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My tip for traveling alone comes from when I brought my now ready for the junk man van from the Chicago area home to Florida. I bought a very large Gorilla stuffed animal. This I sat on a box in the passenger (co-pilot) seat,put a jacket on it, put a ball cap and sunglasses on it and then placed a blanket over its legs before I fastened the seat belt and shoulder harness around “him”. One had to get up really close to see that this is not a person. “He” looks like a little old man taking a nap in this sunglasses. I actually got stopped in Indiana by a state trooper who wanted to check out my license and the temporary tag I had on the van. His only comment was that my “husband” was awfully quiet and he hoped he felt better soon. LOL

Having what looks like two people in the vehicle helps avoid a lot of problems with cops and others,usually men, chasing or pulling me over for nefarious purposes. They think that there is a witness, a man at that,in the vehicle which gives them pause.

I do NOT recommend using this method for traveling in the group travel fast lane on some Freeways. If you get stopped doing that, and you probably will, the ticket cost and license points are far more costly than the gorilla, so definitely not worth doing!

This can also be done with a large Teddy Bear. Just be sure to put the hat,or a wig on to cover the ears. Also make sure you seat belt and shoulder harness your “companion” into the seat and use a box or something to raise it up. Otherwise it will look like a child and should you leave “him” in the car while you go into a restaurant or some such you might come back to discover some good Samaritans have busted out your windows to “save your chld” from death from a hot car.

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