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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
As I mentioned back in January, I took my family on a Road Trip to KC over the holidays. On there way to KC, I took I-40 to I-35. Once we exited California, I only saw a few Highway Patrol cars on the 40 until Oklahoma City, which was mainly due to the construction - no radar guns or cops in hiding.
We left KC the morning of December 30th and I made the (stupid) decision to take the Northern Route home because it's about 90 minutes shorter. I saw 15 Highway Patrolman on K-10 and I-70 in Kansas. They were visible on the freeway medians but it felt like they were everywhere and I saw a few of them peel out after speeders.
I saw one in Colorado, one in Utah and none in Nevada. With the speed limit in most states set at 75 mph, I didn't even bother going even 1 mph over the speed limit. It wasn't worth it for many reasons but I didn't want to stand out, especially driving a black SUV with California license plates.
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Yeah, it's so much better out here. I'm sure LA is having a field day right now... the few times I've seen open highway there, people are flying by me while I'm at ~10-15mph over, and for good reason when you do get the chance.
To KC and back, I usually get off I-40 at Tucumcari, NM, taking 54/400 to Wichita... few cops and saves ~100 miles from staying on 40, but also several small towns with reduced speed limits. Probably doesn't save a ton of time in the end, but saves me one gas stop. (granted, 1-40 east of that point is infinitely better than New Mexico and Arizona, as there are shit ton of truckers and none of them seem to give a shit if they stay in the left lane for 3 hours because they can't ever get enough momentum between the hills to pass.
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