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BUREAUCRACY * USA - Truckers surprised by places they’re asked, and not asked, for TWIC card
Gary Carr visits ports nearly every day of his trucking life
Wayne,ME,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -April 23, 2010: ... A year ago, Gary Carr enrolled in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, which includes a biometric ID card with a computer chip that stores his fingerprints and U.S. documentation... Carr said he is rarely asked to show his TWIC card, with port security typically allowing him to drive within 10 feet of water and sometimes close to cargo and cruise ships by merely flashing his driver’s license... Carr, an OOIDA member from Wayne, ME, hauls frozen fish from the northeast to Seattle and back, stopping at ports in Gloucester and New Bedford, MA; Baltimore, MD; and the Port of Seattle... The federal government has appropriated $100 million for TWIC since the program began in 2003. An additional $71 million in TWIC enrollment fees paid by applicants also has been spent... Currently, more than 70 types of card readers are being tested in pilot programs at some ports, TSA Spokesman Greg Soule said, including systems that require TWIC enrollees to push a finger or two onto a scanning system. Later this year, TSA will turn over results of the card reader program to the Coast Guard before a final TWIC card reader rule is developed and published... (Photo from landlinenow: Featured guests, Gary Carr)
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