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Amtrak and Greyhound do not require those biometrics, nor does renting a car and driving (or driving your own).
by DrillShopper 2y ago
Amtrak and Greyhound do not require those biometrics, nor does renting a car and driving (or driving your own).
- kelnos 2y agoSome of us want to be able to cross the country in an afternoon, and not have to spend days on a slow, uncomfortable train to make the same trip. I don't think that's unreasonable.
- uoaei 2y agoCertainly not unreasonable. But it does require you to commission your own transport subject to the rules that that private entity seeks to impose. Public entities which indiscriminately service residents and visitors of a given territory would obviate this requirement. But if you're in the US, good luck convincing taxpayers to agree to pay for that.
- vel0city 2y ago> subject to the rules that that private entity seeks to impose. It's not the private entity taking a 3D face scan, nor are they necessarily wanting for that scan to be taken. It's federal laws and regulations being done by federal agents in spaces controlled by the federal government.
- uoaei 1y agoTSA is not a government organization. Neither is Boeing nor any of the airline carriers.
- vel0city 1y agoTSA is absolutely a government organization, it's a part of the Department of Homeland Security. It was created by an act of Congress, the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. You might as well argue the IRS or FBI or the US Marshalls aren't a government organization. What about absolutely absurd thing to suggest. > The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has authority over the security of transportation systems within and connecting to the United States. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Admi...
- bdangubic 1y agoTSA is not government organization as much as Pentagon is not :)
- DrillShopper 2y agoPrivate and charter aviation exists and is free from those constraints.
- saagarjha 2y agoSome of us are not billionaires.
- warkdarrior 2y agoFreedom has never been free.
- theoreticalmal 1y agoThat’s not what that means
- DrillShopper 1y agoYou don't have to be to fly charter or private.
- saagarjha 1y agoOk, fine, centimillionaire. Maybe even some decamillionaires. Happy?
- Spooky23 2y agoYou can also walk. Lovers of freedom can walk from Manhattan to LA in 40-50 days. Of course if you look “wrong”, you’ll probably get rounded up in some flyover town.
- HaZeust 1y agoI wonder what the chances of surviving that trip is, based on walking pedestrian fatalities on highways.
- michaelmrose 1y agoDepends on where you walk the US is amazingly poorly situated for long walks outside of major cities. Sidewalks disappear first then lighting then one is liable to run into major stretches with no safe affordance for walking whatsoever where one is either inches from cars or in a ditch.