POCATELLO and MOSCOW, Idaho -- In remote stretches of I-84 between Boise and Pocatello in southern Idaho, the speed limit is 80 mph. It wouldn't be unusual to set the cruise control to 90 and not worry about a speeding ticket. But in 2023, when Maclane Westbrook was a student at Idaho State, he blew past a state trooper sitting in the median and his speedometer read triple digits.

"I didn't even try to slow down," Westbrook said.

Westbrook was driving an ISU-issued car -- with university insignia on the side -- and was on his way back to campus from a board of educators meeting in the state capital and was quickly pulled over.

As Westbrook searched for an explanation that might possibly get him out of the ticket, a puzzled look overtook the trooper's face. Sitting on the lap of Westbroo

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