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I believe the rationale is that you're observed as you approach a military base - if you get close and then suddenly turn around it looks suspicious; then they'
by 1986 8y ago
I believe the rationale is that you're observed as you approach a military base - if you get close and then suddenly turn around it looks suspicious; then they'll have to go track you down, etc
- pferde 8y agoSounds like a great way to make the army bleed resources.
- brazzledazzle 8y agoPresumably these special sites are on US soil. If repeatedly doing that or conspiring to do so with others isn’t in itself illegal there’s probably something on the books they could throw at you.
- pferde 8y agoConspiring to repeatedly drive around certain public roads? C'mon...
- Turing_Machine 8y agoYou are generally on military land for quite some distance before you get to the actual gate -- at least that's been the case for every facility I've visited. Usually there's a large sign "Foo Air Force Base" (or whatever) by the civilian road, then you turn off and drive on a military road for half a mile or more (sometimes much more), then you come to the gate with the guards. But you've still been on military land, and subject to military rules and laws, from the instant you enter their property. Edit: just checked. The guardhouses for two of the gates at a local facility are respectively about 800/1,000 feet away from the public road, and about 600/800 feet inside the perimeter fence (the one with signs reading "patrolled by dogs", "deadly force authorized", etc.).
- duxup 8y agoYou're very much not on public roads / property by the time you get to the gate, at least at the facility I went to.
- jpindar 8y agoThere are towns that have "no cruising" laws making it illegal to repeatedly drive around a certain area. And under certain circumstances repeatedly driving past someone's house could be harassment or stalking.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoAh, glorious freedom
- slipperymate 8y agoIt would also bleed your own, possibly at the same or faster rate.
- duxup 8y agoDudes are at the gate are there regardless, them hopping in a vehicle to have a chat with you probabbly costs very little... if not nothing at all. If the government wants to do something legally beyond that, they probabbly would feel it is worth it to discourage such behavior.
- duxup 8y agoYeah I assumed that was the case. Also I got the impression that even if they checked you at the gate and you didn't account for something in your car or on you and they found something you shouldn't have, they could deny you entry right there and you weren't getting back in anytime soon. Someone panicking and driving away might set off some dude's suspicions and you weren't going to fix things... and it took a while to schedule everything. It was as much about protocol and just making good choices / customer service (don't scare your customer) as anything else.