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In reply to the discussion: How Many Checkpoints in One Morning?! Welcome to the Police State! [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)27. They have those in northern Maine all the time...! The fastest way to get through them is to
lean out the window with an eager, gossipy look on your face and say, in Merv Griffinesque tones, "OOOOooooooooooooooohhh!!!!! What's going ON???? Is this like, you know, COPS? Or America's Most Wanted? Who's on the loose? Do TELL!!!!!"
They'll wave ya through without asking a damn thing. Really. I've done it twice so far!
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Westbound I-8 in Southern California (an East-West highway that NEVER intersects the international b
Pryderi
Aug 2012
#8
You must have missed the point where one officer tells another to "run this car real quick"...
1monster
Aug 2012
#17
"Are you an American Citizen?" "I had bacon for breakfast- what's more American than THAT???"
stlsaxman
Aug 2012
#30
Yes, really. The fact that he responded in a unconventional way does not mean that he
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#55
and the 100 mile zone includes coastal boundaries of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans! n/t
indie9197
Aug 2012
#25
They have those in northern Maine all the time...! The fastest way to get through them is to
MADem
Aug 2012
#27
I wouldn't go anywhere NEAR AZ right now - I've already changed race for the summer.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#45