TSA screenings aren't just for airports anymore

[mschaos]

Reporting from Charlotte, N.C.- Rick Vetter was rushing to board the Amtrak train in Charlotte, N.C., on a recent Sunday afternoon when a canine officer suddenly blocked the way

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[hammersxstrings]

i suppose I can understand wanting to cover all facets of transportation, but you need to let people know these searches are going to be done-not just have a dog come up and sniff their leg without some sort of explanation.

it seems there's more and more news everyday about how we come closer and closer to being a police state :(

[supermouse]

Not to be horrible, but I think you already got there some time ago.

[muppetfromhell]

I've been taking trains for years (most of my life takes place between DC, Wilmington, PA, NY and Boston)... Obviously some stations do a better job of advertising it than others, but I'm surprised that people are surprised by this. It almost never ever happens, but they are pretty overt about police presence & the dogs, and letting you know you *could* be searched.

they also *require* ID but no one ever checks it.

[serendipity_15]

they also *require* ID but no one ever checks it.

I've noticed that too, whenever I've taken Amtrak all they care about is that I signed the ticket, doesn't matter who's name I signed just as long as I signed it.

[baked_goldfish]

Yeah, I'm not sure how it is outside the NE corridor either, but in DC's Union Station there are those incessant videos about how You May Be Pulled Aside etc.

I've never actually been stopped, though. And it honestly seems pretty pointless to me anyway, since all you'd have to do to create a massively deadly attack is go to the northbound Northeast Regional waiting area on a Saturday morning and blow yourself up.

[disco_balla]

Ugh.....

[ook]

At least the bomb-sniffing dogs won't giggle at your private items and leave snarky notes in your luggage. They might try to sniff your crotch though. :|

[calixti]

I thought trains were safe from the TSA. This freaking sucks, means I'm never travelling again.

[aiffe]

Hey, there's always hitchhiking. My favorite way to travel.

[purepulp]

Meh my sister and I are travelling the US on trains atm, and the TSA at the stations are pretty non invasive. The dogs kinda run next to you and don't really get too close at all. It's a billion times less stressful than the Airports that's fo sho.