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Heads up boys. 5 of us with various RHD cars were refused entry into the US yesterday.
We were heading to the import show in Carlisle PA. Our customs agent let the first guy through in the line but someone else noticed a RHD driving past and they sent two chase cars after him. The rest of us got pulled over and the justification goes like this.
"Not safe, no dot stamp on headlights and all the critical safety items, like brakes etc.
RHD are illegal in the states. The only reason people bring them over to the states is to sell them."
We could have got across if we got some sort of waiver from a broker which is like a bail bond, if we sell the car the broker looses the money. We were told it was about $500 to get one of these policies from a broker.
There really wasnt much we could at the time. You cant argue with ignorance and the misinterpetation of the rules. This guy was treating importing and visiting with the same rules.
Needless to say the weather was goin to be lousy anyway so not a write off but we lost 600 bucks in hotel fees.
Just a heads to you guys going down that if you get the right "RHD Specialist" at your border crossing you could be in for a bad day.
If anyone has any information on a way to complaint to the american government agency let me know. I'm going to check the website now.
So the point is there is nothing we could say to the
We were heading to the import show in Carlisle PA. Our customs agent let the first guy through in the line but someone else noticed a RHD driving past and they sent two chase cars after him. The rest of us got pulled over and the justification goes like this.
"Not safe, no dot stamp on headlights and all the critical safety items, like brakes etc.
RHD are illegal in the states. The only reason people bring them over to the states is to sell them."
We could have got across if we got some sort of waiver from a broker which is like a bail bond, if we sell the car the broker looses the money. We were told it was about $500 to get one of these policies from a broker.
There really wasnt much we could at the time. You cant argue with ignorance and the misinterpetation of the rules. This guy was treating importing and visiting with the same rules.
Needless to say the weather was goin to be lousy anyway so not a write off but we lost 600 bucks in hotel fees.
Just a heads to you guys going down that if you get the right "RHD Specialist" at your border crossing you could be in for a bad day.
If anyone has any information on a way to complaint to the american government agency let me know. I'm going to check the website now.
So the point is there is nothing we could say to the
was that at the Pembina Border or Gretna?
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