Truckers Balk at Passport Requirement

November 25, 2005

  • November 28, 2005 at 2:13 am
    Chris says:
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    Come on, passports aren\’t that expensive, nor are they hard to get.

  • November 29, 2005 at 8:34 am
    Steve says:
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    Agreed. The only time a passport is a problem is when the driver is an illegal alien or has a background that could be questionable.

  • November 29, 2005 at 4:31 am
    Art says:
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    Who\’s this guy working for, the terrorists? The major trucking companies can write this off as a business expense if they choose to comply and register their drivers. If the drivers are Independent, they too can write this off as a business expense. No passport, no crossing the border!

  • November 30, 2005 at 8:17 am
    Chris says:
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    Even CIA, FBI, and Secret Service Agents all have to have passports to get back into the country. And, I imagine (or, at least hope) that their background checks are tougher than any truck driver goes through in the permitting process.

  • November 30, 2005 at 10:03 am
    Rob says:
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    I\’m kind of curious about the \”government-issued identification and security documentation\” that a passport would duplicate. If the alleged existing documentation would get a trucker past a customs agent at Dulles or LAX, okay, but somehow, I doubt it meets those standards.



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