Goose
Well-known Member
I have to chuckle every time I drive past this interchange on the Interstate, as I did yesterday.
I-80 through Nebraska is the main east/west artery for drug traffic between the west coast and the east coast. Drugs go east, money from their sale goes west.
In the middle of a 20 mile stretch between Grand Island and Aurora, Nebraska there's an interchange on I-80 that really doesn't do much. To the south is a gravel road and to the north is blacktop to a small town a few miles away. So periodically the Nebraska State Patrol puts a temporary sign "State Patrol Drug Check 1 Mile. Be Prepared To Stop" on the shoulder of the eastbound lane a half mile from the interchange.
They then don't bother the traffic on the Interstate, they just field whoever bails out at the interchange. Works quite well, from what our County Sheriff tells me.
I-80 through Nebraska is the main east/west artery for drug traffic between the west coast and the east coast. Drugs go east, money from their sale goes west.
In the middle of a 20 mile stretch between Grand Island and Aurora, Nebraska there's an interchange on I-80 that really doesn't do much. To the south is a gravel road and to the north is blacktop to a small town a few miles away. So periodically the Nebraska State Patrol puts a temporary sign "State Patrol Drug Check 1 Mile. Be Prepared To Stop" on the shoulder of the eastbound lane a half mile from the interchange.
They then don't bother the traffic on the Interstate, they just field whoever bails out at the interchange. Works quite well, from what our County Sheriff tells me.
lol !!