Nikuk
September 15, 2008, 10:36am
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The Passport alternative for Canada / Mexico / Caribbean
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The new licenses will contain an identifying computer chip and can be used instead of a more expensive passport at U.S. land and sea border crossings between Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean.
The licenses will cost around $80, about $30 more than a regular driver’s license.
tpgsr
September 15, 2008, 10:39am
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And I just paid like 160 for a passport FUCK
EvilJay
September 15, 2008, 10:39am
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INB4SOMEHACKERSTEALSMYIDENTITYFROMTHEMICROCHIP
Nikuk
September 15, 2008, 10:41am
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AKA-FERRARI:
well worth the extra 30
true.
but, I’ll be sure to carry around my paper license and leave the RFID at home unless I plan on crossing the borders.
Karter
September 15, 2008, 10:42am
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inb4 they can track you via chip.
rage87
September 15, 2008, 10:58am
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FUCK I wish they had this in California.
Tevenor
September 15, 2008, 11:01am
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So how does this keep the border secure exactly? If a license wasn’t good enough because “anyone” good get them and the border required more Citizenship proof, so is the expectation that terrorists won’t be able to afford the extra $50 to get the “ultra mega license 3000 w/ julienne fry attachment”? If the requirements for a license are the same for the standard and the ultra mega version w/ free border pass, then isn’t that just opening the same hole all over again?
Or am I missing something?
Totally getting this tomorrow. I’ve been holding off on getting a passport…
newman
September 15, 2008, 11:04am
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Every American citizen should have a passport.
Tevenor:
So how does this keep the border secure exactly? If a license wasn’t good enough because “anyone” good get them and the border required more Citizenship proof, so is the expectation that terrorists won’t be able to afford the extra $50 to get the “ultra mega license 3000 w/ julienne fry attachment”? If the requirements for a license are the same for the standard and the ultra mega version w/ free border pass, then isn’t that just opening the same hole all over again?
Or am I missing something?
dude, it has a computer chip… I mean C’MON!!!
Then they should be handed out at birth…
Nikuk
September 15, 2008, 11:14am
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Tevenor:
So how does this keep the border secure exactly? If a license wasn’t good enough because “anyone” good get them and the border required more Citizenship proof, so is the expectation that terrorists won’t be able to afford the extra $50 to get the “ultra mega license 3000 w/ julienne fry attachment”? If the requirements for a license are the same for the standard and the ultra mega version w/ free border pass, then isn’t that just opening the same hole all over again?
Or am I missing something?
you’re not missing anything. It is the same requirements. :roll:
What about american citizens who’ve recently lost one? We have no intl trips planned for at least two years, so this convenience is a nice option.
newman
September 15, 2008, 11:17am
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yeah, maybe in a pinch, but i still always want to have a passport…
Just incase the goverment catches up with the illegal activities, you can hop on a plane to anywhere?
Good thinking.
Nikuk
September 15, 2008, 11:36am
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Pauly:
Ditto!
Did you miss a memo or something?
boxxa
September 15, 2008, 11:41am
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Sweet. Need to go to the DMV this week for my car registration. Will grab one of these too.
Pauly
September 15, 2008, 11:46am
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Actually we were supposed to be the guinny pigs for the program, but it never happened. I did read an email or something about getting one for free, but i’m soooooo (lol) busy at work i never got around to it. That and the whole already having a passport thing
micah
September 15, 2008, 11:47am
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i’m so glad i got my passport in '05
