"Highway checkpoints in Florida?" I got this in a newsletter from CNN.

[patricia92243]

What does this mean? People can't get into Florida or can't get out? Sounds like the quarantine they want to do in NY.

[Chainfire]

1. No

It is posturing. I live near the junction of Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Yesterday, my wife and I went for a Sunday Drive, I crossed the Fl./Ga. line at three different places. I never saw a cop on a 70 mile drive.

It appears that our brilliant governor, has selected two roads to put his "check points" on. There are hundreds of roads that cross state line. (our Northern border is 400 miles wide) The Governor waited way too long to start reasonable actions to control outbreak, so now he is trying to look like he is doing something positive. He is trying to get people's minds off of his Spring break disaster.

[lark]

6. Like all Russian Repugs - he just wants to blame "people that don't live here".

He's a fucking idiot, it's already here and spreading and this won't fix it. Testing would help immensely, but repugs don't want that because it will show they created this mess through by sticking their head in the sand and saying no damn virus will hit us Muricans!

[TwilightZone]

2. They're screening patients entering the state.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/us/florida-coronavirus-checkpoints-trnd/index.html

[gibraltar72]

3. Actually they are working on convincing rubes that Dirty New Yorkers brought this.

DeSantis is conditioning them to believe that to cover his abject failure. It's the other thing that Rs always play. He played the Trump game and his state is gonna pay.

[safeinOhio]

9. S. Ca. So much nicer. Nt

[Geechie]

12. And Louisiana n/t

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. They are simply directing automobiles to pass through the truck weigh stations.....

on I-10 near the AL line and apparently near the GA line on 95 & 75 as well.

Here's some footage of what they were doing yesterday near Pensacola;
https://www.wavy.com/video/florida-law-enforcement-checkpoints-at-alabama-florida-border/4437355/

The above footage was included in this post in DU from yesterday;
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213194725

In which I said;

The footage in your link is of a permanent truck weigh station at mile marker 2 on I-10 just west of Pensacola.

And it is clear in the footage that trucks are still using the PrePass system (they are passing the station at speed, on the highway) and they are also crossing the static scale on the north side of the scale house.

The lanes shown where the cars are crossing are on the south side of the scale house, the left hand side is the #2 static scale and the other lane is a bypass lane.

So...even though I guess you could say this is a "checkpoint", it doesn't seem too intrusive and it is for the greater public health.

Frankly, I expect to see more of this nationwide.

And FWIW, MOST of the highways entering Florida have at least an agricultural check station, if not a weigh station also, so for those that think this is easy to get around, yeah, it probably is. For now.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Thank you

[lark]

7. As if stopping traffic on 3 highways means that much.

There are so many small roads, no truly motivated person would be stopped by this. More RR lies and nonsense to hide the truth - that is all they have.

[marble falls]

8. Its not the effort thats judged, its the photo op.

[gibraltar72]

10. From the beginng trying to control the message not the disease. Trump style.

[marble falls]

11. McLuhan was right.

[Geechie]

13. Winner Winner! n/t