Smuggling drugs on Interstate 10? Brilliant. Nobody would ever be suspicious of someone driving 1500 miles along the Mexican border.
Inept Smuggler Hides Cocaine in Xbox 360
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Pffft, that's nothing. I cover mine in methamphetamine and simply speed past the cops so they don't have time to see what's on the back seat.ThePenguinKnight said:
I give them the finger that way they see how unpleasant I am so that they'll avoid me.lacktheknack said:
No, I get the logic of the police serving a warning in person being better than trying to mail. What I mean is that here in the UK the police wouldn't even bother to mail a driver for not indicating, they wouldn't do anything. Its just not considered that big a thing.Treblaine said:
I think the only time the police would pull someone in the UK for not indicating is if they had endangered other road users (like cutting someone up on the motorway or similar).
Really seems amazing compared to the fact that possession of class A here in the UK gets you like... 2 years? There's a drug runner attending the same college as me, and the police have put away all his buddies. He, himself apparently has a court hearing at some point and the evidence seems pretty fucking steep. While I'll admit it's a shame he's balls'd up his life (absolutely no job prospects after something like this, etc, he'll end up having to live the rest of his life as a dealer, which he didn't want to do) he's still a fucking idiot and I can't feel sorry for him. It'll just be simpler for everyone when he goes away. Besides all that, he's a wanker anyway. Not that I'd wish that fate on someone for being a bit of a dick, but he's brought this on himself.DustyDrB said:
Apparently they didn't find any drugs upon raiding his (mother's) house, but they found a total of around 8 grand in cash stashed around it. And I've heard the rumor that they've got him pinned with possession of large amounts of pot, as well as class A.
What gave him away was that he told the police that it was classic 360 unit still working.
Also, two typos in the first two words of the body of the article "Carols Valenuela" should be "Carlos Valenzuela"
Also, two typos in the first two words of the body of the article "Carols Valenuela" should be "Carlos Valenzuela"
The sad thing is that, disregarding the obvious brown brick, this probably had a good chance to be a devious, ingenious strategy for smuggling Cocaine.
Now... if only he wasn't so blatantly guilty.
Now... if only he wasn't so blatantly guilty.
You guys make it sound like someone has to be seen committing a felony to be pulled over in America, wow. That would be nice I'm in Aus and we get pulled over fairly often just for the sake of it although Victorian police are bad for targeting P-platers.
OT: What an idiot, you would think that by now people would have come up with a better way of smuggling drugs and have learned to have all their packages concealed.
OT: What an idiot, you would think that by now people would have come up with a better way of smuggling drugs and have learned to have all their packages concealed.
Well the reason cars have indicator lights, and the law requires they always be used is you don't know if you need them to not be dangerous. If they are in the habit of not indicating when they make a turn then they won't be in the habit when it is dangerous as they can't look every direction at once (and very limited vision to the rear) it's good they are encouraged as strongly as possible. The law is the law, you HAVE to indicate and a talking-to and a ticket will hopefully get that to sink in.Fasckira said:
The police should take the time and I'm pretty sure they do. My friend drives (by my subjective assessment) recklessly and is pulled over frequently from as minor as not wearing a seatbelt or as little as 4 miles-an-hour over the limit. Before you even suggest it, he's as white as Jeremy Clarkson and shares a lot of his views, anyway he thinks UK police are far too rigorous in enforcing the law.
I think when _____ and _____ have to figure out what Grahm is talking about in a few days, I'll know what to guess.
Well, they are pretty light, so I wouldn't be surprised. Although the big giveaway would be when someone realizes your 360 weighs more than 3 pieces of paper.superbatranger said:
Put drugs with spare wheel under boot (AKA trunk for yanks)Therumancer said:
or
Put it under your bloody seat out of sight
???
Profit
Also, the x360 likely wouldn't work the bricks are a bit big. If you open the case up, you'll see most of the space is the DVD drive and the cooling, the rest is pretty thin altogether so I imagine 1 brick would fit naturally but a 2nd? No way, not unless you took the drive out and maybe the cooling too.
I suppose it's a different country but if you don't signal here in australia (sydney) your a gonna, they will book and fine you, you may even loose points off your licence (then again you may be lucky and get off with a warning) (then again you can be booked for going 1km over the speed limit but most won't book unless you go 5km over)shintakie10 said:
EDIT: Sorry I completely screwed up the quoting
I try really hard to follow all the road laws and it pisses me off how many times I see other drivers drive recklessly and get away with it. Especially riding a bike the number of times cars suddenly turn across me without any indication, I REFUSE to ride bikes on public roads any more. The police can't catch every infraction, so when they do catch them I'm glad they take the effort to write them a ticket and check they aren't breaking any other laws.
It's really disappointing in the UK how much traffic law enforcement has been automated, yes cameras and average-speed trackers are more comprehensive but there is nothing like being pulled over and being handed the ticket personally to get people to stop driving their potentially deadly machinery like an enraged chimp.
You do have to be pretty low on the personal responsibility stakes to agree to be a drug mule, I'm not surprised so many can't follow basic driving etiquette.
Of all the genuine concerns with law enforcement in Texas, writing tickets to reckless drivers (and following up on suspicious behaviour while doing so) is hardly one of the distinguishing ones.
Hmm, source makes pretty clear it was for a traffic violation.algalon said:
I try really hard to follow all the road laws and it pisses me off how many times I see other drivers drive recklessly and get away with it. Especially riding a bike the number of times cars suddenly turn across me without any indication, I REFUSE to ride bikes on public roads any more. The police can't catch every infraction, so when they do catch them I'm glad they take the effort to write them a ticket and check they aren't breaking any other laws.
It's really disappointing in the UK how much traffic law enforcement has been automated, yes cameras and average-speed trackers are more comprehensive but there is nothing like being pulled over and being handed the ticket personally to get people to stop driving their potentially deadly machinery like an enraged chimp.
You do have to be pretty low on the personal responsibility stakes to agree to be a drug mule, I'm not surprised so many can't follow basic driving etiquette.
Of all the genuine concerns with law enforcement in Texas, writing tickets to reckless drivers (and following up on suspicious behaviour while doing so) is hardly one of the distinguishing ones.
