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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 1:07 pm
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Originally Posted by Paolo01
And a LEO can and will ask them for ID though it is not required to be on their person by law.
That's the point. Now think about trucks. Hazmat big rigs. Do passengers need ID (I don't know)?

Originally Posted by Paolo01
I believe that there is a difference between being a passenger on a highway and being a passenger at 30,000 ft.
Besides 30,000ft and a few 100mph, what? As it stands, police could catch a lot of criminals by searching car passengers and checking their IDs.

Sure, aircraft are different from cars. Sure, checking IDs can help reduce crime (if you compare IDs against a list of fugitives), but I don't see any evidence that it really improves the safety of domestic travel in ways that are specific to the unique nature of air travel (which is used as the justification). Or are there statistics to show that verifying IDs has done anything?
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