For the yearly HAI errors: Yukon is a Canadian Territory, not a province

@The_Gay_Tramp

2 жыл бұрын

Also JFK was assassinated in 63, not 68

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

Until it isn't!😈 But on a serious note, I don't understand why Canada had to bind itself to the general amending formula when it came to creating a new provinces, instead of what the U.S. does which is just regular old law making.

@stephenj9470

2 жыл бұрын

And JFK was assassinated in 1963, not 1968

@Shadow_Glider

2 жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment that!

@ababybadger9730

2 жыл бұрын

And JFK was assassinated in 1963, not 1968

Fun fact, the first 2 car collision occured between the only 2 cars in the State of Ohio. Then there were zero cars in Ohio again.

@howtobeamess402

2 жыл бұрын

2 bots, then there were no more bots.

@Ronaldo-eu1nz

2 жыл бұрын

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@alahiri2002

2 жыл бұрын

@@howtobeamess402 you spoke two soon

@howtobeamess402

2 жыл бұрын

@@alahiri2002 ye

@howtobeamess402

2 жыл бұрын

@@alahiri2002 the bots start coming and they don't stop coming

Small correction(s): JFK wasn't assassinated in 1968 but his brother Robert F Kennedy. Also, the landmark Civil Rights Act we tend to think of, was enacted in 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was also significant, but is more commonly known as the Fair Housing Act or the Indian Civil Rights Act

@LASVEGASRAIDERS21

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@RainerWarrior666

2 жыл бұрын

Quite large corrections, I would say.

@deviationblue

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he did this deliberately to elicit this exact comment. Yay sandbagging for forced engagement

@KatsCreations85

2 жыл бұрын

Was just about to comment that JFK was on 11/22/63

@stepawayful

2 жыл бұрын

Look for Sam's new channel, "Half As Correct" coming this Spring of 2020. 🤔

Sam should do a video on why most semi trailers registers their trailers only on Maine, Oklahoma or Oregon.

@sblack53

2 жыл бұрын

Add Québec to that list too.

@Ronaldo-eu1nz

2 жыл бұрын

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@seamanmyers

2 жыл бұрын

And Indiana

@capitalistpig1967

2 жыл бұрын

Finally it's here! Seriously now, why do all bots say this? There should be a HAI video about it.

@Carlos7Matute

2 жыл бұрын

@@capitalistpig1967 thats a good one!

U-Haul employee here! Yes, trucks are registered in AZ but trailers are not because there is no apportioned program. Our registration department then has the tough job of throwing a dart and seeing where to register the trailers. Okay, so maybe not a dart, but we try to spread the registrations out as much as possible. Also, U-Haul is HQ’d in Phoenix but the parent company, AMERCO, is HQ’d in Reno NV.

@JBinFL

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, that's great and all but let us buy those motorcycle trailers when you're ready to get rid of them. ; )

@andrew2473

2 жыл бұрын

@@JBinFL popular request! But you’d have to rent them a ton of times to break even with $14.95/day!

@dauntingzebra7396

2 жыл бұрын

yeah... Why, AZ is far too small of a town for the U-Haul HQ to be

@andrew2473

2 жыл бұрын

@@dauntingzebra7396 Phoenix isn’t.

@ericemmons3040

2 жыл бұрын

Just make sure that when you throw your dart you don't hit one of the wheels. . .

Which is why Australia now has a federal heavy vehicle registration scheme, whilst no one was paying for more than one state rego it was hardly fair as the vehicle was busy wearing out roads in most or all of them plus different compliance laws made interstate trucking a nightmare.

@Ronaldo-eu1nz

2 жыл бұрын

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@IOUaUsername

2 жыл бұрын

Every U-Haul trailer in Australia is still registered in Victoria despite them permanently living in Queensland though. If you or I did it, we'd get a huge fine after 2 weeks, but apparently it's fine for a foreign company.

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

I think I like what Canada and the U.S. came up with a little better, although, it reminds me of flag of convenience laws that boats use all the time to reduce regulation and have relaxed labor laws on their ships while in international waters because they “follow” the national laws of the flag they're registered in.

@emurphy42

2 жыл бұрын

@our hero I’ve seen worse

@bluedogtransportwa

2 жыл бұрын

you dont NEED to have NHVR plates, but depending on what you drive it turns out cheaper. also, all Aussie U-Haul trailers (and most hire trailer companies) have VIC regoed trailers

3:23 Not to be that guy, but the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, and JFK was assassinated in 1963. Otherwise, great video as always.

@birdrocket

2 жыл бұрын

There was another Civil Rights Act in 1968, though it’s mostly known as the Fair Housing Act

@rey2352

2 жыл бұрын

Classic replies to the old "when was JFK assassinated" question

@emperornortoni2871

2 жыл бұрын

The joke is that he says "THE" Civil Rights Act (which would be 64), and JFK. When there was another Civil Rights Act in 1968, and Bobby Kennedy was assassinated.

@JonReevesLA

2 жыл бұрын

JFK's brother, RFK, was assassinated in 1968. But the photo (and text) is JFK.

@adamazingballs

2 жыл бұрын

It was probably deliberate to generate comments and game the algorithm.

I was literally thinking this and was like... I wonder if Sam from Wendover productions has ever done a video on why U-Hauls are registered in Arizona, looks like you beat him to it...

@derDKP

2 жыл бұрын

Nice second account Sam...

@AndrewPonti

2 жыл бұрын

When you think it, the universe delivers. Manifesting is real, apparently!

@dahat1992

2 жыл бұрын

He wouldn't unless you put wings on the U-Haul.

@Ronaldo-eu1nz

2 жыл бұрын

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@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

If it's a question about why something weird happens, that's Sam from HAI's jurisdiction. Sam from Wendover would be more like "How U-Haul Operates Across the Entire United States."

There are actually far more than 50 registration systems in the US. In addition to 50 states there's also DC, the Insular Areas of PR, VI, GU, MP, and AS, and dozens of Indian Nations that all also register vehicles and issue license plates.

@skore9975

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, also the State Department and the GSA

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

True, but most if not all Native-American tribes only register official vehicles of the tribe's government, while the State Department only does this with ambassadors, diplomats, and their staff (and I think their families that may also be in the U.S.?). However, for the purposes of the video, it seems nothing outside the conterminous (the actual proper term for some reason) United States (which still means 49 jurisdictions as D.C. is still part of it). I don't get why Alaska doesn't count when the Trans-Alaska highway exist.🤔 www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-constitutes-united-states-what-are-official-definitions

@daffquess7006

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention diplomat plates, and at least where I live, people like National Reserve recruiters and the like drive with a weird federal plate, white with blue writing and a faint american flag in the background

@Kisanorame

2 жыл бұрын

@@sion8 I know for sure cherokee tribe lets people with cherokee citizenship get cherokee nation plates, and they're quite a bit cheaper than the state plates and look cooler too.

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kisanorame Well, that's why I said “most if not all” as I'm not exactly sure of the limit, but they definitely don't do the general public. But, now I feel I was being disingenuous, as it is true that tribe members in many can get their vehicles registered with their tribe's government instead of the state government that they also live in, instead of just vehicles owned by the tribe. Same goes for driver's licenses as well.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say they picked Arizona because they like the cacti, because if they really wanted to pay less in taxes and registration fees, they should have called up Indiana where a lot of other companies with big fleets register their vehicles due to lower fees. Also, they can get a pretty sweet plate design that shows off their company logo.

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

I mean sure, but I'm sure Arizona also gives them low fees. Indiana doesn't have a monopoly on low fee truck registration, there are others.

@janmelantu7490

2 жыл бұрын

And they would only need to buy one plate per vehicle because for some reason Indiana doesn’t require front plates

@stevenhollingsworth3249

2 жыл бұрын

@@janmelantu7490 Arizona Doesn't issue front plates either.

@nlpnt

2 жыл бұрын

IIRC U-Haul was registered entirely in AZ long before Indiana got into the fleet-registration flag of convenience thing.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

And also because nobody would want to be in Indiana.

I live in Ontario, saw a U-haul with an Arizona license plate yesterday, and thought to myself "Why is it registered in Arizona?" Then this video comes out a day later. Sam you're a psychic

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad Sam wasn't there to see it; he could've gotten some footage for the video.

@bensteedman100

2 жыл бұрын

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 True, I should've taken a picture. I also rented a u-haul in BC and it also had an Arizona plate. Kind of a weird coincidence

Sam from half as interesting. I want you to know that hello fresh DOESN'T save you money most of the time it cost MORE money for the same meal. And it also does not reduce the amount of waste most of the time.

@acerIOstream

2 жыл бұрын

Truth

@autumnrain7626

2 жыл бұрын

Absolute truth. Bumping this comment lol

@flyingskier1913

2 жыл бұрын

they're also really big into union busting

@gireeshgprasad7589

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Tried it and found it significantly more expensive than buying groceries. So I downloaded all the recipes that I liked from their website and stopped my subscription. But have to agree that it does make cooking more convenient if you're an absolute noob.

@gparyani

2 жыл бұрын

@@gireeshgprasad7589 Or if you don't have a car and live too far from a grocery store

I've used U-Haul a few times within Canada. Some of the permanent Canadian fleet have a Canadian speedometer in KM/h. Some have a US speedo in MPH. You really have to pay attention to which one you get when you pick up the truck. Even the Canadian spec trucks are registered in Arizona, though!

@Demonslayer20111

Жыл бұрын

The us models do have km/h its just smaller and inside the outer ring

@MorganMagnus

Жыл бұрын

@@Demonslayer20111 Yes, and Canadian speedos are the reverse. What I was getting at is you really need to check which one you have because it isn't the big numbers by default.

I live in Arizona and never noticed this when traveling outside of the state. I always assumed that it was always people moving away whenever I saw them here

@Ronaldo-eu1nz

2 жыл бұрын

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@kingding-a-ling9794

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, I'm in Avondale...Thought they were local trucks because we have sooo many Uhaul rental places

@seamanmyers

2 жыл бұрын

For a while I thought the same too. But became a truck driver and noticed it outside of AZ. I figured it had to do with where U-Haul was located but now I see the whole thing

@patrickjarvis631

2 жыл бұрын

I was always just like oh hey someone moving from AZ, that's exotic

@TheEDFLegacy

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Ontario, so when I noticed all the U-Hauls having Arizona plates, I quickly put two and two together. I can see why those who live close to or in Arizona would make that mistake, though. That being said I was very confused why that was the case, so this video was useful for me all the same. And yes, we have no Waffle Houses. Shameful!

4:04 "Interstate busses" **Uses a stock video of a DPP City bus which never travels outside of Prague**

@kamilb.3643

2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I spotted too!

@krejcar25

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly! Hands up all who take 183 every day! 🙋🏻‍♂

Another error for the annual "we were wrong" video: U-Hauls have to pass an annual DOT inspection. This is what that FAI sticker at eye level next to the driver's door is. Rather than standing for failure at interesting, it stands for Federal Annual Inspection, and is required on any commercial vehicle regardless of size.

So, what I learned is that the registration of U-Haul trucks in AZ was made possible only by the loss of millions of lives, including at least one archduke, at least one U.S. president, and at least one fuhrer.

@omargoodman2999

2 жыл бұрын

So you're saying it happened after there was one fewer fuhrer?

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

No, but yes…?

@jk-gb4et

2 жыл бұрын

Well yeah but that list of things affected WAY MORE modern systems that we have in our world today lol

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the deaths of billions of humans who lived in ancient times.

@jk-gb4et

2 жыл бұрын

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 It wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the lives of billions of humans who lived in ancient times.

I worked at a uhaul store for a year and a half in Ontario and the in town trucks have Ontario safety decals in the windshields and I’ve seen the safety decals from other provinces as well on one ways. Also the trailers are Registered everywhere but I think they are registered in the region that they were initially put into service in. To anyone needing to rent a u haul when it’s snowing no matter how big a truck you need get a 15 or 20 foot the dual rear wheels make them way better in the snow.

@Dr_Do-Little

2 жыл бұрын

They're mostly register in Alberta I think. Somewhere in the prairie. When they're not register in the U.S.A. You'll never find with a Québec licence plate. Or if you do, buy a lottery ticket. As our cost are notably higher. p.s. There's reasons why it cost more and in good part it's our "no fault" system and public coverage for road related injuries.

This was definitely something I’ve been wondering because every uhaul we’ve rented has had an Arizona plate except the one time a trailer we rented had a Quebec plate.

"We need to transport more goods across our country!" "So... more trains, I got you." "No, let's do something that is ten times less efficient."

@foty8679

2 жыл бұрын

America in a nutshell

@RedRocketthefirst

2 жыл бұрын

Why?! WHY??

@narfharder

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I once heard an unsubstantiated rumor (which I promptly never followed up on) that the interstate system was at least partly intended for fast emergency military mobilization.

@machintelligence

2 жыл бұрын

@@narfharder The rumor is true. Also for emergency evacuation of cities in case of nuclear war.

@DrZaius3141

Жыл бұрын

@@narfharder Yet trains are better in that regard as well. The moment you have a lot to get from A to B and ships aren't an option, nothing beats trains. They are more efficient (less fuel consumed), faster (no traffic on tracks), more modular (how many waggons you want?), more compact (the entire train arrives at the same time), more reliable (fewer engines). The only advantage trucks/cars have is if you have short distances AND multiple end points.

When I was moving apartments in Vancouver, BC, I decided to use U-Haul, and all of them (except for the vans) are registered in Arizona. Not only that, since it's an American-spec truck, the dials are all in miles, so it was pretty fun to figure out how fast we were going (not that it was going really fast). That's the first time I ever drove an "American" vehicle.

i got curious about this topic funny enough when I saw an arizona plated uhaul in ontario. Then I noticed every state I was in, they always had az plates

Depending on the exact combination of states and the exact truck it's often cheaper to just register it in two states and roll around with both sets of license plates. Say you're a road construction company, but the asphalt in the next state over is cheaper. Register your dump trucks in both states! AFAIK it's always cheaper to do apportioned registration if you're going to need 3 or more states, though.

3:28 jfk was not assassinated in 1968. It was RFK. I wonder how that went through the writing team and no one noticed - if it was a joke?

You didn't just say 1968 was when JFK was assassinated, did you? I'm pretty sure the good folks in Dallas on November 22, 1963 have a bone to pick with that.

@CaptNSquared

2 жыл бұрын

I like how I didn't know this because of JFK, I knew this because of the release date of Doctor Who's first episode. Anyways, can't wait to see this again come New Years!

@AldousTyler

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptNSquared - That's actually my point of reference as well for memorizing the date

@RunaroundAtNight

2 жыл бұрын

Let's pretend he said RFK.

@AldousTyler

2 жыл бұрын

@@RunaroundAtNight - I'd love to, but he also SHOWED JFK's picture

As a person from Canada I can confirm most of them do have an Arizona plate.

I know you were joking, but my cousin actually has a mobile escape room business in DC. Basically, it is a big bus with a complex escape room inside it, which drives to your party venue. That way you don't have to go anywhere to have an escape room experience. I am actually working for him over the summer holiday designing these rooms, and it's great work experience for my mechanical engineering degree.

Living in Arizona my whole life I have never wondered why the UHauls has Arizona plates. Did not realize all of them had them.

3:44 The island of Newfoundland was highlighted but Labrador was not, despite the fact that Newfoundland and Labrador is a single political entity. It's not possible for a car to be registered in one region but not the other. To be fair the province was just called "Newfoundland" back in 1968 (not being formally renamed to "Newfoundland and Labrador" until 2001,) but despite the name, the province did include Labrador.

You didn't even cover the "fun" part of apportioned registrations. That would be filling out the IRS form 2290 (report of milage in each state by each truck), which would be simple if you worked for a big company with computerized tracking of miles driven in each state. On the other hand, working for a little Mom & Pops trucking company with a few dozen trucks gets... interesting! Just imagine sorting through piles of trip envelopes that have milages scribbled down or missing and having to sort, compute, compile and transfer all that to an official government form by hand. The last time I had to do that it took almost a week and is one of the things I miss the least from that job!

@theenzoferrari458

2 жыл бұрын

Just make up a random number.

@OntarioTrafficMan

2 жыл бұрын

You can automate it with a gps trace and geofences. If there's not already an app for that, there should be because all the tech you need is already in every smartphone.

@MonkeyJedi99

2 жыл бұрын

@@OntarioTrafficMan That assumes some things. That the company is spending the money to GPS their trucks or have drivers willing to turn over the GPS records of their trips (and remember to do so all of the time). It also assumes that rogermac358 is talking about a time after the invention of GPS and smart phones.

@rogermac358

2 жыл бұрын

@@OntarioTrafficMan It wasn't a problem with the technology not being available, but the owner not wanting to spend the money. Cheaper to have the salaried safety guy work more "free" hours than to pay for the trackers. The trackers came after 2 drivers (and loaded trucks) went missing for a couple of days each, one of which almost cost us one of our biggest customers.

@rogermac358

2 жыл бұрын

@@theenzoferrari458 Did have a number of estimates for some of the missing data!

My dad was an owner operator when Georgia switched to the IRP in the late '80s. I sent in the paperwork and got it back less than a week before deadline rejected because they needed a title for the truck. It was a 15-year-old Freightliner that didn't have a title anymore. They finally decided I needed to take it to two dealerships and get estimates on the value so they could put a bond on it and I could get a bonded title. It took me nine trips to downtown Atlanta to get this done and on the final one I was actually sitting in the head of the Department of revenues office while he tried to figure out where our license plate was at. They literally had trucks lined up around the state capitol and pissed off truck drivers lining the hallway. They had about eight state troopers in there just in case anybody decided to act a fool. It was a freaking fiasco

Glad someone did a video on this, every Uhaul location in my city (Oshawa, onTario) has Arizona plates on their Trucks, Vans, and Cube Vans

The fact that so much information was packed in 5 minutes is a testament to how good this channel is

@stepawayful

2 жыл бұрын

Does it matter if any of that information was correct or not? 🤔

@FastSloth87

2 жыл бұрын

*4 minutes, there was a whole minute of ad there.

@hottubking1229

2 ай бұрын

70% was wrong, but you do you.

@u686st7

2 ай бұрын

They could get it down to 2 minutes by leaving out the lame jokes.

I'm sure it will come up in comments, but moving from "one province to another" doesn't match the visuals because Yukon is a territory.

@LoPhatKao

2 жыл бұрын

some americans cant even remember nunavut exists honestly cant expect them to remember the difference between a province and territory their brains are too full of arguing about why their political furry is better than the other guys

I live in Ontario and I’ve always wondered why every Uhaul has had Arizona Licence plates. Seemed random

Not 100% sure you actually will be reducing your carbon footprint with Hellofresh? For a start no one uses it as a complete replacement to shopping at their local supermarket, so that means you have the extra carbon footprint of the delivery. But the biggest peave with HF is the ridiculous amounts of non recyclable packaging. Everytime I ever got HF I was filling my rubbish bin up instead of my already pretty small food waste bin. Not to mention the fact that the distribution points of a small company like HF compared to a big company like a supermarket chain means that they will inevitably be using more fuel to actually distribute the food. The only thing I'd actually recommend HF for is to learn to cook new recipes, but once you have them then just buy in bulk from your local SM and recycle the better packaging you get there.

@Ronaldo-eu1nz

2 жыл бұрын

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@Delritho

2 жыл бұрын

That and the prices of things from HF are rather high compared to what I can get locally, honestly only kept it for as long as I did because I had a promo code, and to get the recipe cards.

@nulious

2 жыл бұрын

anytime I need a new recipe I find them free using google

@rklammer

2 жыл бұрын

@@nulious yeah that is true, but what I did like about HF is that it gave you the exact amounts of the correct ingredients so you know that what you make is what it's meant to be and so you can then get the correct ingredients and amounts from the SM next time. Not to mention it is good encouragement to try new recipes that you wouldn't normally and that you would be worried about messing up.

@brianbarker2551

2 жыл бұрын

well he can't trash the sponsors, so, yeah.

“Back then trains did all the long haul shipping and trucks stayed in their own states” yaaaay we’ve only gone backwards since then. :(

So THAT's why you see trucks with tons of different license plates in old movies!

2:09 I feel like Sam is laughing a bit here, I can hear him smiling.

I live in Ontario and at work have had 6 UHauls come in this week for pickups. This video made me check the plates… all Arizona. It’s too bad I couldn’t provide you photos of the plates for Ontario.

In Germany, a heavily federalist nation, many things are done on a state level. Every county has it's own DMV and one or multiple license plate denominators (e.g. B for Berlin or F for Frankfurt/Main). All license plates look the same, so no difference between states. The vehicle tax is a federal tax, there are no state vehicle taxes. It's what makes the most sense, so that no state can lower taxes to attract businesses to register their vehicles there.

@fredupstairs8234

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but spotting different state plates on a family road trip can give the kids something to do.

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently, Australia has a federal trailer truck license plate, but it doesn't cover all commercial vehicles that engage in interstate commerce in that country. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Australia#National_Heavy_Vehicle_Registration_Scheme

you also left out that every U-Haul is inspected in the state or province that it is assigned to or is located in when its current inspection is due for renewal.

@pigletshut

2 ай бұрын

"Is located in when its current inspection is due for renewal." The other thing is a side effect of this - when it's assigned to a location that's where it's usually at, assuming it hasn't been on a one wat rental.

i was trying to remember your channel name and i came up with "not as interesting" so that interesting-ness meter was really funny to me

Well researched. I actually was impressed you learned about the bingo board.

I'm sorry, when you said the best thing to happen to truckers happened, I was NOT expecting you to just say Franz Ferdinand gets assassinated

@imveryangryitsnotbutter

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody expects the archduke assassination!

If you needed a picture of an Arizona plate on a U-Haul in Ontario you should have asked! Would take 30 seconds to provide one to you!

Interesting add on from me! I work for a company contracted by a state tollway, basically turning pictures of plates of people who don't pay tolls (for one reason or another) into data that is then used to contact that person and ask for the missed toll. Now, part of that information being entered includes the type of plate - of note in this case is Passenger and Approtioned Truck. Normally, apportioned plates (including those that say Apportioned on them) get registered as Apportioned Truck (or Apportioned Trailer in some cases, though most are Truck). Except Arizona plates on UHauls. Those we are told to register as Passenger. If it's not a Uhaul with one of those plates then it's Apportioned as normal.

I was at a Home Depot here in Ontario Canada yesterday and noticed that all their rental trailers had Arizona plates...24 hrs later I get the answer to my question!

This is a fun video, and exactly the sort of mostly useless fact fest that I most enjoy from Half as Interesting. I do have one niggle, though. JFK was assassinated in 1963. I know because I remember the trailer for In The Line of Fire. I'll have to check, but I think RFK was the one killed in '68.

A fun little fact, the stock footage for "interstate buses and things like that" at 4:06 is a city bus in Prague, Czech Republic (Europe).

@RedRocketthefirst

2 жыл бұрын

I think we all know in which continent that is.

@gfreark

Жыл бұрын

I also was thinking the same thing.... I know this stop.

@scythal

Жыл бұрын

@@RedRocketthefirst Not the Americans!

@RedRocketthefirst

Жыл бұрын

@@scythal Even them i think.

U-Haul trucks in Canada uses MPH at the top and km/h at the inner circle bottom. Also in Canada that the country uses km/h speed limits. Mileage uses miles and MPG fuel units. We had to convert to Metric and L/100km

I've always wondered about the Apportioned plates... thanks!!

0:42 Because Why, Arizona is a small unincorporated town with no official municipality. It's practically the wild west. P.S. How can you let a joke about Why, AZ slip by. Come on man!

I actually noticed that and knew about this quirk for regulations… It’s amazing money really does drive peoples behaviors!

Always nice to see an Arizona video as an Arizona resident.

@4:03 "Interstate buses" Bus 183 arrives at total periphery to a bus stop whose name is best translated as "On hamster"

So depending on where it drives it has to pay that state partially, but how would you even enforce or track that accurately?

@xanpenguin754

2 жыл бұрын

Trucker logs

@IOwnCalculus

2 жыл бұрын

These days there's no reason they couldn't track it with GPS if they wanted to, but I have a strong suspicion that UHaul treats every in-town rental as it staying within the state it was rented in, and has some formulas worked out for point-to-point rentals between states. Whatever error there would be in that math shouldn't stack up in any one jurisdiction's favor anyway when applied across that many rentals.

@ian3580

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheDigileet Except UHauls are rented by everyday people without commercial drivers licenses or requirements to keep logs.

@ian3580

2 жыл бұрын

​@@xanpenguin754 Trucker logs.....on a UHaul?

@xanpenguin754

2 жыл бұрын

@@ian3580 rental logs. Might not get every state every time but you’ll get point a and point b easily enough

Ontario has universal health care, gun control, social service, public transportation and very cold winters. Take you pick. I'm partial to the eastern part of Ontario, though I live in SoCal. The winter part is something I try to avoid. Been there done that.

@BigOlSmellyFlashlight

2 жыл бұрын

well still better than the blazing heat of summer

@brianbarker2551

2 жыл бұрын

And Doug Ford, don't forget him.

@pigletshut

2 ай бұрын

Sucks, a federal thing, sucks, sucks, sucks. Oh yeah, that fat hate fodder sucks too. Greetings from Toronto.

When I was in College many years ago, my parents lived in NM, my school was in AZ. Since I had gainful employment in both states I registered my car and displayed plates from both AZ & NM.

Woah, this was something. When I rented a U Haul here in Windsor, ON, it was infact registered in Arizona. I thought someone might have dropped off theirs to Windsor and I must have gotten that.

JFK was 1963, RFK was 1968. 54 years ago yesterday in fact.

@robertfischer2015

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw that

@CJonesApple

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertfischer2015 I did go back just to check I didn't mishear. I have errored before in that regard.

Heh, that's kinda funny. Does make me wonder how registration differs across Europe - of course within the EU it doesn't practically matter, and companies similarly register at their headquarters, but I wonder to which degree the actual requirements for registration are harmonised.

@LC-tz2ex

2 жыл бұрын

You can't choose in Europe. Every country has his own administration. You need to have a company in the country or live to drive a car with this numberplate. I work for a German company but can't legally drive a German car for more then 2 weeks.

@jonasdatlas4668

2 жыл бұрын

@@LC-tz2ex really? That last part is news to me. I wonder if it’s a straight up legal limitation or an insurance thing.

@LC-tz2ex

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonasdatlas4668 I've should have to mention that I live in the Netherlands and I'm Dutch. So it's a TAX on cars in the Netherlands issue.

@jonasdatlas4668

2 жыл бұрын

@@LC-tz2ex ah, interesting. I’ll have to look into this more, I’m curious now how other EU countries do it :D

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

It's a good question, I remember I saw somewhere in the comments of a KZread video about general concept of license plates that apparently Poland has a lot of toll collecting stations as a way to recoup from trucks outside of Poland that come in and out to be able to maintain it's infrastructure or something like that, as the EU Customs Union allows truck drivers from members (🇪🇺🇦🇩🇲🇨🇸🇲🇹🇷) to come in and out of any member country (Schengen Area is only for leisure travel, not commercial).

4:06 Prague stock footage! Nice to see my hometown in your videos 😅

That’s funny. I live in Ottawa and just yesterday I saw a u-haul truck with an Arizona plate and wondered why. Thanks for the info

Correction, JFK was killed in 1963 and the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. You made it sound like it was in 1968.

@rufflesinc

2 жыл бұрын

his brother RFK was assassinated in 1968

@birdrocket

2 жыл бұрын

The Fair Housing Act (AKA Civil Rights Act of 1968) passed in 1968

@AldousTyler

2 жыл бұрын

@@rufflesinc - which is not the picture he used or the initials he said.

my dawg, JFK was not assassinated in 1968. to keep things half interesting you still gotta check all yo' facts not just half of them!

@MyDude199

2 жыл бұрын

That is why we get the funn once a year you messed up videos lmao.

3:10 Dang! I'm old. I remember as a very young one having seen those plates back in the early 80's. And yes, no safety inspections.

Loving the loopholes

This week's lesson in the "The USA is fucking insane" curriculum: Having each state manage their own license system for no apparent reason whatsoever

@Abi-bi6cb

2 жыл бұрын

haha, honestly why do they make their lives so complicated

@stevenhollingsworth3249

2 жыл бұрын

@@Abi-bi6cb Its because the constitution of the United States states any power not explicitly Federal belongs to the States and vehicle registration has never been declared a Federal power, thus it is a power of the States.

@Abi-bi6cb

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenhollingsworth3249 fair enough, I’m in the UK and most things are standardised across the country so it’s always enlightening to see the differences

@jessicacolegrove4152

Жыл бұрын

Honestly the US federal government probably could make a commercial truck plate under the interstate commerce clause. However they have likely decided not to bother with it as the states having figured out a way to do it on there own

Dear Sam, I really enjoy all the content you and your team produce. I have a nebula subscription because of you. In fact I enjoy your content so much that if your produced a porno, I’d watch that as well… and still learn something every episode.

@goinkosu

2 жыл бұрын

Did Sam write this comment from one of his alts?

0:13 I actually just went by the one on Litchfield Road in Goodyear as I was on my way to take the last of the five GED tests so I could graduate high school early.

Unsurprisingly in a state as large as Alaska, Alaska has a SHIT TON of uhaul places and are often completely rented out on their pickup trucks. That's what happens when deciding to move inside the state can mean moving 40 minutes away or 6 1/2 hours away (sometimes farther).

1:35 My friend who has the initials 'KKK'

HAI using Czech public transport footage again...

Most of your large fleet trucking companies are apportioned in Illinois or Indiana. Many lease trailers are licensed in Maine or Oklahoma.

Every summer for two years, I rented a U-Haul truck (standard-issue AZ plates) to lug my sailing club's juniors' equipment around Ontario. In the first year, the engine didn't work as advertised, and in addition to getting filthy from every surface I touched, I found myself struggling with intermittent lights and instruments and an inability to do 40 mph for more than half an hour without overheating. In the second year, I got stuck with a unit with totally terrifying brakes, so I complained to the Ministry of Transport. "We can't do anything," said the gov't guy. "If we inspect it and fail it, we can pull the plates, but they just phone Arizona, and tell them the plates were stolen. Arizona couriers them a new set and away they go. It's like Whack-A-Mole." I haven't heard any complaints recently (but then regatta season hasn't really started), but if you value your hide, remember the real reason U-Haul uses AZ plates and find another supplier.

@iamthestig1

2 жыл бұрын

Surely their trucks need to have an MOT or similar...

@scuppersthesailordog

2 жыл бұрын

​@@iamthestig1 I'm sure these trucks start out life as reasonably sound vehicles with all the necessary stamps and seals of safety -- but after a year or so of rough handling by uncaring renters, and non-existent maintenance by people incapable of either recognizing a problem or remedying simple flaws, a once- useful truck turns into the terrifying pile of junk I was handed by a half-wit who couldn't recognize that non-functional brakes might be considered a problem.

I did always wonder why they were registered in Arizona...

@iamarizonaball2642

2 жыл бұрын

Speaking of why Arizona, there actually is a place called why, Arizona.

@preciadoalex123

2 жыл бұрын

Money saving loophole

Jfk was not assassinated in 1968. It was 1963.

@doomslayerobama

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah LMAO, Robert f. Kennedy died in 1968

@Swimmerwoad

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what the deep state wants you to think

@CaptainConfuzion

2 жыл бұрын

That's what they want you to think

@Army-xn9tj

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainConfuzion why?

@RedSkeletonGames

2 ай бұрын

@@CaptainConfuzionIt was 63, don't go around confusing people

As someone in Arizona i call bullshit on the "nobody moves from AZ to Ontario". We have a name for them, "SnowBirds". They go North for the summer and south for the winter.

Pretty cool. I know a bunch of people who went to Texas A&M and will definitely share this with them.

Just FYI, JFK wasn’t killed in 68.

Today's fact: A cockroach will live for weeks without its head before it starves to death

@rocketman1969

2 жыл бұрын

First...

@imveryangryitsnotbutter

2 жыл бұрын

Only up to 1 week, actually. Which is still impressive, don't get me wrong, but it's a far cry from what you claim.

That was actually interesting! Not just half interesting! Thanks HAI!

When I drove for Swift flatbed I noticed most of our trailers were registered in Oklahoma. I asked my trainer when I was in training why that is when Swift is HQed in Phoenix AZ and he said because registration costs in Oklahoma are lower. But when I went solo and got issued my own truck it was registered in Indiana which is welhere I live and where my home terminal was.

US Map @2:53 is a joke... Look at Michigan ✋🏽 - Can you please make a half as interesting episode about all the ridiculous maps used of the USA that either doesn't show Michigan at all or it is drawn by a 2 year old? Seriously, the map you used is hilarious! Still love your videos, keep up the good work!

@OntarioTrafficMan

2 жыл бұрын

The map at 3:43 is missing Labrador, (the mainland portion of Newfoundland and Labrador). Last I checked, they hadn't seceded from Newfoundland.

I worked at u-haul for a while as one of their reservation managers (ie, the ones that make sure reservations across a region all get proper equipment assigned to them.) I've never worked for a company that cared *less* about their customers than U-Haul. It was both terrible and refreshing in a weird way.

4:05 this is in Czech Republic, a Czech bus SOR City NB12 lol

4:05 Bus stop "Na Křečku" in Prague (part Horní Měcholupy south-east end of city), Czech republic, central Europe. Not related to North America, but ... you are welcome.

Living in Arizona I genuinely never knew this

@owencollins8561

2 жыл бұрын

Living in Ireland neither did I

Come on guys, highlight the Canadian provinces correctly. If you are going to highlight Newfoundland Island on a map, include the other half of the province in the outline instead of leaving a weird chunk out of Canada.

@njdevilku1340

2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing there are no rental trucks in Labrador.

@handspiker1994

2 жыл бұрын

@@njdevilku1340 Goose Bay has one

@njdevilku1340

2 жыл бұрын

@@handspiker1994 Wow, didn't think they had the population in Labrador.

It’s a similar situation in Germany, where businesses register their commercial fleets n the authority that they are headquartered in… no matter where in the country their vehicles are used.

Bellisimo! You managed to not answer a single one of the questions about U-Haul you asked in the beginning. I'm not complaining; merely pointing it out. I was entertained as usual with informational tidbits that will leave my brain almost as quickly as they entered, but I was left hanging... WHY ARIZONA?!?

Rather have Tim Hortons than Waffle House.🍁

@mehere8299

2 жыл бұрын

Rather have Salisbury House than either.

@sblack53

2 жыл бұрын

I mean Ohio reportedly sucks but it does have both Tim’s and Waffle House.

I think he means RFK assassinated. JFK was 1963.

@coldham77

2 жыл бұрын

But he showed footage of JFK. Someone messed up.

4:05 Says: "Interstate buses" Shows: Public transportation bus in PRAGUE, Czech Republic.

After FDR, the Eisenhower Interstate System also had a feature where any vehicle on the Interstate did not have to follow state laws. I'm not sure if this had any effect on state registration or not

as a canadian whos been to a waffle house, i still dont get the hype

@sean269

2 жыл бұрын

You weren’t drunk enough

@AndrewPonti

2 жыл бұрын

As an American that has never been either, I also don't get it. That doesn't mean much because I actually don't get a lot of what we do here but I guess that pretty typical right now!

"Alaska doesn't have roads." LMFAO

they also register a small portion in new york too!

HAI gave me half an answer leaving me only half as satisfied. Now this is the content i came here for!!!