20ish years ago I got roused and told to move along by a cop for sleeping on a bench at a rest area off I95 in the middle of the day. I’d been up all night and stopped because I didn’t feel safe driving anymore. That didn’t matter to him/the law so I got back on the road.
I had something similar happen in Louisville. I pulled off the road because I was legitimately dangerous to myself and others. Cop told me I had to move on
For an example of how it should go: I was a young buck in the earlier 2000’s driving after work going across several states. Got way to tired and pulled over. Few hours later I was woken up by a state trooper questioning me (probably the most disoriented I’ve ever felt waking up without a sedative in my system). Explained my situation and he gave me a business location a mile up the road where it would be safer for me to park and sleep because the police monitored the building at night and he would let them know I was there. For reference, I was not a minority and had a decent car at the time.
I was waiting for a bus and was practicing juggling to pass the time. I was told I couldn’t do that by a security guard who thought I was busking. So I put up a sign that said “I’m not busking” and he was quite huffy and stood around giving me stink eye.
And you know what’s the safest thing to do in that situation? A small dose of meth as it’ll keep you awake and focused on the road. (Coffee doesn’t really work because it has a very big comedown that builds up very fast)
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20ish years ago I got roused and told to move along by a cop for sleeping on a bench at a rest area off I95 in the middle of the day. I’d been up all night and stopped because I didn’t feel safe driving anymore. That didn’t matter to him/the law so I got back on the road.
I had something similar happen in Louisville. I pulled off the road because I was legitimately dangerous to myself and others. Cop told me I had to move on
For an example of how it should go: I was a young buck in the earlier 2000’s driving after work going across several states. Got way to tired and pulled over. Few hours later I was woken up by a state trooper questioning me (probably the most disoriented I’ve ever felt waking up without a sedative in my system). Explained my situation and he gave me a business location a mile up the road where it would be safer for me to park and sleep because the police monitored the building at night and he would let them know I was there. For reference, I was not a minority and had a decent car at the time.
I was waiting for a bus and was practicing juggling to pass the time. I was told I couldn’t do that by a security guard who thought I was busking. So I put up a sign that said “I’m not busking” and he was quite huffy and stood around giving me stink eye.
And you know what’s the safest thing to do in that situation? A small dose of meth as it’ll keep you awake and focused on the road. (Coffee doesn’t really work because it has a very big comedown that builds up very fast)