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People walking around the Presidential Limousine is during the Presidential Inauguration.
Gonna say it was the Prez's parade.
And those are secret service agents
Nah. They've been doing that for ages, for all kinds of visits. Kennedy's Secret Service agents walked his limousine in Dallas when he was shot. I remember the agent just behind the vehicle jumping onto the trunk and climbing in.
@@GaiaOne So the man who jumped in was Secret Service agent Clint Hill. At the moment of the shots, he was riding on the running boards of the vehicle behind. He jumped off and ran towards the car. He was the one who pushed Mrs. Kennedy back into the car as she was trying to collect the brain matter of her husband. Clint Hill has done several interviews with Mike Rowe on his podcast The Way I Heard It. They are fantastic listens and he is a fantastic man. With his current wife, he has written several books.
I got ride in the motorcade while being in the White House press pool….it is truly one of the most impressive things I’ve done as a photographer
How amazing!! What administration?
Wow, that is amazing
Oh wow! 😊
I’ve seen the motorcade. There is also a helicopter flying above .
Yeah, I saw Obama speak at Boise State University when he was president. There was a helicopter flying around the area the entire speech. Then we all hung out on the corner as the motorcade passed by. It was quite an event. I chatted with one of the Secret Service guys while we were waiting for the event to start. He was nice, but didn't seem to appreciate me distracting him, haha.
I've been stuck in traffic because of the motorcade. It's extremely important, but after working a 12-14 hour day we just want to go home and not sit in traffic for hours.
I can confirm the motorcade jams all radio and phone signals. Out of nowhere roads get closed, and everyone has to just stop there, in silence. But it's over really fast. It truly is the well oiled machine they claim in the video.
The fuel travels on separate planes. They will not allow the plane to be filled by any foreign fuel.
One other thing he did not say? There's a military officer that goes with the President that carries a briefcase they call the football. Which has all the nuclear launch codes? He travels with the President 24/7 when he leaves the white house.
Slight correction, it doesn't have ALL of them. Only defensive. The rest are kept elsewhere and obviously constantly changing etc etc. The president only has to give the order for offensive ones to be launched. Even during testing he has to specifically give the order before its launched.
Good point. I wouldn't think about that. It just never crosses the mind.
Can you imagine, being THE ONE person who has that case attached to their being? The most important case in the world.😯 Surreal.
I'm glad you pointed it out. 🙂
Even Kim Jong Un couldn't hide his amazement when he saw it.
Do you know of any video? I'd love to see 👀 his reaction.
I wish I could see him as the people he abuses and lies too see that he got NOTHING ON AMERICA!! I hate anyone who starves his people makes them have horrible lives so he can act lk he's all that I'd love to see all his people awaken to facts while he watches ..ik id NEVER brag about getting a letter from him smh god help the world 🌎
Kim Jung Un was terrified of Trump. I bet he craps himself when he gets in office again. Russia, China and North Korea will be scared and relieved at the same time. “Finally, a man that will have some sense.”
Same
I was a firefighter in the USAF and I got to play around on the President's limo and the Secret Service cars. It was 2005 and George W. Bush flew into Shreveport to give a speech to a local college. I was stationed at Barksdale AFB and they parked the Secret Service SUV's and the President's limos inside our station. Gave us a little tour of it all. That's probably my favorite thing I got to do during my service.
I live in Carroll County, MD.
President Bush's Entourage would fly over my house, to go to Camp David.
They would fly low, so as to be off radar. President Bush's Marine One would be in Center formation. They would land in a field up and across the road I live on, in order for The President to stop in our Elementary School, so he and Mrs. Bush could read to the kids, before arriving at Camp David.
They went almost every weekend, unless he was away
He always said he loved it at Camp David
Please don't judge me ..I'm a Moderate Democrat, who Votes for whomever I think will do best for our Country. (It was like that, at one time)
Anyway...outside of something I'll leave aside .. I truly Liked him, and loved how much he cared about the people...all of us.
And he certainly could laugh at himself. 😊
@@lauriekuradI'm pretty right leaning but no judgement here. Politics has gotten weird. As bad as 911 was I wish Americans could go back to being united like they were after 911.
Yes, I’ve witnessed the presidential motorcade on a couple occasions…. It truly is an impressive sight to see.
Also, I’m the administrator at my church. And we had the secret service have to come to our church for a presidential cabinet member to attend a service… the logistics involved are WILD!!!
The cost per flight is the estimated cost of the personnel along with all the defense and set up.
Yes, still way too much
@@shanecorley4475 This is why it was so upsetting when Michelle and Barack always flew separately to Hawaii or wherever. Had to make twice as many trips as needed. Michelle, of course, didn’t get all the pomp, but the expense and waste was till there.
They failed to mention the hidden air support that can be on scene in minutes. You’d have so many raptors up your ass it might actually look like a normal radar cross section 😂
😂
With the raptor being phased out already, I'd have to say the F-35 joint strike fighter would be the one to show up.
@@chrisdelap7554raptor isn't being phased out just yet. They just slated them for a round of upgrades.
So true..I've seen the jets scramble ahead of Air Force One
I've seen the pres. motorcade. They block freeway traffic and drive bumper to bumper fast AF!!! The Beast is a badass piece of technology!
Well being a 4th generation Washington, D.C. native, yeah I’ve seen that motorcade … and it’s a frigging mess through anywhere near DC. There are audible sighs of relief when you see the Marine One twins lifting off from the White House lawn….that means the roads aren’t constipated … as much as driving POTUS around.
My step uncle used to work for the secret service under President Nixon and President Ford. They would fly out a day or two ahead of time and scope the area where the president will be. They would take arial snapshots of the rooftops and snapshots from the rooftops at all angles to help position the snipers. He loved it. What he didn’t like was being the guard for Ford’s daughter when she was out with friends or on dates. It was awkward he said. He did say she was really nice and polite.
Yeah I was working in Chicago when then VP Gore was running for president and scheduled to give a speech in Daley Plaza. Our office building had a roof deck so they positioned secret service snipers on our roof and we were instructed to stay at our desks while he was there. It was a big to do.
Most of those 50 vehicles are the local law enforcement clearing the roads and securing intersections. The actual government vehicles are far less, approximately 10 vehicles fly in the C17.
People don’t realize there’s an air force secret service that also works on these details.
I've seen the presidential motorcade in New York City, in Washington DC, as well as in Los Angeles and London, UK. It's truly impressive, and yes, it's always at least 50 vehicles long. The video never mentioned that there is also a helicopter that also flies above the motorcade, as well as the presidential nuclear football.
No one was allowed on the highway when he came through for a campaign night.
Back in the late 80’s, my wife & I waited 3 hrs in cloudy, windy 5° temps to see the Vice President, George Bush, Sr. speak on a little outdoor stage outside a local grocery store about 40 miles west of Chicago. He came in a Cadillac limousine with lots of Secret Service people. Was so cold he only spoke for 5 minutes but it was kinda cool to see the 2nd most powerful man in the world in our little village.
I'm a retired police officer and George W. Bush came to town one day. The city was sealed up pretty tight. I was assigned to close off a bridge that crossed over the motorcade route. The motorcade itself was pretty impressive.
yes I have. I was also in Downtown Dallas at the "Grassy Knol" when JFK got shot. A lot about Motorcade has changed since that day
Ive seen the motorcade twice. The first time was when Gerald Ford went to Yellowstone to campaign prior to the presidential election in 1976. The second time was when George W Bush was campaigning for re-election in Minneapolis in 2004. Fun fact - I've shaken the hand as a teenager of Gerald Ford.
Bill Clinton stopped at McDonald's a couple of times and it became a SNL sketch lol
That was funny. His jogging annoyed many. He sat in with the band, too.
When Bill Barr had the nerve to play "Scotland the Brave" worse than anyone ever, I hoped he was over.
It's ridiculous that veteran health care isn't in the defense budget.
😂😂😂 Hey it's MC Donalds after a party 🥳
The American highways (adjacent roads) are closed off from regular traffic by State Troopers aprox. 15 minutes before and after the President's motorcade travels from the airport to his location. You couldn't really be close enough to see it (and all the vehicles) pass by. Overhead air traffic is prevented from flying over the route during those times too. Then the highways re-open after he passes through.
The guards and people around the cars was and is for the Inauguration Day, I watched Trump’s live on the news, first time I’ve ever watched the event, it was so cool.
Yes, I've seen President Ford's motorcade. And, yes,the secret service sometimes walks around the car. Such as when the President is in a parade. The bumpers of the limo fold down creating a platform for secret service agents to stand on and ride along.
Yeah, this is most common during the inauguration parade. The Secret Service maps out all the areas the president may step out and walk the parade. Some presidents have famously ignored the Secret Service’s warnings and sent them into a madhouse rushing to adjust to the new situation.
For every trip, there's an "Advanced Detail" team that goes days or weeks prior to the president's travel. The length of their detail depends on the complexity and threat factors of the destination. They map out a security plan, and look for potential threats, and alternate routes at every turn, in case there's a road obstruction. This often involves welding manholes shut, removing objects like planters from the sidewalks, and scouting for potential sniper posts, so they can plan where to focus surveillance.
They also get NSA and FBI information on people who have threatened the president online or via letter in the past, and sometimes even pay them a visit, as a show of force to "not mess with us".
Driving "The Beast" is a coveted position that very few agents ever get to do, and the position often lasts only a few weeks or months. The driver has to go to a special training course and learn all kinds of impressive maneuvers like the J turn. This is useful in the event the motorcade gets stopped completely. The driver would reverse at full speed and do a sudden 180 deg turn and start driving forwards in the opposite direction. They practice it so much, that it's almost unreal to see performed. It's a very stressful job, but is a source of great pride for the few agents that get to do it.
Secret service intimidated us for two weeks when Obama visited Ethiopia
3:39 they usually use C-17s to carry the vehicles. Incredible aircraft! That and the C-5 will blow your mind!
My friend is patent attorney in Washington DC and lived around the corner from Biden when he was Vice President. He HATED dealing with the motorcade every morning because they would close off the streets.
I'm just flabbergasted that you don't think about all the people who are paid salaries and wages during these trips that are included in that price tag, not to mention the maintenance of each vehicle. And it's not just those who are actually on the trips but, also those who stay behind and "manage the fort", as it were. Also, I wouldn't pay a penny for "diamond gas" as it wouldn't work, too well (or, at all) to make the vehicles move. lol
When he said the word dementia and showed Biden falling UP the stairs of Air Force One, I about fell out of my chair laughing...it's SO true!🤣🤣🤣
Even though there is a Marine One helicopter, ANY air vehicle the President is in is classified as Air Force One. But it is rare when that happens.
Air Force one is the president’s plane. Marine one is the helicopter. I don’t think a ship is on the payroll.
There used to be a presidential yacht, but Carter decommissioned it claiming it was too much money. It sat for years rotting away, tied up beside the Potomac River.
@johnkeating362 there's been a bunch of presidential yachts over the years - USS Mayflower from 1905-1929, USS Potomac from 1936-1945, USS Williamsburg from 1945-1953, and USS Sequoia from 1933-1935 and again from 1969-1977. (Sequoia was used as an "unofficial" presidential yacht between 1929 and 1933, when under the control of the Commerce Department as a Prohibition patrol vessel, and also between 1953 and 1969, when it was technically assigned to be the Secretary of the Navy's yacht)
There are two Large Cargo Planes one is for the cars and the other is for helicopters, a couple of blackhawk helicopters, and what I understand an Apache gunship.
I’ve seen it when I lived in DC. It had a helicopter as well. Amazing!
The one where you saw the UK flags was when Trump did his state visit to London.
I was fortunate to be able to visit Camp David before 9/11. My son was a Marine stationed there. We got to tour the President's cabin and go aboard Marine One (the President's helicopter.) Really cool and exciting. I never felt so safe in my life guarded by all those Marines! To get there, you start driving up this mountain and all of a sudden, there's a vehicle full of Marines asking who you are and what are you doing here! We had to park our cars and ride a bus to Camp David (the Presidential Retreat)! It was really an experience! I have pictures of my son with 2 different Presidents! Proud Mama!
Every time any airplane flies it cost a lot of money to keep maintenance to keep it running smoothly. I’m pretty sure every time they touchdown. I’m mechanic looks at they’re playing before they takeoff again.
I remember when John F Kennedy was assassinated. It was a scary time. Unlike today, we didn't have instant communication. Then we watched Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV to add to the confusion and uncertainty.
The Beatles came along the next month and save us.
The Beatles led a clean-cut American generation down a road of drugs.
The Beatles have a lot of Karma to process.
Yeah, I remember it, too. What a cluster fuck that was.
@@normanduke8855 Truer words have not been spoken
That was on my brother’s 10th birthday. His birthday’s were never the same again.
Dogfostermom, that's horrid. Just like kids whose birthday is September 11.
It's a freaking nightmare when the president comes to Chicago. Traffic tied up for hours.
So truck.
Its even worse in NYC. Because thats usually a U.N. thing too.
Consider the traffic when Biden goes to his Rehoboth Beach DE property. Its a resort town. Nightmare!
A week or two ago I think? Trump visited a Chik-Fil-A and ordered 30 Milkshakes 😅
He ordered more than that and it was for the staff.
@thecatatemyhomework Yeah, it seemed like he kind of threw out a big number but meant "Buy everybody a round on me" type vibe.
Doubt, he managed to get an accurate head count with everybody trying to give him a hug and get a picture with him, lol 😆
@@seanziepoo7495 🤑
He bought them for his staff and their families. It was way nicer than anything bumbling Biden has done. The man goes to get himself ice cream, not giving even the smallest of damns for his own family let alone others, then goes home for a nap.😅
Trump's legal team dropped into McDonald's last week and placed a $700 lunch order. Didn’t even call ahead to ensure they had enough product or staff or give the staff a heads up. Didn’t tip. No sense, no feeling, no planning, no logistics.
Yes, I live between Nasa and the Ellington Field Airport Base and presidents traffic it frequently when arriving. All roads via route of the motorcade are blocked while an endless amount of vehicles parade through. It's quite a sight to see but annoying for the traffic jam that remains.
14:53 when trump drove around Daytona, they compared the specs of the beast to a nascar stock car, top speed of the beast is labeled “sufficient”
I have seen the motorcade 3 times and it's always awe inspiring.
The motorcade passed my home. It was crazy! So many vehicles including paramedics. One vehicle had the back window open. There were 4 or 6 men with big ass weapons. It was insane.
Another precaution is when he travels to another city, one of the hospitals will clear a floor just in case he is hurt while visiting. Where I live it used to be one of better known hospitals but now they've changed it because another hospital handles gunshots victims better. A few of my buddies that worked at the first hospital said it was a nightmare getting ready for when he came, but they no longer are the hospital that he would go to if something happened.
When the presidential motorcade came through our small town in western North Carolina (USA) there were SUVs ahead of the president’s car with automatic weapons. The back of the SUV was left open with these secret service men sitting with automatic weapons.
Here in Baltimore, President Clinton motorcade...the area was in complete lockdown for driving....good thing I was walking.
The government gets to the location and sets up at least 2 weeks before the visit. It's insane the things that are in place by the time he arrives. My experience was back in the early 90's so things may have changed since then.
Lewis - "I ain't paying that!"
Me - You will be if you move here! Lmao
You must remember, along with the bedrooms, offices luxury seating etc. while the President is on Air Force One, he is also capable of launching a full out war at any moment if necessary, including a nuclear war, so the avionics, security and information systems are top of the line. Not to mention the ability pf the plane to avoid, counteract or survive missile strikes as needed. Yeah, would not mind a trip on AFO myself.
Fuel (all vehicles are armoured so very heavy), salaries (imagine those 100 people get paid pretty well), and as you said, prepared for everything. That all costs money and good money considering the task.
Yes. I've seen one motorcade. It was back in 22 when Biden came to Portland, Oregon. It's pretty rare for a president to visit Oregon. We don't decide any elections. And in most cases, the election is called before our polls close.
Biden, as usual, was very confused. He had no intention of going to Oregon.
17:33 I didn't see the motorcade, but got stuck in traffic untill it passed. I did see Airforce one right after take off.
Hey we protect our guy even if we don’t like him and he can’t seem to finish a sentence
😂😂😂
Respect for the office
I've seen the Motorcade 2 times in my life that i can remember.
Once in 2002 when I was in Washington DC for a 5th grade safety patrol field trip and once in 2004 when the then president came to my hometown for a few events. One of which was at my former elementary school where my younger siblings were still attending.
There was literally secret service and a sniper in my grandparent's yard 2 blocks away from the school.
Really cool experience and memory.
After work, and during rush hour traffic, I was headed east on the 101 FWY (pretty much a parking lot during rush hour traffic). I noticed that there was absolutely no traffic on the other side of the FWY! Absolutely no vehicles of any kind. Then I saw a lone car... I remember thinking why is there just 1 car and how did it get on the FWY? After a few more miles/minutes there was a convoy of black vehicles and it became clear that it was the Presidential motorcade. After the motorcade passed I had to travel a little more until I saw a mass of "normal" vehicles which the police had been holding and had just released.
I’ve never seen the motorcade in person but I live in San Francisco and last November the president hosted a banquet with the leaders of China a few blocks from my home. I heard his overwatch choppers circling around all evening. After they vacated I took a stroll around the grounds as they were disassembling all the tents and whatnot.
His personal helicopter also landed near where I take my 7 year old to play, a picturesque field near the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. Pretty cool stuff, very America! 🇺🇸
Living in Seattle WA whenever the President comes to town Air Force One always lands at Boeing Field (the closest private airport to Seattle) and then they entirely close down I-5 so the motorcade can travel without obstruction. I lived up the hill from Boeing Field and once got to see the motorcade assemble and drive north on I-5 to Seattle for some event that the President was attending. Impressive to say the least!
When the President there is always a member carrying the presidents blood. The US President is considered the most important leader in the world. Remember staff etc., cost
I live in a town that was frequently visited by George W and Chaney. Yes, the motorcade is that big and moves fast. I loved it when they arrived just in time for me to be just behind them getting off work just as the roads reopened as they went along.
I’ve never seen the presidential motorcade, but I have seen security for an ex-president. George Bush went to a funeral in Michigan and the amount of police was impressive to say the least every possible entranceway on the highway was blocked in security for the event was over the top and that was an ex-president.
I was in New York City when President Bush made his surprise visit to Yankee Stadium after 9-11. He only had “The Beast”, two SUVs in the front and one SUV in the back with the rear window open with secret service ready to defend the rear. Everybody moved to the side as they drove through traffic. It was quite a surprise to see them coming up behind in the rear view mirror.
Yes. The convoy happens whenever the President travels. They also involve local law enforcement to block roads. The President always drives on empty streets. I live in Seattle and we have lots of hills running north to south, so our roads are more limited east to west. Every time the President visits, it feels like our entire downtown shuts down for as long as it lasts. Considering, it's pretty efficient though.
I used to live in Houston TX, really close to (like next to) NASA space center. In that area there's an army base center with a military airport (Ellington Airport) in it which the president would use when visiting the city. Needless to say I would witness this event, and many more often.
The “Beast” is the most amazing vehicle ever created. 18 ft long, 8 inch bullet and blast proof doors. A service member travels with him with a briefcase that carries the nuclear codes. Bullet and blast proof windows. Can run on flat tires. The rear doors on the beast can only be opened by the Secret Service and the driver is highly trained to drive in any situation and can drive backwards as fast as he can forward. The doors weigh as much as the doors on a 757 airplane!! It said to be able to launch grenades and of course it is equipped with emergency medical supplies and even pints of the Presidents own blood in case of a worse case scenario!! It is truly badass!!
I have seen it in person, once, and I have, of course, seen it many times on television. All the roads are shut down, regardless the distance. By the way, you can't see inside the windows of The Beast. The motorcade generally drives too fast. The first scene with all the Secret Service guys walking on the side of the car was likely a Presidential Inauguration parade from the Capitol to the White House. Also, where you saw the interspersed British and American flags, was likely in London. Her Late Majesty used to do that as I recall when the American President came to call. That looked like the road on approach to Buckingham Palace, though, I could be wrong. Fun video, Lewis. I wasn't surprised to learn any of this, but it was fun watching your face fill with amazement. Peace
Yes. I've seen the presidential motorcade several time. When we were stationed in DC at Andrew's it was so cool. You couldn't enter the gate at the time you had to wait. The President has emergency vehicles as well. President Biden just came into town in Tampa. Secrete service also shuts down bridges that go over any road the motorcade travels. The cost is for the amount of security measures. Seeing Biden fall Upstairs never gets old 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I saw a presidential motorcade in 1972. Richard and Pat Nixon. Times have really changed, they drove by in an open convertible.
Probably the one JFK was shot in. They kept that sucker through the Carter admin.
You think they'd have learned after the Kennedy assassination.
Back in the 1990s, we're on our way to Orlando from Disney World. And The President was on his way to Disney World. The secret service had both sides of the freeway shut down until they passed.
Working in DC 40 years saw multiple motorcades presidential and foreign . Saw Gorbachev once. Roads completely blocked.
Yeah, have seen the motorcade in Colorado on I-25, there was 12 presidential cars, and 6 squad cars.
There is a reason the defense budget is $800B
877B and that dosent include black budgets like CIA , and military bases like 51 and ," experimental" aircraft, and equipment
2:35 yes! I’m a paramedic and have been part of quite a number of events where we’ve met The President at one of the Air Force Reserve Bases and been part of the escort!
My father used to work for the NSA under President Nixon. When I was about 1 yrs old I sat on Nixons lap in the oval office, I peed on his lap 😂. True story.
@1:28 yeah the president was taking his seat in office that day!!!!!!
Heck we can't even know everything that comes to The Beast
I have! Biden was in Portland Oregon and they were driving past my work. I walked to the end of the street where they were going to be driving by. It was pretty amazing to see both the beast and all the vehicles that followed it.
2:42 I didn’t see the President motorcade, but I saw the VP’s. I saw the helicopter they were going to also. I was in Washington DC at the time and It was about 27 years ago.
I have seen a couple. They stop you from moving or walking while the Motorcade is moving. And you can't see into the ones where the officials are sitting. Plus I didn't see the thing I called the assault tank. They had guns on top and someone on top riding. Got to wave at them and the president. They rolled down the window so we could see him. Very nice.
It's not the fuel that's costly...it's the security and personal that cost the most!
I’ve seen the convoy because I live in Maryland not far from DC. I’ve even seen them practicing driving the motorcade near where the Secret Service training center is. I saw the motorcade in Baltimore when President Obama was in office.
I haven’t seen the motorcade but my dad used to work on a base and his office was near where the cargo jet would land and unload the motorcade. He got to see it several times. And it’s really strange to drive past a normally busy road and see it totally empty in preparation for the motorcade, I saw that once. But unless they’re in a parade type event, the motorcade drives very fast!
At my last job the last Vice President came for some speech or something idk what it was maybe campaign related. And he had a trail of vehicles and no on knew which one he was in. They entered a building and came out later. And even the Vice President has snipers. We didn't know about them being there until we saw them but they were all on top of all of the surrounding buildings. Once in a lifetime opportunity.
i was on a bus when biden came to ny and we weren't allowed to cross the road so i was stuck in lower manhattan for 2hrs trying to find a way to get to the other side so i could get home.
I’ve seen the motorcade dozens of times. You expect it when living in the DC area.
The announcer doesn’t mention the press vans or VIP vehicles. Plus dozens of police cars lining the route- which can change immediately if an issue pops up.
2:48 yes I have, and I’ve also seen Air Force One. Obama was arriving in my city around the same time I was coming back from a business trip. We had to do circles for over an hour until Air Force One was landed and evacuated. It was crazy.
Living in New York i hate the motorcade, they always close down several streets so its a pain in the ass
cry about it
I was in Washington DC in November 2022 for my senior trip and I got to witness the presidential escort. This video doesn’t lie.
Seen several. They also weld the manhole covers closed on the roads and covers over drains. This is done the night before and undone the next night.
I have seen the motorcade here in New York City. There are multiple routes and each has security. It is beyond impressive. Decoy Presidential limos as well.
I had a friend in the early 2000s that would drive one of the decoy cars, in the 90s, I thought they used to have 3 decoys, but he would drive one of the decoy cars on this motorcade. I asked him if he was ever worried about getting blown up or anything, he said there was no chance of that, I didn't realize how safe he really was.
I saw the Bush motorcade go to The Biltmore in Phoenix.
Yes, I saw one in Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson when Obama was in office. It's crazy how long it goes on for.. when you have to pull over, and wait to go wherever you were going. My 5 minute trip to the gas station turned into 45 minutes 😅
I went to High School on 2nd Ave in Manhattan which meant that any time the president was in town the motorcade went past my school. I also used to work on East 48th street and First Ave in Manhattan, and every year during the U.N. general assembly I had to deal with multiple motorcades coming through. It's impressive but it was also annoying 😂.
I have seen the motorcade many times. From Obama in Denver to Biden in Florida. In essense, the motorcade takes mostly highways which are 100% free of any other normal vehicles before and after the motorcade is in route. And yes, you have to wait to get back on until all the vehicles have passed.
*"Speedsters."* I was one once. I was driving from my home town in southern NY to my parents' home in Maine. This was during the Bush (41) years - late '80s. While the speed limits back then were a totally lame 55mph, I'd do 80+ any chance I got! (Yes, I could wallpaper a closet with speeding tickets :/ ) Eventually, I came upon some slow traffic, noticed a bunch of flashing emergency lights up ahead, and figured it was an accident. I'm not shy behind the wheel of a car. I like to drive fast and will do so when the conditions are right, I pass with care, always use turn signals, etc. As I was passing the slower pack of cars, it was clearly not an accident, and I assumed it must have been a motorcade because the Bush cartel has a 'summer home' in Kennebunkport, Maine. So, I'd passed a lot of the slow traffic and found myself at the back of the motorcade with a couple State Troopers bringing up the rear. As I approached, I noticed them straddling the lanes to prevent me from passing - PRICKS that they were. A while later, they got to the exit for Kennebunkport and got off the highway. I could see they had most of the vehicles talked about in this video: many, many cars, decoys, cops, an ambulance... *I was just glad to see them get the F-bomb out of my way - they were ruining my average speed and PISSING ME OFF!*
Secret Service only walks outside of The Beast when traveling in parade march.
The automobiles are constantly moving around and shuffle the line up for Security. It's very Impressive watching the motorcade go by.
I once watched a show in which they were talking about the same topic. In it several days before the President visits another country. Secret service go to find a secure place to store fuel for both airforce 1 and the 2 Presidential Plane. Both planes go to whatever country they are traveling to incase something happens to the one the President is flying in. Any way they bring their own fuel to the secure location and guard it to make sure that it isn't tampered with in anyway.
Also, both Air Force One's fly on foreign trips, the 2nd as a decoy. Ant to get from the White House to the airport, there are three identical "Marine One" helicopters.
And when the President comes into town, traffic is bleeped up ALL DAMN DAY! You can't get anywhere if you gotta go anyplace within three miles of the motorcade route, from about three hours before he lands at the airport until he's in the air headed home.
while living in the north east during clinton's administration he was in our area. there was an airforce base near me where he landed but i had not heard he was in town. however, i was in traffic when his motorcade drove by and i saw part of it pass. a huge pain in the ass because traffic was held up so long.