...t-the road.

Alright. Do you remember any signs on the truck?

Any lettering

'Do you remember?'

Thank you.

Do you remember the color?

M-Metal color.

Don't worry. We've got plenty of time.

Look, these tickets cost too much

for me to be late to the game.

Are you alright? You both okay?

Man reports a car going backwards. He almost hit it.

Stop it before someone's killed!

Alright, we'll take care of it.

Take off. I'll call it in.

Hey, this thing has two front ends.

Yeah. Going for the big one at the funny-car show.

Neat, huh?

Would you mind stepping out of the other side of the car?

You have a little problem.

Yes.

Hey, you up for a visitor?

Sure, sarge. Hi.

Corey!

Hi, Corey!

Blabbermouth! How are you?

I'm so glad to see you.

You're really okay, huh?

Super, because you called the ouch wagon for me.

My mom did that.

Mr. Modesty.

I know you were watching me and saw what happened.

I'm so glad you did.

M-Maybe you could come and visit me?

Well, I guess I couldn't turn down a date

with the guy who saved my life.

That's great.

Did you tell Ponch and Jon and the sarge about the truck?

Ponch..

...s-some.

Did you see any license numbers or..

...or anything that would help them find it?

N-N-No numbers.

Well, it was probably the angle or something out of the window.

'That's okay. Tell me how you been.'

'How you doing'

- 'Yeah.' '

What's the matter?

I'm not sure.

This stuttering..

...Corey's always had it.

It's slowly getting better, though..

...and the CB radio's just a therapy item.

Helps him talk, helps him to get out of himself.

So...what's bothering you?

His mother said that pressure makes his stuttering worse.

It gets worse every time he talks about the truck.

Well, could just be the shock of seeing the accident.

Could be, yeah.

Why? You think it's something else?

To tell you the truth, I'm not sure.

Look, uh, I know we all get a lot of laughs

out of Grossman's magazine articles, but, uh..

...the fact is, driver fatigue is a problem

and we don't know enough about highway hallucinations

so, uh..

...if you can please help him out on this one, do, okay?

Hey, thanks a lot, Harlan.

That's really just what I needed, statistics.

Glad to help you, Grossie. Anything else?

No. That's fine.

Hey, Grossie, I got one for you.

A guy sees a car going both ways on the freeway.

Both ways. Sure.

No, a fact. Baricza talked to him.

The guy who saw the two

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Two-way car.

Hallucination or, uh..

...another army

No, Grossie. A real car, two front ends.

Factory construction?

Well, as opposed to homemade, yeah.

For the funny-car show, at the Coliseum.

Oh, yeah.

The annual event for the most unusual road car.

It's a foolish waste of money.

People lose all sense of perspective.

Listen, I have the records of a guy

whose mortgage was foreclosed.

He thought he saw a house in the road.

And a lady who, who's afraid of cats.

She thought she saw a tiger.

Yeah, okay, Grossie. Lighten up, alright?

Hey, you think I write for the money and the glory, don't you?

Okay, you're partly right, I admit that.

But when I write, I believe.

Some drivers do hallucinate

when they've been at the wheel too long.

Sure. So, I see my name in print.

I may also save a life.

Hey, look, I was out of line, okay?

I shouldn't have kidded you.

No, kid me...so I'll know who I am

but help me...if you can.

You got it, pal.

Buy you a cup of coffee?

I think I need it.

Two

Thing of beauty, Grossie. Thing of beauty.

What is it, Bonnie's accident?

Yeah.

I don't like to think of anyone trying to hurt her.

Well, look, uh, that trucking company's supposed

to prepare a list of drivers.

I think I'll go over there and see

if they're ready, alright?

Every truck, every driver, routes and schedules.

For the past week and the next week.

Can you verify this?

Any way you see fit. I told you, my drivers are clean.

That's righteous. Sure, they break the speed limit.

They have to, or I go broke.

If they hurt anybody doing it, they'll answer to me

before you ever get your hands on them.

Oh, come on.

I know nothing about your accident.

Why don't you try to find us innocent instead of guilty?

Look, Mr. Larkin, we're just trying to find out the truth.

Now, you said you didn't have a truck in the alley

at the day of the accident, yet, you have a driver here

by the name of Perkins, has a load from Bakersfield.

Right day, wrong time.

I'm Perkins.

You were in the alley?

Not when the accident happened.

Did you see a CHP cruiser along the way?

So, what if he saw a cruiser?

Mr. Larkin, he can look me up.

Remember, I'm the guy

who helps fill their ticket quotas every week.

Been having some trouble, Mr. Perkins?

'Hey, I got a terrific life'

and a great collection of citations.

Lights, brakes, load weights.

You name it.

Alright, Perk. Go back to work.

Hey, wait just a minute.

Look, now, did you come through that alley

before or after the accident?

After. I seen Caltrans cleaning it up.

How did you know what they were cleaning up?

I didn't.

I read it in the papers.

Alright. Thank you.

I'll be seeing you, Mr. Larkin.

Perk.

You're leveling with me, aren't you?

It surprises me that you would ask.

Hi. How's Bonnie?

They'll let her go home tomorrow. What did you find out?

Uh, "Trans-Allied" truck driver

AY Perkins.

Seven citations, the last twelve months.

Five in Dynamite Alley. There's a motive here, Jon.

Bonnie did see that "Trans-Allied" logo

on the back of the truck.

I mean, she's a good cop.

I know she saw, what she saw.

Listen, think about what Grossman is doing.

Could the truck have been an hallucination?

Hallucination?

Yeah. Bonnie was up at 4:00 that morning

so she could be in Bakersfield by 7:00.

She spent the whole day in court she caught a cold

and then, instead of just staying there

she, uh, drove home.

She was tired, so she says herself.

Driver fatigue. Classic pre-requisite conditions.

Do two people see the same hallucination?

Only if it's an army tank.

But no, not really.

Ok, what about blabbermouth

Corey Marshall, he saw the truck.

You just hung a black cloud over tomorrow, pal.

Either we pin this thing on Perkins

or we're going to hurt a couple friends.

Hey, Ponch, is there anything I can do to help?

Yeah, Grossie.

You can finish the article.

You may hit close to home.

- Not much.

Got a flying saucer here. Where's your partner?

He went to "Trans-Allied--"

'Attention, all units.'

'Report of an airplane down, northbound, 405 at Chadwick.'

'Units responding, identify.'

It's just up ahead.

LA 15..

If you ever hear me say I've seen everything

remind me of this, alright?

Yeah.

LA 15-7 Adam and Mary 4, 10-97

to TC on the 405.

It's not-repeat-not an airplane down.

'There is a spill, though, of wrecked cars. No fatalities.'

Oh, hi, I, uh, blew a tire

and my jack won't work on a DC-3.

'You see, I was headed downtown.'

Yeah, I know. The coliseum?

Funniest road-car show in the world.

Yeah. Hey, you ought to see that show.

Right now, I'd like to see your controls, okay?

So, that's 7-H-9-4.

Hey, Baricza.

Coffee, tea, or me?

Perkins, officer wants to talk to you.

Look, according to our records

you drivers seem to ignore the speed limit.

I explained about that.

No, Mr. Larkin. You were complaining.

See, some truckers complain while they're obeying it.

Now, however this accident turns out, if you don't start obeying

you're going to speed right out of business.

What's the problem, officer?

Five citations, three moving-violations.

One, the day before the accident.

All signed by, uh, Officer Bonnie Clark.

So?

What?

You think I ran her off the road?

I'm saying you better establish the exact time

that you passed that spot.

You're accusing him.

No, I'm not. We don't want to falsely accuse.

Well, I'll tell you something.

We'll both be here when you come back to apologize.

No, Mr. Larkin, see, we're looking for the truth.

We don't apologize for that.

'What about these logos? They on all your trucks?'

On the cabs, yeah.

What about the trailers?

We haul any trailer that's loaded.

I don't own trailers, just the trucks.

On the day of the accident

the trailer you were hauling had "Trans-Allied" logo

on the rear doors.

There ain't no such thing.

This is the trailer I was hauling

and it belongs to Norax Shipping.

Alright. I get your point.

And I got your point.

Bonnie, I know you've been all through this before

but I want you to--

I know what I saw.

Let me get into this with her, okay?

Sure.

Bonnie, you have keen powers of observation and recall.

What you saw was real, right?

Right.

Okay. Now, we have a reality.

Now, let's try to figure out

what kind of reality it was, where it is.

You're on your hallucination kick again.

Hallucinating. If you were hallucinating..

...it's, its own kind of reality.

Look, Bonnie, you're well-rested now.

Let's try to dig in to your memory, okay, one more time?

Look, I pushed it too far.

I got too tired. I guess that's my fault.

But there was nothing wrong with my reactions

otherwise, I would have hit the truck.

Why do I have to go through this again?

I'll send in your picture with my article.

Okay.

We got a conviction in Bakersfield

so, when I left, I was feeling terrific

not tired at all.

Hey, pal.

Listen, Bonnie's got us a little confused about that truck.

Now, if he forced her off the road

we think we have the guy and we'll lock him up

for hit-and-run.

It's a pretty heavy trip, so, if he didn't force her--

S

Bonnie, no. Not Bonnie, not at all.

But the driver, yeah.

I mean, depending on what really happened.

Y-Y-You say..

...B

Hey, Corey, she was knocked unconscious.

Bonnie would never lie, but her memory might not work right.

We want to get her some help.

We know you saw it, we know you saved her life

so, we figure, you're our man.

Talking to Corey sort of woke me up.

He asked me to flip on the reds, so, I did.

I usually do when I pass.

We both signed off..

I guess my eyes left the road for a second

when I turned off the lights and secured the microphone.

I could have sworn, just a second before..

...the road was clear.

I still don't know how it happened so quickly.

Bonnie...maybe it didn't.

Yes, it did.

It did!

I did hit the truck.

I went right into it.

Bonnie, listen, "Trans-Allied trucking"

doesn't have onetruck with that logo on the rear doors.

Jon, I saw it!

Bonnie, you ticketed "Trans-Allied" three times

in the last month.

It was in your sub-conscious.

Blabbermouth?

Didn't you see a truck?

I..

I-I-I..

...heard..

...t-them..

...talk..

...a..

...bout..

...t-the truck.

I..

I'm..

...the o-only witness.

'I-I..'

'I..'

'...thought..'

...i-if you s-s-said..

...there was a truck..

...y-you n-n-needed

s-someone...t-to back you up.

Then, there was no truck?

I just imagined it?

I-I..

I have...to say it..

...or s-some guy will get in trouble

for h-hit-and-run.

I'm sorry, Bonnie bear.

Oh, no, Corey.

Don't be sorry.

No. My friend, blabbermouth.

I knew you wouldn't lie.

I'm sorry I did.

There's an ancient saying

"Greater love hath no man."

I think you'll be forgiven.

Okay?

Oh!

'Oh.'

'It's okay.'

'I think you're okay.'

It's okay.

Hey, uh, how's your article going?

Oh, it's almost finished.

Oh, how are you treating Bonnie in there?

That's what I have to finish.

You know, every human being has its limit.

Fatigue is no respecter of badges or uniforms.

I was gonna say something like that.

And, you know, you might mention that our supervisor

is cracking down on overtime here.

Okay. I'll make a note.

Maybe we can get this article into general publication

help convince some of those gung-ho drivers out there

to use the rest stops.

Okay.

Well, write, man.

Write!

Ah! Am I hallucinating again?

I don't think so. I see it, too.

Come on.

What is this?

Check this out.

What is it?

Whose is it?

Mine.

'Yours?'

You're the guy that said funny cars were silly.

Yeah. A foolish waste of money.

Out of all perspective.

I was talking about factory jobs.

This is handmade.

Hand-done personally by me alone.

You mean, you're gonna enter this in the show?

I did. The show was last night.

The HPMT won the practicality award.

Yeah. This is the "Harlan Primary Motorcycle Trainer."

110 miles an hour, 80 miles to the gallon.

You see, the instructor sits here in the cockpit.

The student sits on the motorcycle division here, okay?

Now, the instructor controls the machine and the student

gets the feel of motorcycle riding without the dangers.

Now, the instructor has a button here on the steering wheel

by means of which he can tilt the motorcycle.

I achieved that with airplane trim-tabs.

And..

...the prize was $200.

Drinks are on me!

- Whoo-hoo! - Alright!