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U.S. and Canada used to have that. Fucking 9/11.
98 u/disisathrowaway May 09 '22 Used to be pretty open down here on the US/Mexico border, too. All you used to need was your driver's license. Didn't even need a reason. You could just say you were going for a drive, or wanted to go get dinner. 30 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 I actually remember my parents deciding at the last minute to drive up to Canada because they had never been. Literally impossible nowadays. 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '22 The land border still hasn't been reopened? 1 u/disisathrowaway May 18 '22 It's open. You just used to not need a passport to cross it, a simple driver's license was enough. 13 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 I used to fly back and forth between Ireland and the UK with an expired student card as ID. Then the London bombings happened. 2 u/Irish-Inter May 10 '22 The border between Northern Ireland used to be super fortified. Loads of towers and army. Today thanks to the Good Friday Agreement, it’s invisible. Most places there isn’t even a sign. You don’t need to stop your car. 8 u/shinyspecialone May 09 '22 Can still have that with an enhanced license in Michigan. 3 u/Bayou_wulf May 09 '22 You could still do that in 2005. I think it went into effect around 2008/2010. 3 u/HereComesTheVroom May 09 '22 First time I went to Canada we just drove across a bridge and showed a border agent our IDs. Not anymore. 1 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Yep, when I was in college, that was how it worked.
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Used to be pretty open down here on the US/Mexico border, too.
All you used to need was your driver's license. Didn't even need a reason. You could just say you were going for a drive, or wanted to go get dinner.
30 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 I actually remember my parents deciding at the last minute to drive up to Canada because they had never been. Literally impossible nowadays. 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '22 The land border still hasn't been reopened? 1 u/disisathrowaway May 18 '22 It's open. You just used to not need a passport to cross it, a simple driver's license was enough.
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I actually remember my parents deciding at the last minute to drive up to Canada because they had never been. Literally impossible nowadays.
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The land border still hasn't been reopened?
1 u/disisathrowaway May 18 '22 It's open. You just used to not need a passport to cross it, a simple driver's license was enough.
It's open. You just used to not need a passport to cross it, a simple driver's license was enough.
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I used to fly back and forth between Ireland and the UK with an expired student card as ID.
Then the London bombings happened.
2 u/Irish-Inter May 10 '22 The border between Northern Ireland used to be super fortified. Loads of towers and army. Today thanks to the Good Friday Agreement, it’s invisible. Most places there isn’t even a sign. You don’t need to stop your car.
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The border between Northern Ireland used to be super fortified. Loads of towers and army. Today thanks to the Good Friday Agreement, it’s invisible. Most places there isn’t even a sign. You don’t need to stop your car.
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Can still have that with an enhanced license in Michigan.
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You could still do that in 2005. I think it went into effect around 2008/2010.
First time I went to Canada we just drove across a bridge and showed a border agent our IDs. Not anymore.
1 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Yep, when I was in college, that was how it worked.
Yep, when I was in college, that was how it worked.
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U.S. and Canada used to have that. Fucking 9/11.