SP Cook wrote:
> THERE IS NO SEARCH AT A STATE BORDER IN THE USA.
Wrong! Thoroughly, completely, and absolutely wrong!
> Crossing a state border is merely noted by a sign on the highway.
Not quite wrong when "usually" is added to the sentence.
> You will not get in trouble for bringing a bottle or two for person
> use from place to place.
Probably not wrong.
> The notice is there to warn people who would bring in truckloads (the
> state tax on liquor and tobacco varries greatly)into a high tax state
> for illegal resale.
Duh-uh.
I crossed the California/Nevada border yesterday, at Meyers. The
inspection station happened to be closed but it's often open.
Inspection at California's border crossings from neighboring states
are strictly agricultural. Agriculture is the state's biggest
industry, a very fragile one vulnerable to any of many diseases and
insects that could enter the state in a motor vehicle, even in a
decorative house plant or fruit purchased for consumption. It is not
unusual for such items to be confiscated and, occasionally, for the
vehicle ordered to be thoroughly washed before entering the state.
I don't know of any Californian who objects to the strict enforcement
of the agricultural import restrictions and accompanying inspections.
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