mtgoat666
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New LEP scanners at border will mess up tall vehicles
The new scanners going in at the borders are low energy portal (LEP) vehicle scanners. These have 8- to 10-ft clearance (depending on make/mfg), so
if you got a RV, travel trailer, bikes on roof rack, you might be stuck!
The X-ray exposure is supposed to be under some safe limit, so they say!
The yellow safety bars are to protect the machine, not to protect your vehicle.
If you sit in a 1/2 long line at the border, where will they put the signage warning you of low clearance ahead? Will there be an opt-out lane
available to you after you realize the error in your lane choice? 
[Edited on 5-22-2023 by mtgoat666]
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Fact: There is no threshold dose of ionizing radiation below which it is safe. Just the lower the dose, the lower the probability of injury. Zero
dose, zero injury and it goes up from there.
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Which crossings have these?
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Calexico east - almost
Installation is in progress at Calexico East
Last Friday there were 5 installed, none in use, traffic still was being diverted around them. I'd rather drive under the radar scanner than be in San
Vicente at the wrong time of day.
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They are coming to all border xings. Trump admin pushed thru a bill to require 100% of all vehicles scanned by xray or gamma radiation methods.
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We went north at Mexicali East last week and they were installed there.
The ones there didn’t have a top on them just vertical sides,
Mexico has something like that that they use at different military checkpoints in BCS. We’ve seen it a few times over the last year.
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Crossed north bound Mexicali East Ready Lane last week with a boat in tow. The lane is too narrow to safely tow a 20' boat through. Trailer tires
rubbing on K rails during turns.
Nearing the yellow frame scanner, we were diverted to the all traffic lane where there isn't a scanner set up. There wasn't really enough room in the
break of the K rails they have set up but we were being forced to try. Somehow we squeezed through but a trailer tire sidewall got torn up in the
process.
I guess the "all traffic lane" is entered from the East. Ready and Sentri from the West. Our first time north bound at Mexicali East. We thought all
lanes entered from the West. Oh well.
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Quote: Originally posted by chatolj  | Crossed north bound Mexicali East Ready Lane last week with a boat in tow. The lane is too narrow to safely tow a 20' boat through. Trailer tires
rubbing on K rails during turns.
Nearing the yellow frame scanner, we were diverted to the all traffic lane where there isn't a scanner set up. There wasn't really enough room in the
break of the K rails they have set up but we were being forced to try. Somehow we squeezed through but a trailer tire sidewall got torn up in the
process.
I guess the "all traffic lane" is entered from the East. Ready and Sentri from the West. Our first time north bound at Mexicali East. We thought all
lanes entered from the West. Oh well. |
Yes, trailers and tall vehicles best approach Mexicali east from the east. If you got a really tough trailer, just take out the yellow frame scanner,
and deny fault since clearance problem is not posted, so is govt fault for not posting clearance limit.
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| Quote: Originally posted by SFandH | | Fact: There is no threshold dose of ionizing radiation below which it is safe. Just the lower the dose, the lower the probability of injury. Zero
dose, zero injury and it goes up from there. |
That's what I once thought, but then I read about hormesis. Tiny amounts of radiation are thought to be beneficial because they trigger repair
mechanisms in the body.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis
That said, I'd opt out if I could. I always do at airports.
[Edited on 6-19-2023 by geoffff]
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