In the '90s, driving to Chicago, I took a shortcut through Gary, Indiana. I got pulled over for stopping at a red light. Cop told me never to do that in Gary.
"Don't worry, we won't ticket you," he said. I had to ask why. He said, "We'd rather you run a red light than us have to scrape you up off the side of the road."
To this day, that's the most surreal moment I've ever had driving.