just stay the **** away from the Mexicans hauling auction cars ( convoy) through OK.
OK highway patrol has a nasty habit of seizing cash and property.
A 2016 civil asset forfeiture case out of the Muskogee area attracted national attention.
"The Muskogee County sheriff's office seized $53,000 in cash from a Dallas man during a Feb. 27 traffic stop. The deputy contended the money was from drug sales, although no drugs were found.
Eh Wah, the tour manager for Burmese Christian rock band The Klo & Kweh Music Team, said the money was raised for a Thai orphanage and a nonprofit Christian school in Myanmar.
The Muskogee County district attorney's office dropped the case and is returning the money."
"We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
We like livin' right, and bein' free"
And taking money from innocent people to pay cops....
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Originally Posted by Rain Man
What's the deal with those toll roads? I was driving along and all of a sudden my road announced that it was turning into a toll road. Whatever - that's rude, but I can deal with it.
But here's the thing that annoys me. There's a sign that says, "Exact Coins Required". That's it. That's the extent of the instructions.
First off, I live in the 21st century, so I generally don't have coinage in my pocket at all. Occasionally I may have a few if I just bought something with cash, which in itself seldom occurs.
But second, and most importantly, what exact coinage do I need? I'm more likely to have a quarter in my pocket than to have 88 cents. Is the fee 50 cents or 32 cents or 79 cents? This is really important information to provide to the traveling motorist.
With no other option available to me, I veered off on the alternate route and drove the backwoods for an hour, which was probably more interesting and fun. But come on, Oklahoma. Give me a chance to use a credit card, or at least give me a change machine or something. Things like this are why people choose to vacation instead in California or Hawaii.
(I may have posted about this the last time I was in Oklahoma, but if so, it's still not fixed.)
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