A speeding ticket turned into social media gold this week after the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office shared a story that is equal parts baffling and oddly impressive. A woman was pulled over driving a Jeep Wrangler at 103 miles per hour in a 60 mph zone, and when the deputy asked why, she reportedly had an answer ready: she was running late for a fashion show.
One of our editors first spotted the sheriff’s office post on Facebook and immediately sent it my way. As the proud owner of a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe, he’ll happily spend all day defending Wranglers against their critics. He’s also the first person who will tell you that while a Wrangler excels at plenty of things, triple-digit highway speeds generally aren’t one of them.
The post went viral almost immediately, and not just because of the excuse. The reason Jeep owners could not stop talking about this one comes down to a very specific detail: the reported speed…