SEYMOUR, Ind. -- A truck driver from Tennessee was arrested in southern Indiana after a motor carrier inspector observed him driving without pants on, Indiana State Police said Tuesday.

Investigators said William W. Donnell, 41, was stopped for a traffic violation on northbound Interstate 65 near Seymour Tuesday morning.

An inspector said that when Donnell opened his truck door, he revealed he was nude from the waist down.

ISP officers went to the scene and arrested Donnell on a public nudity charge.

Police said Donnell told them that he was more comfortable driving sans pants. He was taken to the Jackson County Jail.