On the way from Atlanta to New Orleans, passing through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, in a relatively short period of time, even there is no sense learn the rules of each state – still do not know exactly in what you have. And it would not hurt. In one state, for instance, must wear seat only the driver, another passenger, and yet, with over unfastened penalty he pays himself. In the third seat belt must still those who are in the backseat. And some where in general it is not required. Each state has its speed limits, rules of alcohol in the blood to breathe … And do not give to any pipe, and determine your status on the eyes, nose – on the scent, on the nose and prescribe a penalty. It is absolutely pointless and even harmful, to say the words, even in Russian, at least in English: “Listen, brother, I’ll give you money, but not the issuing of receipts …” To our fellow countrymen do better to remember that when you braked the police, you give yourself in the state of the robot: turn off the motor and stops, putting his hands on the wheel. Move, only when he asks.

Ask out of the car – you go out, thrusting his hands forward so that he became convinced that you have no weapons, comes face to the car, his hands resting on the roof. To make it you could search. And in this case are silent. Answer only when asked. The police there are not animals, no. They just used that they are respected. And do not make allowances for different visitors, if they do not know the local customs, for example – respect for the police. And, as told Dima, closely familiar with their manners, do not distinguish between cars with diplomatic license plates and others. And not only Russian cars slow down, but all without discrimination.

It is they, the Americans stressed thus neglect the rest of the world. You can argue, of course – but not with the police. If you do not want to be an officer you wrote out a receipt on payment of a fine, then he will issue a subpoena. It is – not what we do: “Get up, the court is coming!” And especially not in wigs. An uncle sitting in the window – you do not even see it, stretch a piece of paper, and he did die. The sentence, usually the same: “Pay!” You can, of course, posoprotivlyatsya, but the sound of printing will stop you short. Not until you uncle, he has such – lots. So you can argue with the police, but it is better not to do so. Just before the court, with the same rezaltom,‘ll have to stay another half day in a stuffy room, dirty, battered Latina. That’s all.

Well, here we drive to Louisiana, so named after King Louis (Louis) XIV. We had passed Alabama and Mississippi, having had only noted in the course of their ordinary-looking, and scraped together from memory the information that these two states compete among themselves in the statistics – one of them the poorest in America. Here, as nowhere else a lot of Indian reservations, drove the Cherokee Indians here and cry all over the east …

One feature of the entrance to New Orleans: the bridge, which stretches for about ten kilometers through some kind of abyss and the surrounding swamp, only a dangerous place to drive. As I understand it, above it hangs permanently impenetrable fog. Because of the fumes. Here, especially sleep is not recommended. It threatens not smooth, though not desirable, tumbling into a ditch and hit a concrete barrier … Scary thought. This creates a humidity of Mississippi. We moved, among other things, by the conquistadors.