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When I moved from California to New Mexico I hauled a cargo trailer crammed full of my possessions across Hoover Dam. A cop pulled me over at the entrance and h
by hirundo 4y ago
When I moved from California to New Mexico I hauled a cargo trailer crammed full of my possessions across Hoover Dam. A cop pulled me over at the entrance and had me open it up. When he saw how full it was, he poked around it a bit, and told me he really shouldn't let me through, but go ahead, and don't do that again. It would have been several more hours to drive down to Needles and cross there.
Now I know what he was afraid of.
- copperx 4y ago> Now I know what he was afraid of. Are you implying cops are on heightened alert for bridge detonations in the US? If so, why?
- hirundo 4y agoThis was in 2004, and 9/11 didn't feel like old news.
- Symbiote 4y agoIn the EU at borders lorries and freight trains are x-rayed. I've only crossed the external EU border by land a couple of times, but lorries had to drive at a constant speed (without stopping!) through a metal archway, which presumably was the x-ray machine. I haven't seen a similar system near vulnerable infrastructure, but it might exist. It may be overkill for a lightly trafficked road. Art exhibition of x-rays of lorries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yk0Rb8XNyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yk0Rb8XNyM A few seconds showing an inspector looking in detail at an x-ray of a train: https://youtu.be/LQdtJ9skyuY?t=219 https://youtu.be/LQdtJ9skyuY?t=219 In fact, this looks very similar, in California. I haven't see this car-sized version in the EU: https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/dhs-x-ray-scanners-could-be-cancer-risk-to-border-crossers/ https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/dhs-x-ray-scanners-could-b...