Teen friends playing 'car tag' arrested in Arizona

[March 19, 2010]  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- Two teenage friends playing a game of "car tag" were arrested after a sheriff's deputy spotted them driving erratically.

Yavapai County sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn said the deputy saw a Chevrolet truck driving just one foot behind a Ford truck, cross over the double yellow line and drive up next to the other truck at about 50 mph.

D'Evelyn said the deputy then saw people in each vehicle waving their hands outside the windows, which made him think it was a road rage incident.

The deputy also saw the Chevy drive on the right shoulder of the road and swerve back and forth while flashing its headlights.

The deputy and backup deputies pulled the trucks over and arrested each driver, who are both 19.

[Associated Press]

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