• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Do you know that European countries have “states”, too? And that this person crossed several of them (how many depends on the route taken) on the tour through Germany should be clear, too.

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    Grateful for my blessings and blessed to give back, I’m giving 35 grand to anyone who messages “GRACE” on Telegram @Georgestones12, I understand that many people are struggling with bills, and I want to help reduce that burden. It’s a season of love, kindness, and blessings.

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    22 hours ago

    If you appear to be “alternative” in any way, do not drive through Texas.

    I have driven through Texas three times, and I have gotten pulled over and searched every time. The cops would love to have any excuse to seize your car and cash, they hate you.

    If you absolutely must drive through Texas, at least remove your Darwin fish and any political stickers, get a hair cut, remove your face piercings, and wear a cowboy hat or baseball cap or something.

    I’m not exaggerating and this is not a joke.

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      20 hours ago

      I have lived there for 3 years before and can confidently say u have had exceptionally bad luck, or have a BOLO out on ur car.

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        With most states in the south it also depends on when you are there, where you’re going, and how you are getting there.
        Around holidays they are out in force to deal with drunk drivers and make their yearly quota off speeding tickets and people traveling for the holidays. They know that people from out of state are the least likely to come back and fight the ticket. They are more likely to just mail the fine in and be done with it.
        Certain towns are also so small that they know the locals on site, so they will stop just about anything they don’t recognize if you give them the slightest excuse. These are usually the towns off the beaten path that don’t get much traffic, so if they think they can get some ticket money from you, you are getting stopped.
        Driving through some shit town that annexed a portion of a busy road just so they can lower the speed limit by 15mph for 1000ft and stop people for speeding while you have a cracked taillight, or one held together with red tape, is begging to be stopped.

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        3 hours ago

        lived there for 3 years

        So you’re saying the shitty Texas cops would treat out of state drivers differently?

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          Yes, actually that’s really common practice in all states. Out of staters are always tagged more for infractions because their far less likely to try to fight it in court and more likely to just pay the fine. This is what happens when police departments have quotas to meet :(

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            59 minutes ago

            Yes, actually that’s really common practice in all states. Out of staters are always tagged more for infractions because their far less likely to try to fight it in court and more likely to just pay the fine.

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    Oh yeah? Well where I live I can drive for a solid 24 hours and never leave my county.

    Because I live on O’ahu and I’d be driving in circles (or sitting in rush hour traffic coming from Westside into town, yeah)

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    i constantly hear stories of Europeans who won’t visit family because the drive is too long. i ask how long and they’re like “20-30 minutes” lmao. it has taken me that long to get to the store in some places I have lived in the US lol

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          Google maps says that journey would currently take 14:45, presumably at a legal speed, and while that’s long enough to split over two days, you probably can do it in one go. It’s not speeding that’ll get you, but tiredness.

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            I was in my mid twenties and had a supply of caffeine. Was well rested before starting. What nearly got me each of those 3 times was moose, once during sunset/twilight and twice in the night. Especially at night there is not enough time to react to moose that run out onto the road; I’ll be the first to admit I got very lucky on my run.
            On my return I scheduled my trip such that I could do all my driving in daylight hours and stopped at a (iirc) provincial park for the night and slept in my car. The following morning just an hour or so after sunrise I saw the result of an Escalade hitting a moose, and it reinforced just how lucky I was on my trip south.
            Further to the timing, I was occasionally speeding a bit, (during daylight) but for the most part stuck to my vehicle’s optimal fuel efficiency speed of 87km/h. I stopped once for petrol (and coffee) in Sault Ste Marie.