Some Odd questions from Canadian Customs

rjxj wrote:

colliehauler wrote:
I had one instance that I did not even get my truck in park and shut off before they waved me through Detroit/ Windsor. He looked at my passport handed it back and not a single question. They did have traffic backed up.

That's funny. Instead of having more lanes to continue with their supposed effective interrogation tactics they open the door. What terrorist, criminal or fool couldn't figure that out. It reminds me of a company I worked for. You had to show a badge with pic id to get past the guard. When a lot of people started coming through multiple doors you could wave anything such as a drivers lic or whatever and they didn't know. They NEVER actually verified the picture and the person. People were allowed to vend pop and home made sandwiches on company property while the company that our company had contracted canteen services through was going broke. A person could have wheeled in a bomb because the guard never searched anything. They did get a sandwich or taco and a nice cold pop.

Usually they do ramdom searches like every so many cars. This is also one time, I have been put in the line where they look through the vehicle as well. Most of the time it's the usual questions about booze, guns, purpose of visit, how long. The have the authority to make things very unpleasant.