After discussing the options with others, they came up with the idea of seeing her sitting in a chair on the road with a hair dryer to trick people into thinking he was a fast reader.
Once he saw his solution in action, his son found it quite funny and decided to tweet the photo to Highway Patrol Trooper Noah Pesola, to whom he replied that he would like to meet Baumgartner and even give him a award for his efforts.
It was the next day that he showed up. He provided Mrs. Patty with her campaign hat and a sticker badge making her an honorary soldier for all her efforts to help keep her grandchildren and the neighborhood safe.
Ms. Patty actually tried to hide from him, but there was no point in having her picture taken. He didn’t want to cause her any trouble. He just wanted to give him the unofficial title of “Honorary Montana Trooper” for his clever solution to help solve a serious problem in his area.
They had a speeding problem in Montana, and Bessola appreciated how Ms. Patty decided to help fight that problem as a civilian, without causing too much resentment or upsetting people. He didn’t really know what he could do for her, but wanted to get to know her for her efforts in some way to help her keep the area safe, even if it was with a little margarine.
He gave her a hat and a knight’s badge to make her look more formal, as she sat in her chair in the garden. It’s clearly not an idea that Grandma has a fast gun that slows people down. It’s the idea that they’re trying to figure out what she’s doing as she sits on the side of the road with a hair dryer. However, no matter why they slowed down, his mission was accomplished, anyway.
