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Re: [ARSCLIST] **SPAM** [78-l] ARSC Conference report: Day 1
John Ross wrote:
At 5/6/2007 07:55 AM, you wrote:
I cross the border every two or three weeks (Canada/US, usually in the
Niagara area but sometimes at Thousand Islands) with nary a problem.
If you regularly use a border crossing where it's offered, the NEXUS
program is more than worth the cost. This is a pre-approval system that
allows you to drive through a special lane rather than waiting with the
rest of the traffic.
I use it at the West Coast crossings between British Columbia and
Washington state, but it's also available in Southern Ontario and
Quebec, and at Toronto and Vancouver airports. More than once, I've
heard the radio traffic reports warning of waits of 45 minutes to over
an hour at the Peace Arch, but I can zip past and maybe wait for one
other car to clear. And because everybody using the NEXUS lane is
pre-cleared, it only takes about twenty seconds per car.
At US$50 or CDN$80 for five years, it pays for itself in reduced stress
and aggravation after two or three trips, as far as I'm concerned. I
wouldn't cross the border without it.
John Ross
You mean to tell me they still haven't tried to match the cost? I bet they have
now..the difference in toll fees between US and Canadian money has been
tightened up as well.
The nearest NEXUS crossing for me is at Niagara Falls, which is about 10 or 15
minutes out of my way since I go into Lewiston to use the Post Office (as well
as the washroom in the TOPS Supermarket, a necessity after sitting in line at
Customs). If the crossing is that fast, it would probably still be worth the
extra travelling. Guess I'll be sending my thumprint off to Big Brother.
By the way, this is sometimes useful, although it doesn't always tell me what
the crossing times will be like in two hours (my distance from the border):
http://apps.cbp.gov/bwt/
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