- [first lines]
- Narrator: The Highway Patrol's responsibility as a law enforcement agency extends to all vehicles on the state roads, even the cars that travel without touching the ground. These are the new cars, fresh from the factory, transported by carriers to specific distribution points. The drivers depend on the Highway Patrol to forewarn them of all danger elements along the truck routes. But unfortunately, the most dangerous element of all, the human one, is the most unpredictable.
- [last lines]
- [Phil Hogan stops his truck after his brother is shot during a pursuit by the Highway Patrol. The patrol car was driven by Dan Mathews, with Sergeant Moore as a passenger. Hogan exits his truck]
- Sergeant Moore: [to Hogan] Turn around. Put your hands up on the cab.
- [as Sergeant Moore frisks Hogan, Dan Mathews check the body of Red Hogan, which lies in the truck bed directly behind the cab]
- Dan Mathews: He's flatter than the tires.
- Sergeant Moore: We thought we were dealing with professionals.
- Dan Mathews: Oh, they are professionals. And they're gonna be paid for the job.
- [Sergeant Moore handcuffs Phil Hogan and walks him to the patrol car]