Thales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWelcome to petty lanesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1692arrow-down162
arrow-up1630arrow-down1imageWelcome to petty lanesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·16 hours agoYou ever tried to pull over an entire freeway full of cars at once?
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·11 hours agoNot personally, no - but the police would only need to catch a handful each day to get things moving a little more safely in the area.
minus-squareAreaKode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down6·16 hours agoA single cop car on the side of the road can get everybody to magically follow the speed limit.
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agonah, it just gets them to slow to 20 over the limit here
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoFor a minute, maybe. Foot goes back down when the cop’s out of view in the mirrors.
minus-squareEinstein@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·16 hours agoThat’s really dependant on location. I have had plenty of road trips up and down the I5 where groups of cars pass cops on the side of the road going 80, and no one slows down and the cops do nothing. Source: I’m one of those drivers.
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agosame on I10. that bit in texas where the limit goes up to 80 is nice tho
You ever tried to pull over an entire freeway full of cars at once?
Not personally, no - but the police would only need to catch a handful each day to get things moving a little more safely in the area.
A single cop car on the side of the road can get everybody to magically follow the speed limit.
nah, it just gets them to slow to 20 over the limit here
For a minute, maybe. Foot goes back down when the cop’s out of view in the mirrors.
That’s really dependant on location. I have had plenty of road trips up and down the I5 where groups of cars pass cops on the side of the road going 80, and no one slows down and the cops do nothing. Source: I’m one of those drivers.
same on I10. that bit in texas where the limit goes up to 80 is nice tho