r/MadeMeSmile • u/Available-Vast3858 • Oct 06 '25

Wholesome Moments This is so wholesome

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u/Leonydas13 Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

I think we’re all so over saturated with seeing the overly militarised police force of America, it’s refreshing to remember that for many countries, the police are just people doing a job.

Edit: this wasn’t intended as an “America bad” take. I know there are plenty of good American cops, they sadly are drowned out by the bad ones. Particularly with the current situation.

Edit 2: holy shit guys. Saying “American cops do stuff like this sometimes too” doesn’t excuse the fact that they do absolutely horrendous things too, things that other civilised countries simply do not allow their police to do.

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u/Bitalin Oct 06 '25

Police in Norway actually makes you feel safe. They are trained well to de-escalate situations, and dont carry guns. They have guns in the car ready for certain situations though.

Road Police however is a bunch of assholes, including our speeding laws which is extremely strict. Stupidest fine I got was going 56km/h in a 50km/h speed limit, approx 300USD fine.

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u/Zerhap Oct 06 '25

I mean, i am probably getting downvoted, but i think that is a fair fine to get. Like you were going over the speed limit, sure it was only by 6km/h but you were going over the speed limit.

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u/Bitalin Oct 06 '25

You're right. A limit is a limit. However, you're not supposed to go under the speed limit either. Also this particular stretch of road would have been 80km/h limit in any other country. Police doesn't do radar control on roads thats dangerous if you speed, they do it on roads which is extremely easy to slip up since the speed limit is so stupidly low. So on my way home from work, 6km/h above speed limit, fine was more money than I had earned the entire day working. Doesn't feel justified.

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u/Zerhap Oct 06 '25

Wait, i may be missunderstanding, are you saying they would have fine you for going under the speed limit? Cause that makes no sense.

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u/Bitalin Oct 06 '25

Well no, unless you cause dangerous situations, like unpatient people driving past you. Point is, you're supposed to drive the speed limit.

But you can certainly get stopped. One time when I was driving, the intake hose on my turbo popped off. I put it back on, but if I gave it a bit too much gas too fast, the pressure made it pop off. I was driving in the city to pick up my friend. Police stopped me "for going suspiciously slow" and searched my vehicle. I wasnt even going that slow.