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Re: Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Post by jff » Thu, Apr 16, 2015, 4:48 PM UTC

JoshTriplett wrote: post #135

jff wrote: post #119

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But the maintenance is really pretty simple, the biggest problem with any gas-burning vehicle would be that all modern gas will be more or less useless after a year or so.

Electrics would have similar problems, though at least they can be charged from either generators or the electrical grid.

A diesel motorcycle would probably be the best bet, since diesel engines can be made to run on a variety of other fuels. The US Marines have one, the M103M1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/automobiles/24KAWASAKI.htm...) but they're not really available to the public.

Re: Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Post by cyxxon » Thu, Apr 16, 2015, 7:45 PM UTC

thesimon wrote: post #114

darklajid wrote: post #112

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For the train: Probably you booked an online ticket (think QR code)? Often that says "Only valid with a government ID". Why? Hell, who knows. Crappy company.. For the flight: Usually you either check in with your ID/passport in one way or another. That's true, I guess. As far as I'm aware at least, there's no way around it. They don't "check" you, but you prove that you booked your flight by presenting the ID. Bah. F…

>As far as I'm aware at least, there's no way around it. Online checkin? Did multiple flights with Lufthansa, never had to show ID. Maybe depends on the airline

I would guess so. My last (cross border) flights in Europe were with airberlin, Ryanair and easyjet and I had to provide ID while boarding in together with my ticket, and at checkin because I showed up without a physical ticket, so they needed some way to verify I was the one who had paid for the ticket. I never showed any ID to the police, customs, immigration, or anything like that.

Re: Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Post by darklajid » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 10:29 AM UTC

ubernostrum wrote: post #126

darklajid wrote: post #99

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Different things. 1) "Have your passport on your person": Yes, unfortunately this country requires you to be able to provide some ID. No, you don't need to carry it with you. If you DON'T have one though, it might cause issues/trouble/cost money. [1] I assume the Germans were misinformed and scared, the anecdote was probably not true. 2) You have to show your ID or passport at the border (aka. the airport in this cas…

On the train: entering Germany from the Netherlands, so trip was entirely within Schengen (and in fact Germany had been my point of entry on that trip for the Schengen area; I was returning to Germany after traveling around France, Belgium and the Netherlands a bit). Train stopped at German border, German train crew came on board, and an officer wearing a jacket labeled POLIZEI required me to show my passport and ask…

Hmm.. I don't think people are saying that you're a liar or anything, it's just weird and - obviously, given the feedback, more or less unheard of. I'd be pretty annoyed as well.

That said: This particular border was/is monitored a bit more. Even cars crossing that border might get pulled over. Why? Certain harmless substances were/are (not sure about the current legislation) easier to get in the NL and people living close to the border tended to do shopping trips..

Re: Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Post by frandroid » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 4:57 PM UTC

chucksmash wrote: post #140

frandroid wrote: post #80

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You had a ticket but no physical manifestation of it, or had you not bought a ticket by the time you arrived at the airport? Without a wallet, does that mean without cash?

I had already bought a ticket.

That's pretty cool. It makes me want to take a look at Canadian regulations to see if it's possible and if I could pull it off...