It’s the smart way to go, says Mike Riggs:
Imagine you’ve been asked (or offered!) to take drugs from one state to another. How would you do it? Flying would be your absolute worst option. You’d have to keep your cool while going through passenger screening, and pray that your checked cargo (which has all your identifying information attached to it) doesn’t pique the curiosity of luggage screeners. And if your luggage gets lost between Hartsfield-Jackson and O’Hare? There’s no easy answer, I’m afraid. Probably best to kiss your sleeping children goodbye and run for the border.
What about Amtrak?
You handle your own luggage, which means it won’t get screened and it won’t leave your sight. While TSA agents now haunt some stations, they don’t subject passengers to searches. But it’s still a formalized mode of transportation. Amtrak takes a lot of information from passengers, even if they pay for their ticket with cash. There are also dogs in some stations. They probably sniff only for bombs, not drugs, but do you really know for sure?
“I could drive myself!” You could absolutely do this. No tickets, no checked bags, no drug dogs – unless you get pulled over.
The bus sounds downright relaxing:
Tickets are cheap and you can buy them with cash without telling the bus company too much about yourself. Companies like Bolt Bus even allow passengers to buy tickets with cash from the bus driver. When you board, there’s no system to make sure you are who you say you are, and other passengers don’t really care either. Maybe your luggage ends up under the bus, but you put it there yourself. Basically, you can stash your stash and then take a snooze.
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