• @valtia
    link
    20
    edit-2
    1 month ago

    “who stopped them?”. There are no checkpoints between Oregon and California

    … actually, there are checkpoints along every major roadway into California that do check incoming vehicles, mostly to find and prevent invasive species from entering the state and affecting the agricultural industry, and more broadly to protect the environmental systems in California. There have, in fact, been legal challenges against these checkpoints for violating travel laws, but the checkpoints have remained. They’ve also been used to seize non-agricultural items like weed, weapons smuggling, etc. so emissions standards checking isn’t completely out of the realm.

    Obviously, she’s lying and she doesn’t know any of this either anyway. But there are checkpoints to enter California.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Border_Protection_Stations

    • @Captain_CapsLock
      link
      141 month ago

      I can’t speak for all of them, but the I5 border station near the Oregon border hasn’t even been manned in several years. This gal is so full of shit.

      • CheezyWeezle
        link
        41 month ago

        The station on Highway 97 has someone there, they’ve always just waved me through and said “have a nice day” i think they stop and inspect the agricultural trucks that go through there, tho.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        11 month ago

        Why bother protecting your agriculture with sensible checks when their is profit to make and they are just getting in the way, right?

    • @Furbag
      link
      31 month ago

      Yeah, you’re right, but you also conveniently cut out the second half of my sentence where I specifically mentioned being turned away for emissions. Context matters.