Have you ever ridden in a banana?

This fall, Steve Braithwaite, 59, left Michigan for Victoria, Texas, in his banana car. He hadn't gone 15 miles on US 223 before a state trooper named Bill Strouse pulled him over. Braithwaite and Strouse had a conversation, and Braithwaite shared some banana car stories.

Strouse never planned to give Braithwaite a ticket. He really just wanted to admire the car, but he carefully checked the banana's headlights, brake lights and indicators, and when he returned Braithwaite's driver's license, he'd wrapped it in a $20 bill as a gift, and wished Braithwaite safe travels.