Thales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWelcome to petty lanesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square199linkfedilinkarrow-up1858arrow-down186
arrow-up1772arrow-down1imageWelcome to petty lanesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square199linkfedilink
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·2 months agoYou ever tried to pull over an entire freeway full of cars at once?
minus-squareAreaKode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down7·2 months agoA single cop car on the side of the road can get everybody to magically follow the speed limit.
minus-squareEinstein@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months 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 months agosame on I10. that bit in texas where the limit goes up to 80 is nice tho
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoFor a minute, maybe. Foot goes back down when the cop’s out of view in the mirrors.
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agonah, it just gets them to slow to 20 over the limit here
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·2 months 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.
You ever tried to pull over an entire freeway full of cars at once?
A single cop car on the side of the road can get everybody to magically follow the speed limit.
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
For a minute, maybe. Foot goes back down when the cop’s out of view in the mirrors.
nah, it just gets them to slow to 20 over the limit here
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.