Rbt La Style

[hypnodoc]

Arrived in LA this morning and caught the Avis bus to the LAX rental car depot, to pick up a car and go another 1/2 mile to the Marriot LAX. Turned on to Century Bldv and ran straight into what appeared to be an RBT stop. Compared to Aus this was like a supersized job and no body was interested in breath analysis. I only hope it never gets to this in Aus. Here is the scenario.

5 cops with red flahing wands pulling people over while 10 or more others cradle shotguns, or AR15s, and look like menacing combat troops with Flak Jackets, helmets, tasers, pistols and all sorts of other violent paraphenalia hanging off themselves.

I stop and a female (well at least I think it was) approaches me and says keep your hands on the wheel sir, then come the questions. Whose car is it? Where are you from? I answer and then she asks for my licence while insisting I keep one hand on the wheel as a larger rock ape type clutching an AR15 meanders over to help her in case I'm a crazed murderer or something, and stares at me like I'm a criminal. Then I am asked to put the four fingers of my Left Hnad on a glass pad which I had just done a little while earlier at the US arrival and immigration. Is this a legitimate drivers licence (re my WA licence)she asks? Then says wait here and keep your hands on the wheel please sir and struts off to check my license while rock ape boy keeps staring at me like I'm some kind of felon.

Then a few minutes later she comes back a little more relaxed and says "Oh you have only arrived a couple of hours ago, sorry sir you can go now, please enjoy your stay in the USA". I think WTF they must have everything centrally connected in their computer system. The weird thing was there was no drink or drug tests at all, just commando style cops harrassing people. I hope it never gets this intense at home but you can see it going that way really quickly. America is definately not the home of the free and the land of the brave any more. It is the home of the homeless and the land of the scared. Might just be my last trip to here me thinks.

[Pazzo]

hypnodoc, what the hell do you do for a job since you go to the usa all the time, and you know charlie sheen don't you?

[hypnodoc]

Mate I'm a therapist. I come over here to help all the so called rich and famous get over the lambastings and lies they cop on TMZ and Entertainment Tonight. Good money but the novelty wore off a long time ago and the USA is in freefall economically and socially. But there WILL BE a Party in Malibu tomorrow night, then 10 days work and then back to WA WA land. It is very surreal to fly into Perth and look down at the big country town I tell you.

[Vevapower]

Yeah spent 4 months working in LA know all about this. Driving through the maccas drive through the 1st time the wrong way still makes me crack up.

[_John_]

I never considered this, its doing my head in..