Well we have now had our first (and hopefully last) run-in with American law-enforcement. We were looking for a missed turnoff to the local Walmart and I thought I was just "going with the flow". Apparently not! This whole miles vs kilometers thing is a little confusing, but really I was just thinking of something else when those lights started flashing in my rear view mirror.
The moment the cop got out of his car I thought, hands on the steering wheel, don't get shot, hands on the steering wheel, don't get shot, hands on the steering wheel, don't get shot etc etc. It transpired I had been doing 50 in a 35 zone (!!) and when he asked for my licence and registration I feared the worst. A whopping big fine to go with the cost of a replacement GPS that we soaked with water in Costa Rica (a fun story for another post) would really make our hire car costs this trip very expensive.
But he was great and all my fears were for naught. When he found out we were in the USA for a month he advised us that all the streets in Vegas running one way were 35, and the others were 45, so to do 44 the whole time and we would be fine as no one would pull us over doing 44 in a 35. 50 on the other hand.....
So all in all a let off and a big sigh of relief. Plus, no one got shot or appeared on COPS.
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