Cops' I-16 road ruse becomes shortcut to jail

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"Darkness cannot be dissipated with more darkness.
The big-city gal had just spent her Friday night in the Twiggs County jail.
Saturday morning found her out on bail, on the phone with the tow-truck folks who’d hauled her car to wherever they haul cars in, at least in her eyes, this God-knows-where Podunk.

At dusk the evening before, she and three passengers heading east in a late-model Dodge Charger bearing Massachusetts plates, a rental from up Atlanta way, had, for reasons known only to them, pulled off Interstate 16 at a sleepy exit that is home to farmland, a Baptist church and a cemetery, but nary a store or street light.

It is a good bet that their choice of off-ramp had been influenced by the flashing signs near the exit that declared, “License Check” and “DUI Checkpoint Ahead.” That and perhaps the 2 pounds of marijuana in their trunk.

They probably figured they’d hop off the freeway, hit some in-the-sticks highway for a few miles and jump back on the main road, in the process bypassing a potentially unpleasant encounter with the cops.

Little did they know, even though there were orange road-work barrels funneling interstate traffic to a single lane, and a pair of patrol cars with strobes blazing beyond the overpass ahead, the barrels were for an actual construction zone and the police cars were empty. The real checkpoint was at the top of the doglegged off-ramp. The cops were waiting around a bend in the exit, invisible until it was too late to turn back.


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Lotsa effort to catch people who smoke the herb.
The essentially harmless herb, much safer than alcohol or tobacco.
The herb that makes people laugh and relax.

Something is desperately wrong with any society that would go to these lengths to catch cannabis users/sellers.
 
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I mean I see what you're saying, but you're actin like it was just a big ploy to bust people with weed. To me it looks like it was a plan to get whoever was breaking the law and just ended up with a bunch of people with weed, I'm sure if some heroin smugglers woulda been ridin along that would be the focus.

Don't get me wrong though, I drive all over the tri state area with a revoked license every day, usually smokin weed, and more often then not high on dope. I guess I just see the comedic value in it cuz i'm one of those people that woulda told the cops "yeah, y'all got me" and I definitely woulda been one of the people swervin for the exit when I seen the signs.

The part that fucked me up was the game wardens in the bushs in full camo lookin for people throwin shit out the windows. I woulda prob been one of those people chuckin shit out the window. And the bitch that got charged with OC possesion how fuckin stupid can you be to not just eat that shit. I've ate 13 grams of nasty schwag before when I was gettin pulled and on a seperate occasion about 30 perc 10's. Not to say I didn't feel like shit oth occasions, but I wasn't in jail.
 
^ Bricks and Stacks is 100% right. If you are going to drive around with something make sure you can eat it. I understand that the method isn't really possible with 2 pounds of weed, imagine trying to eat that :D I have eaten many many things in the past, usually with a tear in my eye (losing 2 bundles really hurt) but yea, you stay outta jail, and it really pisses the cops off when they realize you're clean.
 
That and perhaps the 2 pounds of marijuana in their trunk.
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why do people "hide" their weight in the trunk? There are so many better alternatives. For instance, a rigged windshield washer fluid reservoir. You can flood the reservoir with a coloured fluid that has a low vapor pressure and therefore keeps any volatile matter from hitting the noses of K9s.

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Bricks & Stacks said:
The part that fucked me up was the game wardens in the bushs in full camo lookin for people throwin shit out the windows. I woulda prob been one of those people chuckin shit out the window. And the bitch that got charged with OC possesion how fuckin stupid can you be to not just eat that shit. I've ate 13 grams of nasty schwag before when I was gettin pulled and on a seperate occasion about 30 perc 10's. Not to say I didn't feel like shit oth occasions, but I wasn't in jail.
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Yea, i never understood that shit neither. I have ate quite a few things myself fo sho....Pills, weed, dope....shit, anything I had to. I guess i can see why folks dont "get" it that u can eat bud or somethin like that, aight fair enough, they just dont think of bud as bein somethin u can swallow, it just never cross their mind. but for real, you got PILLS on you, they MEANT to be popped yo! who dont think of that??

Worst come to worst, you get really fuckin high and use up your whole stash for the next day and a half at once---shit, you know in your heart that your junkie ass woulda prolly did that shit anyways once you got home and said fuckit, i wanna noddddddd...nevermind just stayin off E until tomorrow....Like do people really care that much about not "wastin" their shit that they rather just hang onto it when they get stopped? Is it more important to "conserve" your pills and not use em all at once, and then possibly LOSE them all to the cops anyways and end up sick in jail, or just eat that shit and be done with it and know you safe?People are mad dumb sometimes yo.

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Word up tho--I aint tryna act like im all smarter than the rest but I mighta smelled there was somethin up with that setup, honestly. Out here, they NEVER announce roadblocks or sobriety checks . It just looks like construction with lanes blocked. if they DO announce anything, its just one of those light up sign boards over the highway that says some shit like "merge right" and then you see the lights and be like oh shit, thats a checkpoint.

Not only that, but they ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS block off ALL the exists, even ones into local parkin lots and shit like that. Like if you cant get off the exit but you think you slick and be like aight, ima pull into this shoppin plaza and then park and then go in the store n sneak out the back til this shit is done, they usually even got the PARKIN LOTS blocked off.

So if i was drivin and i seen not only the fuckin announcement like "yo, heres a checkpoint" and then a UNBLOCKED exit right there that seems mad fishy, Id prolly be like yo somethin aint right they are just givin you a chance to get away? no way they gonna allow that. They aint gona let their marks get away that easy. I always notice 2 things-- if they DO announce a checkpoint, they dont give you no way out. And if they do give a way out, they dont announce jack shit, so that you dont even think to get out of there until its too late when you be liek damn, i shoulda got off at that exit. They never have both a heads up, AND a excape route. I would think anybody who been thru a few of these checkpoints before would notice like yo, thats mad weird to have a announcement and a exit strategy instead of havin it blocked off like usual, if nothin else at least think "huh, aint that odd".

Iunno, maybe its one of them things that its easy to say now but not so easy when you are there and buggin out like yo i gota get outa here and you aint thinkin. But im a naturally paranoid type of broad since my dope daze, and I recognize a setup when I see it most of the time. Whether its a roadblock that is set up in the hood, that seems like its just construction but really its a setup to force junkies to only be able to take ONE road back to the highway, which is where the troopers are waitin, or a sobriety check point with a sign blowin up its own spot and a all too easy excape route, Id definately think twice.


nevermind that tho, its still mad shady of these cops to be doin that shit like that. Damn, those people really snitched on they self , that sucks.

The thing that really sucks tho, is that its a free fuckin country. You can drive wherever the fuck you want. Yea, gettin off the highway before the "checkpoint" seems like you avoidin it--but who says that wat you really doin? you gotta LIVE there, to be allowed to use that exit? Wat if you just wanted to take a back road, wat if you gotta piss so bad you just wanted to pull off on a dark road and squat by a tree, you know? Yea, its a "coincidence", but who the fuck are they to judge? The shitty thing is its the same in the hood. you technically can be wherever yuo want in this country, but you get caught drivin on So'n'So Dopespot Ave in Paterson or Newark or Chitown or wherever and you dealin with the fuckin spanish inquisition. Its sad as hell how much our rights to move as we please is so messed up here, and no matter how much you argue about "rights" we all know that in the end, they dont give a fuck and assertin those rights dont do nothin but get you in a even worse situation.:|
 
2353 - Cuz it was a rental car, how would you get 2 pounds of weed in a windshield washer fluid reservoir without fuckin it up? To me the reason most people hide shit in the trunk is cuz if you got all your papers right and you get pulled and you're not nervous/smells like weed or nothin then the trunks a lot better then havin that shit sittin on the back seat or whatever.

I mean a lot of people don't got the time and place to stash that shit once they cop it, 2 pounds of weed aint like some crazy ammount like even 200 pounds, people do deals like that in grocery store parkin lots and shit. You wouldn't really be able to stash it in a case like that if its like broad day light.
 
They do this here about every weekend. Glad i live in a state wit enough gravel roads to get to anywhere you want:) I guess they caught a couple people from california wit 20 pounds not to long ago. There main focus is drunk drivers.
 
Bricks and Stacks - you are right.
The point was to catch everyone who was breaking the law.
But it's still BS.
Even heroin, which is addictive and can kill you, seems like a personal choice to me. People use it for escape, and for pain relief. How dare anyone say anything against that?!
Personally, I find it sad that drugs are against the law, but I don't mind at all if they catch the drunk drivers. Driving drunk is a fucked-up thing to do.
 
everyone knows all exits are fuct when dealing with checkpoints, especially down in georgia.
 
lol dirty bastards..

why don't they set up stings that REALLY could help? like ..


CHILD TRUNK CHECK AHEAD!
 
slimvictor said:
Personally, I find it sad that drugs are against the law, but I don't mind at all if they catch the drunk drivers. Driving drunk is a fucked-up thing to do.
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Yeah, I got hit by a drunk driver when I was sittin at red light dude hit me goin like 50, hit me so hard when I hit the car in front of me it knocked my cd player out of the dash and totaled my whip. Then he mashed out in his huge van, and I was in the hood, so by the times the cops show up (45 mins later) they start fuckin harassin me, shit was unbelievable.


Either way, as against drunk driving as I should be as a current dope head I know sometimes I'd be safer behind the wheel after a bottle of liquor then after doin a couple bundles cuz I've never thought I was about to die when I was drunk (maybe part of the alcohol effect) but I know a few times I for real was worried about my life when I'd be drivin after a bunch of strong dope, when you are fallin asleep standin up you def shouldn't try to drive home. So I guess in a way I'm against substance abuse in general behind the wheel. As fuckin hypocritical as that makes me, cuz I'm all high now and I'm bout to jump in the whip in a lil bit and drive all the way to the other side of the city.

And again as pro-weed legalization as I am, you got to admit even that shit can have your reaction time fucked up if you smoke a L of some fire to the face and then start cruisin around. I don't even know what point I'm tryin to get at by all this cuz I fuckin hate cops and their lil tricks and their fuckin attitudes in general but I guess what I was just tryin to say is driving drunk isn't neccesarily way more dangerous then doin dope and driving, and even smokin weed and drivin isn't as safe as bein sober and driving.


Lacey - I see what you sayin bout like "not fallin for it" and shit cuz I'm the same way I mean I notice shit out of the ordinary like them announcin it and the exit bein open, but when your traffickin shit and somethin like that happens and you see a way out I'd say 95% of people are goin to bang on that exit it's just more human instinct. Yeah everybody knows they block the exits and don't put signs up but say someone like me was drivin thru Georgia traffickin some shit, I might be like "damn these georgia mufuckas is STUPID!" and hit the exit.

Where one of my boys lives out in the country they be settin up roadblocks on this like 2 lane road but like a quarter mile before you get to where the checkpoint is there's this fuckin road that goes off it and literally takes your right around the checkpoint, and brings you out like 2 miles up the road. It's unbelievable to me how these stupid ass country bumpkin cops still haven't noticed that mad people just go around, cuz they been settin up in the same spot for at least 10 years. I guess thats another reason I'd be thinkin the GA cops was just as dumb. Different states got different laws about check points to, like in WV they have to announce it in the newspaper or on the news before they do em. Here in the Burgh they announce there's goin to be one, but not where it's at
 
^doing dope and driving is horrible responsible. I mean you can fall asleep for a second and kill someone in that second. The modding out is the problem IMO. I'd say driving on dope is the worst thing ever to do. But if you're in w/d and just scored it's so hard to wait til you get home. But its the best thing to do for you and everyone else on the road and your family too. Just try to make through the drive home or take the train if you're in really bad w/d. I dunno. Just be safe and help others be safe so we are not such pariahs. The cuple with 2 kids driving home and then being hit by someone who nodded off is so sad. Family destroyed if some get killed. I ditached the life cuz I just don't wanna do it anymore, it's bad stuff. Now onto ditching that fucking methadone through suboxone.

Mind altered driving should never be ok, no matter what substance, the part that pisses me off is searching for shit in your car. Waiting to get home to do the drugs is the best way then why even risk that these people will have to ingest all their stash and drive god knows how messed up later on.

Harm reduction is unfortunately not often on law enforcement's minds.

Do more research on quick side road drug testing or even make these people piss and test it later or take their saliva. And then their fucked and if they test positive they got a DUI on their hands even later.

Oh wait...it's so shitty that weed stays in your fat cells making it detectable much longer after the high has wore off.

Weed should be legal anyways and a method for very recent ingestion (being high) needs to come to light.

I'm not into driving and smoking....unless it has no effect on you like some meds. Even with meds, they say watch whether you can operate machinery before do that. So if the med was the cause of the accident I'm afraid a DUI is in place.

I'm so lucky that my crazy days are over and will not get behind the wheel mind altered anymore.
 
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Why get off the highway? It's (in theory) a DUI check, not a "search every car" check. If you're going to transport 2 pounds of weed, you ought to be able to afford the equipment to seal it properly (not easy but not that hard).

Also, IIRC roadside cannabis testing uses a saliva test, which has a shorter (but still too long) detection period. It's usually only indicated if you actually look intoxicated -- I've been pulled over in the middle of the night with loads of drugs in the car and not tested or searched because I was clean, calm, and sober, which frankly is the only condition anyone ought to be driving in anyway.
 
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^doing dope and driving is horrible responsible. I mean you can fall asleep for a second and kill someone in that second. The modding out is the problem IMO. I'd say driving on dope is the worst thing ever to do. But if you're in w/d and just scored it's so hard to wait til you get home. But its the best thing to do for you and everyone else on the road and your family too. Just try to make through the drive home if you're in really bad w/d. .
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hey zyggy, IIRC you never booted dope right? cuz i just had to point somethin out...(and I been addicted to dope sniffin it and shooting it so i can compare)....Even if you got a big habit sniffin, you dont get sick like you do when you got a IV habit. When you shoot dope, you get sooooooooo much fuckin sicker, you cant imagine that shit and drivin like that is a really bad idea. To drive in that state any longer than you have to, is the irresponsible thing if you ask me. Once you got a decent size IV habit and you doin 2 or 3 or more bundles a day, you seriously CANT drive. Word bond, its MAD dangerous to try and drive when youre that sick. You should really do just enough dope to get right so that you can drive home safe.

For somebody like that, its waaaaay safer to drive on (a small amount of) dope than it is to drive sober. cuz while you maybe technically sober, you sure as hell aint able to drive like a sober person is. I dont think that bein dopesick should count as sober at all honestly. When you get sick like that, you cant see shit cuz your eyes are so dialated that even with shades on you can barely keep them open cuz its too bright, your eyes are waterin like hell and stinging so bad that you can barely see. your whole body is shakin all over and youre jittery as fuck so your reaction time is shot. Plus, you tryin not to puke and shit your pants at the same time. Ive had to suddenly cut across 2 lanes of traffic to pull over the side of the road so i could lean out the car n yak and cuttin ppl off like that is mad dangerous but the alternative is leanin over your passenger side and yakkin on the floor or even worse on your lap or some shit like that, and you definately aint payin attention to the road while you do that. your focus and concentration is just gone, you cant pay attention to shit. Even the simplest shit like merging or pullin off the exit ramp onto the highway is like this serious major production that you gotta struggle so hard to be able to do it right, every car that drives past you is like a truck running thru your brain, every light that reflects off a windshield or mirror is like a knife in your eye, you know? Bein dopesick is like its own version of intoxication as far as your ability to drive safe.

Now dont get it twisted, doin a "get really high and nod" shot is bad, and if you noddin out wile you drive then thats fucked up and obviously that shit aint safe. So i dont mean be on dope like that. But im talkin about the shot you do after you cop, thats just enough to get well. Bein on just enough dope to function , if you ask me is NECESSARY to be considered drivin safe. If you DONT do that shot after you cop, before you drive home, you are WAY more of a danger to the road no question. I would much rather share the road with 50 dopeheads who just did a 'get well shot' than 50 "sober" dopeheads who are withdrawlin, no doubt. When you shoot dope and got a good size habit, to be "sober" is when you are ON dope. U feel me?

When i would cop I could never enjoy the high if i was noddin while i was drivin , the paranoia of cops would kill me. So as tempting as it would be to get high as shit as soon as I copped, unless i had somewhere to chill at for a few hours before i drove again, i would only just do enough to get off E without bein faded. By the time the rush would wear off and I smoked my post-shot newport, you know like 10 15 minutes later, Id be all set to go. Alert, awake, just chillin, totally normal, with the slightest little buzz but not enough that anybody else could notice.


I think we all agree that drivin while you fucked up on dope is a shitty thing to do. And im guilty of that so many times. Now that I look back i realize just how fuckin dangerous it is to drive when you get high like that. But if you aint HIGH, and you just do enough dope to get right, get yourself straight so you can function again, that really dont count as driving while high. even tho you are ON dope, dont mean you are HIGH on dope, you feel me?

And btw I know you been dopesick before obviously you know how thats like but Im just sayin that until you start shootin dope, you dont truly know wat dopesick is or how bad it is to try and drive in that state. When you get sick like that you are a fuckin disaster waitin to happen, and really shouldnt be drivin at all. U said that you should just wait til you get home if youre sick but I disagree. As soon as you got the dope the responsible thing is to get yourself right so you can drive normal on the trip home.

and i cant stress it enough, cuz we about harm reduction on here, driving while you are on anything more than just a maintenance dose of dope, is a fucked up thing to do and you should never do that shit. I just think that when it comes down to drivin dopesick vs. drivin with enough in your system to get normal, its much safer to choose that than to try and drive in WDs.
 
^ This is very true. Being 'sober' is one thing, but being dopesick is another. If I was dopesick and just copped a bundle or whatever I would do a bag just to get myself to the point where I wasn't puking and holding in a niagra falls size diarreah. Im not saying do a 4 bag shot and nod off while you're driving, but I sure do agree that you should do enough to 'sober' up.
 
For being sick while driving, having a stash of plastic grocery bags in the car is invaluable. Puke in the bag, try not to crash, toss bag out window. Even if you're not into littering, having a bag full of puke in your car might change your mind lol.
 
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