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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 1:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Paolo01
The ID check is a check, not a search.
Which is why I wrote "searching car passengers and checking their IDs."

Originally Posted by Paolo01
DOE vehicles require that all drivers and PAX have ID (Drivers are not allowed to pick up hitch hikers ). I am not sure about the TEXACO truck.
Department of Energy? Don't you mean DOT?

Originally Posted by Paolo01
And you are correct. If you are willing to discount the altitude number of passengers and speed, there is not a lot of difference between a 747 and Chevy Impala. (Please bring back the older Impala SS's, circa 1995, if anybody on this board is in the decision making loop )
Ah, the elite Schutzstaffel edition.

So, why check ID? Especially if the purpose (stopping terrorists) is total BS, as terrorists are excluded from the lists against which names are checked.
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