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Texas highways targeted by antiabortion activists seeking to block interstate travel

A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The TSA got implemented despite resistance and rich people get the fast lane or fly private.

They got implemented after 9/11 and is far more security theatre than genuine impediment to travel.

This is going to be more security theatre if it is anything.

Do rich people really drive across state borders all that often anyways?

Routinely. Especially folks looking to party in New Orleans or gamble in Oklahoma.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

idk, the existence of the tsa and their wandering hands has kept me from traveling p well, at least by plane

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll admit, I haven't been patted down in a long time. But I'm a large dude. Not typically their favorite target. Not since "vaguely Arab looking" was cause for alarm, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is going to be more security theatre if it is anything.

Exactly. There’s a lot of opportunities for private profits from security theatre.

A more likely option could be implementing those plate scanners for toll roads. Scan people going through pre-check lane, follow up on unauthorised vehicles. Everyone else queues up to answer questions, be pulled aside for further inspection such as at a border gate.