Why All U-Hauls are Registered in Arizona

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[@clementmazzini9783]

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

[@The_Gay_Tramp]

Also JFK was assassinated in 63, not 68

[@sion8]

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]

And JFK was assassinated in 1963, not 1968

[@Shadow_Glider]

I was just about to comment that!

[@ababybadger9730]

And JFK was assassinated in 1963, not 1968

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

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 bots, then there were no more bots.

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3mwY6OLl9-Ib80 Finally it's here

[@alahiri2002]

@@howtobeamess402 you spoke two soon

[@howtobeamess402]

@@alahiri2002 ye

[@howtobeamess402]

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

[@KarelPletsStriker]

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]

Thank you for this

[@RainerWarrior666]

Quite large corrections, I would say.

[@deviationblue]

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

[@KatsCreations85]

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

[@stepawayful]

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

[@Carlos7Matute]

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

[@sblack53]

Add Québec to that list too.

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3mwY6OLl9-Ib80 Finally it's here

[@seamanmyers]

And Indiana

[@capitalistpig1967]

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

[@Carlos7Matute]

@@capitalistpig1967 thats a good one!

[@andrew2473]

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]

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

[@andrew2473]

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

[@dauntingzebra7396]

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

[@andrew2473]

@@dauntingzebra7396 Phoenix isn’t.

[@ericemmons3040]

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

[@marvindebot3264]

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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3mwY6OLl9-Ib80 Finally it's here

[@IOUaUsername]

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]

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]

@our hero I’ve seen worse

[@bluedogtransportwa]

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

[@anthonyfleming8334]

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]

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

[@rey2352]

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

[@emperornortoni2871]

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]

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

[@adamazingballs]

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

[@skore9975]

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]

Oh, also the State Department and the GSA

[@sion8]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@TimothyStuder]

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]

Nice second account Sam...

[@AndrewPonti]

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

[@dahat1992]

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

[@Ronaldo-eu1nz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3mwY6OLl9-Ib80 Finally it's here

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

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."

[@eaglescout1984]

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]

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]

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

[@stevenhollingsworth3249]

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

[@nlpnt]

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

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

And also because nobody would want to be in Indiana.

[@user-ug1th8gt8o]

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]

Truth

[@autumnrain7626]

Absolute truth. Bumping this comment lol

[@flyingskier1913]

they're also really big into union busting

[@gireeshgprasad7589]

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]

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

[@bensteedman100]

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]

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

[@bensteedman100]

@@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

[@rubinortiz2311]

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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3mwY6OLl9-Ib80 Finally it's here

[@kingding-a-ling9794]

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

[@seamanmyers]

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]

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

[@TheEDFLegacy]

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!

[@JimboRustles]

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

[@jaredkennedy6576]

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.

[@MorganMagnus]

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]

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

[@MorganMagnus]

@@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.

[@FilFee]

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

[@kamilb.3643]

That's exactly what I spotted too!

[@krejcar25]

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

[@justinkoster4417]

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]

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.

[@Lorkdemper]

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]

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

[@sion8]

No, but yes…?

[@jk-gb4et]

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

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

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

[@jk-gb4et]

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

[@wileyjones5528]

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

[@stepawayful]

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

[@FastSloth87]

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

[@hottubking1229]

70% was wrong, but you do you.

[@u686st7]

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

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

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?

[@AldousTyler]

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]

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]

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

[@RunaroundAtNight]

Let's pretend he said RFK.

[@AldousTyler]

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

[@benjaminp4018]

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]

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

[@boofgremlin]

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

[@DrZaius3141]

"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]

America in a nutshell

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Why?! WHY??

[@narfharder]

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]

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

[@DrZaius3141]

@@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.

[@Marsupial2]

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.

[@peppamintyy]

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.

[@sagehewson3950]

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.

[@agucciverse]

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

[@EyeMWing]

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.

[@champion8795]

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

[@rogermac358]

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]

Just make up a random number.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@Mishterius]

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.

[@rklammer]

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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3mwY6OLl9-Ib80 Finally it's here

[@Delritho]

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]

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

[@rklammer]

@@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]

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

[@tonytavoularis5573]

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

[@Emblazened]

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

[@lightningbot85]

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

[@mississaugaicedogs]

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]

"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.

[@JimDean002]

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

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

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

[@uriulrich4918]

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]

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

[@sion8]

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

[@doomslayerobama]

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]

Nobody expects the archduke assassination!

[@anyatwomingo]

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

[@bigassslabs-chainsawmillin8461]

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!

[@lightcer3]

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

[@Henchman1977]

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!

[@DAWMiller]

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.

[@ajbXYZcool]

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.

[@rikidastarace6590]

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.

[@chernobly8728]

Just FYI, JFK wasn’t killed in 68.

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

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

[@rbryanhull]

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

[@kevintischer]

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]

his brother RFK was assassinated in 1968

[@birdrocket]

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

[@AldousTyler]

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

[@bagnome]

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!

[@AGDinCA]

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

[@dannypipewrench533]

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

[@Calebs_Aviation]

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

[@Powertampa]

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

[@xanpenguin754]

Trucker logs

[@IOwnCalculus]

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]

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

[@ian3580]

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

[@xanpenguin754]

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

[@andersjjensen]

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?!?

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

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

[@oliverbielovic1559]

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]

I think we all know in which continent that is.

[@gfreark]

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

[@scythal]

@@RedRocketthefirst Not the Americans!

[@RedRocketthefirst]

@@scythal Even them i think.

[@Pyette91]

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]

Did Sam write this comment from one of his alts?

[@dhavalsavalia]

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.

[@aidanmcgregor8789]

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

[@jonasdatlas4668]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@sion8]

It's a good question, I remember I saw somewhere in the comments of a KZbin 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).

[@cidercreekranch]

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]

well still better than the blazing heat of summer

[@brianbarker2551]

And Doug Ford, don't forget him.

[@pigletshut]

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

[@funwithoutpants]

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).

[@scuppersthesailordog]

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]

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

[@scuppersthesailordog]

​@@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.

[@CJonesApple]

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

[@robertfischer2015]

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

[@CJonesApple]

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

[@rocketman1969]

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

[@iamarizonaball2642]

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

[@preciadoalex123]

Money saving loophole

[@cyberherbalist]

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

[@preciadoalex123]

Loving the loopholes

[@Army-xn9tj]

Jfk was not assassinated in 1968. It was 1963.

[@doomslayerobama]

Yeah LMAO, Robert f. Kennedy died in 1968

[@Swimmerwoad]

Thats what the deep state wants you to think

[@CaptainConfuzion]

That's what they want you to think

[@Army-xn9tj]

@@CaptainConfuzion why?

[@RedSkeletonGames]

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

[@Friek555]

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]

haha, honestly why do they make their lives so complicated

[@stevenhollingsworth3249]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@samuelkolesar]

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

[@carlgodsoe9424]

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.

[@mickys8705]

HAI using Czech public transport footage again...

[@Salomonskier720]

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]

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

[@facyual9061]

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.

[@nerdmachine5551]

Mobile escape room! These jokes are amazing dude. I love it here

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

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

[@rocketman1969]

First...

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

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.

[@waldo1967]

Rather have Tim Hortons than Waffle House.🍁

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Rather have Salisbury House than either.

[@sblack53]

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

[@jordanspencer2157]

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

[@dannypipewrench533]

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.

[@handspiker1994]

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]

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

[@handspiker1994]

@@njdevilku1340 Goose Bay has one

[@njdevilku1340]

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

[@DaremKurosaki]

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.

[@darthalex314]

Yukon isn't a province. It's a territory. Also, JFK was assassinated in 1963, not 1968.

[@tommylillie9622]

*most uhauls in Canada have Arizona plates all the box trucks have Arizona plates the pickup trucks and cargo vans are registered to the local province IE the in town trucks are registered local that's just Ontario

[@jf6375]

I think he means RFK assassinated. JFK was 1963.

[@coldham77]

But he showed footage of JFK. Someone messed up.

[@mrpyro333]

Living in Arizona I genuinely never knew this

[@owencollins8561]

Living in Ireland neither did I

[@raidger4]

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

[@paveladamek3502]

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

[@LexSnipe49]

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

[@sean269]

You weren’t drunk enough

[@AndrewPonti]

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!

[@samomuransky4455]

The Prague city bus while Wendover talks about US interstare buses triggered my OCD. This would never happen with a plane!

[@kolomaznik333]

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.

[@wendygo7962]

I'm so glad you have an extra interesting meter, may i borrow it? Mine has been off the charts for so long, i can't tell if it's working or not

[@albear972]

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.

[@StsFiveOneLima]

"Alaska doesn't have roads." LMFAO

[@peterkovacs8118]

4:04 Mentions interstate buses in the US, shows a footage video of a city public transport bus in Prague, Czech republic. I LOL'd

[@victornunes9845]

2:22 FDR was the president that declared war on Germany in WW2, not WW1. I expect to see this in the end of year "all mistakes we made" video.