SEA_tide t1_isy5150 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 3:38 PM

Reply to comment by ab0rtretryfail in TIL that in an effort to save $43.5, the Canadian Mint mailed the dies of the new $1 coin via a discount courier over using an armored car- which were promptly stolen and have never been found. This would lead to the adoption of the Loonie design as an emergency replacement. by Padgriffin

I had a professor in college who told us that when he worked for a bank in the 1980s, the bank needed more physical cash before a holiday. His boss handed him a loaded handgun and told him to drive to the New Orleans branch of the Federal Reserve, pick up the bank's order, and drive back nonstop.

The US government regularly contracts with private truckers to haul very special loads and tells them to not stop except for diesel, pee in a bottle, and drive right past all weigh stations and most law enforcement officers: the feds will order state level law enforcement to stop the pursuit (if they do stop, the driver has a get out jail free card). Pretty much all rest requirements are waived. It's also a violation of federal law for the trucker to even open the trailer, which might be empty or carrying a dummy load. Canada can and likely does the same.