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If you appear to be “alternative” in any way, do not drive through Texas.

I have driven through Texas three times, and I have gotten pulled over and searched every time. The cops would love to have any excuse to seize your car and cash, they hate you.

If you absolutely must drive through Texas, at least remove your Darwin fish and any political stickers, get a hair cut, remove your face piercings, and wear a cowboy hat or baseball cap or something.

I’m not exaggerating and this is not a joke.

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innermachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I have lived there for 3 years before and can confidently say u have had exceptionally bad luck, or have a BOLO out on ur car.

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- Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  lived there for 3 years
  
  So you’re saying the shitty Texas cops would treat out of state drivers differently?
  
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  - innermachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yes, actually that’s really common practice in all states. Out of staters are always tagged more for infractions because their far less likely to try to fight it in court and more likely to just pay the fine. This is what happens when police departments have quotas to meet :(
    
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    Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    Yes, actually that’s really common practice in all states. Out of staters are always tagged more for infractions because their far less likely to try to fight it in court and more likely to just pay the fine.
    
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- Test_Tickles@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  With most states in the south it also depends on when you are there, where you’re going, and how you are getting there.
  Around holidays they are out in force to deal with drunk drivers and make their yearly quota off speeding tickets and people traveling for the holidays. They know that people from out of state are the least likely to come back and fight the ticket. They are more likely to just mail the fine in and be done with it.
  Certain towns are also so small that they know the locals on site, so they will stop just about anything they don’t recognize if you give them the slightest excuse. These are usually the towns off the beaten path that don’t get much traffic, so if they think they can get some ticket money from you, you are getting stopped.
  Driving through some shit town that annexed a portion of a busy road just so they can lower the speed limit by 15mph for 1000ft and stop people for speeding while you have a cracked taillight, or one held together with red tape, is begging to be stopped.
  
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