I40 at the I17 on ramp
Arizona Highway Patrol (DPS) wait beside the eastbound traffic and profile all vehicles. They will pull you over for anything and then ask to search your car. If you decline they will bring in the K9 which always seem to get a hit. Then three to six DPS units will surround you and expect for all your belongings to come out and be searched. Once I saw a frightened family standing by the road as their suitcases were opened their clothes tossed out. Even their little pet bird cage (with the bird) was out on the ground.
After going past these scenes over and over again on my way to Colorado from California, I got my pilot’s license, purchased a Cessna, and now I’m cop paranoia free. I’m 7 thousand feet above it all now. If you can afford it, buy an airplane — it’s a wonderful feeling to reborn into freedom, like we had 20 years ago in USA.
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