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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
I mentioned this before but I took my family back to KC for the holidays in December 2019 and because we made it a last minute decision, we drove 1,650 miles each way.
I took the Southern Route (Cali, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas) on the way there and saw exactly two Highway Patrolmen. On the way home, I (stupidly!) took the Northern route (Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Cali) and saw 17 Highway Patrolmen in Kansas alone.
I saw one in Colorado and one in Utah after that and of course, none on California freeways.
And for me, 75 MPH on those interstates was plenty fast enough. I didn't even speed because not only was it not necessary, I was driving a black SUV with California plates, so I was already conspicuous enough to the police.
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Seventeen cops in Kansas? Damn. I guess tickets are still a primary revenue source there. Hell, I don't think I've seen 17 cop cars around here in the past three months.
I made your northern route drive once, when I helped my cousin move to L.A. Wasn't worried about cops because the goddamn rental truck I was driving wouldn't go over 65. Beautiful scenery, though, at least once you get past Denver. I'm glad I only had to drive it east to west - I flew back.
I've always maintained that they should sentence rapists and ax murderers to endlessly drive across Kansas. Can't imagine doing it for a living.
