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Eish. They've started checking IDs on the Green Line. Apparently, if you are innocent, you are not supposed to mind.

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Re: Shall we slow down a bit?

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

It seems to me that an ID check on the train is inefficient. Yes, someone could bring explosives on the train, but that someone could also hop off the platform and deposit them up in the tunnel somewhere. The place to check IDs (or to scan the crowds for something wrong) is at the turnstyles, where entry is more or less slow and orderly, and before someone is into the stations and tunnels.

I still don't like the ID check. But the method seems to continue reinforcing to me that there is a BIG difference between real effective measures, and measure which are meant to be seen publically to make people feel better. And its those latter which are most intrusive to law-abiding citizens.

Re: Shall we slow down a bit?

[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

Of course on the green line, they are stuck checking in the cars, as the majority of Green line stops are open air locations, on the side of the road, with no turnstiles. :)

Re: Shall we slow down a bit?

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

*slaps self on head* Of course. It's been quite a while since I rode the T regularly.