NefariousWish
Member
- Apr 30, 2020
- 69
My state is under lockdown and my trip wouldn't count as necessary. I would have to go for hours on the freeway before I arrived at my bridge of choice.
x-Ace-x
Experienced
- Aug 20, 2019
- 295
Could say you wanted to visit your family or something, I think almost anything will work where you have to travel longer.
NefariousWish
Member
- Apr 30, 2020
- 69
"What's their address?" Cops get really specific.
Alain
Student
- Mar 11, 2020
- 107
Actually you have nothing to say. If asked, and if you don't want any trouble (cause cops can be stupid...) say you go on a road trip for the week-end to take a break. Say you have no specific destinations and just enjoy driving away sometimes.
They don't need to know where you go or why you are driving, as it's part of your freedom of movement (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freed...ed_States_law#Travel_within_the_United_States for further details)
They don't need to know where you go or why you are driving, as it's part of your freedom of movement (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freed...ed_States_law#Travel_within_the_United_States for further details)
Brick In The Wall
2M Or Not 2B.
- Oct 30, 2019
- 25,158
This, they aren't your friends and they'll try to entrap you. If you're detained or arrested for anything you only need to remember 4 magic words. "I want my lawyer."
a.n.kirillov
velle non discitur
- Nov 17, 2019
- 1,831
Yup I envy US citizens. Watch some Tulare county cop watch on YouTube to get an idea of how to speak with police.
GoodPersonEffed
Brevity is my middle name, but my name was TL
- Jan 11, 2020
- 6,727
I suggest watching YouTube videos on fourth amendment rights when being questioned by police. There are things you do not have to answer. They may try to emotionally bully you to comply, but if you stick to a script and don't take the baiting, they will have to eventually give up and you can go on your way.
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braketimez
Specialist
- Mar 15, 2020
- 340
Why not just say you needed to take a drive because the quarantine was driving you nuts? "I know I shouldn't have, but I just really needed to get out. I'm sorry"
I believe that also other countries do like mine in counting covid deaths. Every patient who dies who tested positive to Corona virus before death (even if they had just antibodies before death and no Corona symptoms) are Corona deaths.. They don't check from coroner what was the cause of death in paper. So part of the deaths had absolutely nothing to do with virus or pneumonia or any flu. If person die in car crash and test positive to Corona. It's marked and published to world as Corona death.
The way things work was only revealed and published after one person sent email asking about it from the health officials. My countries health care is top rated and we were among the countries with least infections and deaths so it would be very easy for hospitals to tell which of those deaths were caused by pneumonia and flu.
The way things work was only revealed and published after one person sent email asking about it from the health officials. My countries health care is top rated and we were among the countries with least infections and deaths so it would be very easy for hospitals to tell which of those deaths were caused by pneumonia and flu.
NefariousWish
Member
- Apr 30, 2020
- 69
Brick In The Wall
2M Or Not 2B.
- Oct 30, 2019
- 25,158
That's a free ride for a different kind of detention center
Tintypographer
I am done as of 4-21-2023. Somewhere I am no more
- Apr 29, 2020
- 471
I would look at my destination and have a plan for my reason. For traveling assuming that police in your location are pulling people over. Our town, county and state officers are not pulling people over and questioning them so unless one where driving erratically and appeared under the influence or was breaking a traffic rule there is not a stop that would occur without suspicious activities. As Han Solo says, "fly casual" and you are highly unlikely to be stopped. If you are stopped have a reason for traveling in that location and direction that makes sense.
Just say you are driving around and listening music and not going anyway. Many people do that during lockdown just to feel free
I would check all my lights and drive by rules too.
From my experience (I have gotten without ticket few times for braking rules) be polite, apologise if you brake the rule and thank them if they say one of your light is out etc., and answer shortly if they ask something. The less the better.
Some cops in USA have also said in public that people who are innocent are seemingly nervous and polite and apologetic when stopped for minor offence. They say then they aren' suspicious about them. They said that's what they teach in police schools too. So being nervous is not bad.
But sn is legal and driving around not stopping is legal for sure. You can hide the sn if you fear they will see it and ask about it.
This was originally my method before I found this site. My excuse was going to be my dad died from a heart attack and that I'm going over to help my aging, little English speaking mom. Good to have an address in the area I'm going to visit and a mobile number that is switched off if they ask me to call my mom up.
Technically, sure. But things are, uh, different now.
When grocery shopping, I used to not be allowed to get a plastic bag. Now, I'm not allowed to use my own canvas bags.
I used to not be allowed to cover my face with a ski-mask (that's what I use bc that's all I have). Now....I have to.
Personally, I think there's a good chance a police-officer could sense that OP is planning something. And many areas really have "banned" travel, even to one's own vacation home. If I were OP, I would have an answer that raises no suspicion, seems compliant, and is somewhat based on something true. (something like: going to stay with someone who is immunocompromised and needs help, but only if you really know someone who lives in that direction."
NefariousWish
Member
- Apr 30, 2020
- 69
Or I could drive off and let myself be chased to the bridge. It would give me even more incentive to jump haha
SpareWheel
I go on holidays by mistake
- May 4, 2020
- 354
Been thinking this myself, I'll be catching a train to where I'm going, I just hope by then they aren't questioning people on why they're travelling (or even worse checking what's in your luggage).
Best I've come up with so far is I'm off to view a flat and staying there overnight. I've got an address, a flat I was genuinely going to look at a while back.
I'm probably over thinking it, from what I've seen when I've been out, nobody gives a fuck where anyone is going or what for, it's almost normal in my area, few less cars but you'd never really know anything was different otherwise.
Best I've come up with so far is I'm off to view a flat and staying there overnight. I've got an address, a flat I was genuinely going to look at a while back.
I'm probably over thinking it, from what I've seen when I've been out, nobody gives a fuck where anyone is going or what for, it's almost normal in my area, few less cars but you'd never really know anything was different otherwise.
Honestly, if they are checking your luggage when you board a train in Europe, I'd say that suicide is an even better option (ya know, cuz that feels like actual Nazis have taken over)
SpareWheel
I go on holidays by mistake
- May 4, 2020
- 354
Well a cop over here got into trouble for posting on Facebook that his force would pull over cars and check their shopping, so I wouldn't put anything past the Gestapo wannabes.
He got into shit for it, and quickly retracted it, but had he not posted the tweet I'm sure it'd have happened a lot. The same week another dopey bastard copper got caught on camera picking on some kid, telling him he'd arrest him and he'd make something up for the reason - snidely adding, who they gonna believe, me or you?
So the Nazi thing ain't that far off the mark mate, our cops can be little Hitlers when they want. Most of them are spot on mind, but there's always a few on a power trip.
Cosmiq
Student
- May 7, 2020
- 197
I can't imagine you getting pulled over just for being out. In general I've heard cops being more lenient during this time, I mean why pull people over and put themselves at risk for someone that wasn't even breaking any traffic laws.
My state is a nanny state, and at most cops have only been trying to keep people from speeding and showing up to large house gatherings.
But if you did get pulled over, just stay calm and polite. If you really feel like you need to have something to feel prepared. Say that you're going to whatever town the bridge is in or near. The reason being, that you're going to find a cheap motel to continue to social distance as your family was doing so poorly, or just any bad situation at home that you want to get away from for your safety basically.
My state is a nanny state, and at most cops have only been trying to keep people from speeding and showing up to large house gatherings.
But if you did get pulled over, just stay calm and polite. If you really feel like you need to have something to feel prepared. Say that you're going to whatever town the bridge is in or near. The reason being, that you're going to find a cheap motel to continue to social distance as your family was doing so poorly, or just any bad situation at home that you want to get away from for your safety basically.
