and WHO is PAYING for this Stupidity?????
Jeez, Pel, you know: who ALWAYS pays for the government's stupidity: we, the tp [yeah, could go either way - taxpayers or toilet paper]
TN To Fight Terrorism Statewide.....
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Jeez, Pel, you know: who ALWAYS pays for the government's stupidity: we, the tp [yeah, could go either way - taxpayers or toilet paper]
RLENT
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dieseldiva
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Lent Lent Lent......ya didn't look at the OP did ya?? You just posted the same video that's in the original link!
RLENT
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Let me see if I get this straight. I'm supposed to be a "first observer" at truck stops, rest stops and such?
I don't exactly know how to tell you this, but... usually, I'm at a truck stop just long enough to fuel up, maybe use the washroom and then leave. I might notice something if it's really obvious, like Bonnie and Clyde pulling up to rob the place or something, but otherwise probably not. Rest stops, I'm even worse. I put back the seat, get the pillow set up, set the alarm, and then--- a dog could ride by on a unicycle, smoking a cigar and doing an imitation of Groucho, and I wouldn't notice. Not until it's time for me to roll again, at least. I wonder how many of the rest of us fall into a similar "wakeful observer" camp?
Just a guess, they might not mess with us vanners too much anyway. The idea seems to be that terrorists could hijack a rig and then use it as a weapon, same as they did with those airliners.
OK, if I do notice something that "ain't right", I'll notify somebody. However, I'm not a trained TSA agent and it's doubtful if I'd spot something that isn't kind of obvious.
I don't exactly know how to tell you this, but... usually, I'm at a truck stop just long enough to fuel up, maybe use the washroom and then leave. I might notice something if it's really obvious, like Bonnie and Clyde pulling up to rob the place or something, but otherwise probably not. Rest stops, I'm even worse. I put back the seat, get the pillow set up, set the alarm, and then--- a dog could ride by on a unicycle, smoking a cigar and doing an imitation of Groucho, and I wouldn't notice. Not until it's time for me to roll again, at least. I wonder how many of the rest of us fall into a similar "wakeful observer" camp?
Just a guess, they might not mess with us vanners too much anyway. The idea seems to be that terrorists could hijack a rig and then use it as a weapon, same as they did with those airliners.
OK, if I do notice something that "ain't right", I'll notify somebody. However, I'm not a trained TSA agent and it's doubtful if I'd spot something that isn't kind of obvious.
moose
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No, you are supposed to fill out their card & be on their list, so they can get more HLS money.
Doa'h...
Let me see if I get this straight. I'm supposed to be a "first observer" at truck stops, rest stops and such?
Not just those places, but everywhere, actually.
Just a guess, they might not mess with us vanners too much anyway. The idea seems to be that terrorists could hijack a rig and then use it as a weapon, same as they did with those airliners.
Would be a lot easier to buy rigs, if they want them, than risking a hijack. I'd bet they would have bought the aircraft for 9/11, if they could have: fewer victims, but waaay more control.
I think the idea is that we are out there on the road every day, often a road that's familiar to us, and paying attention to the surroundings is part of our job, so we might catch something 'unusual' that other motorists wouldn't realize IS unusual. Damifino what, but I guess the thought is that we'll know it if we see it.....
OK, if I do notice something that "ain't right", I'll notify somebody. However, I'm not a trained TSA agent and it's doubtful if I'd spot something that isn't kind of obvious.
Of course you will - as Diva noted, we all would. The only problem is, terrorists aren't stupid, and they pay attention to what we might think 'ain't right' also. They know we are wary of Middle Eastern males now, and I wonder what they might do to get past that...
The concerns about Mexican trucks and drivers do not include any suspicions of terrorism, and suggesting it just helps dismiss the legitimate concerns as equally farfetched, IMO. Unless there's a connection I missed?
ebsprintin
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vans without windows.
dieseldiva
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That "white van" thing takes me back a few. We hadn't been driving very long when the DC snipers started killing people. One night on I-95 near Ashland, VA we were stopped in traffic for two hours while they searched for the snipers, they had just shot a guy coming out of a steak house there. At the time, the police still thought they were using a white van. Talk about being spooked when we were finally able to move......do you have any idea how many white vans there are out there?? LOL, I just wanted to crawl under the driver's seat and somehow drive from there!!
dieseldiva
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The concerns about Mexican trucks and drivers do not include any suspicions of terrorism, and suggesting it just helps dismiss the legitimate concerns as equally farfetched, IMO. Unless there's a connection I missed?
I don't know if we can still think that way, Cheri. Not after that alleged plot they thwarted recently.
I'm having a really hard time putting that much credence in the FBI & DEA press releases [no proof, just their word, which is hardly golden after 'Fast & Furious'] myself.
And the comments after the article were [as usual] hilarious and much more informative too. Thanks for the link.
RLENT
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We got to be one of the first trucks into this inspection. I 65 south just over the TN state line. We have a business based out of Nashville. The target was our 6 wheel Isuzu NPR.
I was asked for my Birth Certificate, which is now etched in stone since last summer you have to have it on you, so I had that, they looked all through the truck, glove box, had dogs in it, opened the back, dogs in there. Spent about 40 minutes under it.
Then came the check book, they took the company check book into the office along with my credit cards, library card, voters ID card, they did call my bank to verify my account, my CDL insurance etc. They were to put it mildly pretty obnoxious, considering I have employees and pay lots of TN tax.
I can understand looking at the truck but not someones checking account. The bank did say that it's an increasing thing to look at check books in traffic stops. They didnt look at my log book though ? weird. Just my two cents on what to expect.
I was asked for my Birth Certificate, which is now etched in stone since last summer you have to have it on you, so I had that, they looked all through the truck, glove box, had dogs in it, opened the back, dogs in there. Spent about 40 minutes under it.
Then came the check book, they took the company check book into the office along with my credit cards, library card, voters ID card, they did call my bank to verify my account, my CDL insurance etc. They were to put it mildly pretty obnoxious, considering I have employees and pay lots of TN tax.
I can understand looking at the truck but not someones checking account. The bank did say that it's an increasing thing to look at check books in traffic stops. They didnt look at my log book though ? weird. Just my two cents on what to expect.
You have to carry a copy of your birth certificate? What did I miss?
RLENT
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Welcome to the Police State Holmes .....