# Flying from green to non green state **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868 "2015-07-11T18:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/21 "2015-07-12T12:26:45Z")
I hadn’t given it a thought, but I flew from SEA to Montreal last November, changing at ORD and, AFAIK, no one paid the least attention to where I was coming from. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/22 "2015-07-12T12:52:23Z")
An aside - Driving with Colorado plates in a non-legal state (please don’t pick nits) can be a problem. Puts a big green target on your back. My brother was pulled over for ‘inappropriate turn signal use’ in Indiana. I’m thinking he did not let it blink long enough before changing lanes. The cop said he smelled MJ (my brother does not smoke and MJ had never been in his car). Cue the drug dog and a few hour delay. No, they did not find anything because there was nothing to find. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/23 "2015-07-12T15:26:34Z")
OTOH, the Kansas Highway Patrol does a brisk business on I-70 just E of the CO/KS line stopping cars with KS or other non-CO plates. Apparently a surprising number of such have traveled to CO for some crop shopping. Bottom line: driving while poor, black, or scruffy looking are all examples of “probable cause” in some agency’s eyes. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/24 "2015-07-12T15:31:16Z")
> [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](#): > > Actually, her title is Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist {K-9} > I should know, I work with her;). Is she a good Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist {K-9}? Is she a REAL good Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist {K-9}? What breed? Or they lose their breed individuality when they become Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists {K-9}? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/25 "2015-07-12T15:52:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > OTOH, the Kansas Highway Patrol does a brisk business on I-70 just E of the CO/KS line stopping cars with KS or other non-CO plates. Apparently a surprising number of such have traveled to CO for some crop shopping. > > Bottom line: driving while poor, black, or scruffy looking are all examples of “probable cause” in some agency’s eyes. Unfortunately true. My brother is only one data point, but I wanted to give a heads up to my fellow Colorado friends that drive out of state. Oh, and just to add… My brother and his wife where and are not in a “probable cause” demographic. Sad that it is to even consider that. ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Last_Glacial_Maximum)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/26 "2015-07-12T16:43:26Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Is she a good Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist {K-9}? Is she a REAL good Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist {K-9}? > > What breed? Or they lose their breed individuality when they become Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists {K-9}? Don’t quite understand your post. I was just trying to fight ignorance :smack:. FTR, Beagles/Harriers have been the breed of choice since before 1994. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/27 "2015-07-12T16:49:51Z")
It was a play on, well, a lot of things. Sorry I wasn’t clearer. I’ll just go and ask my dog, “Who’s a good doggie?” while I tossle her hair. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/28 "2015-07-12T17:53:09Z")
> [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](#): > > Actually, her title is Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist {K-9} > I should know, I work with her;) No, it’s dog handler ICE agent. I believe I know a little more about your coworkers’ occupational titles than you do. J/K, very cool, thanks for the correction. You’re here in Chicago then? > [@dropzone](#): > > I’ll just go and ask my dog, “Who’s a good doggie?” while I tossle her hair. Visual aid: [http://imgur.com/gallery/bxiwTqy](http://imgur.com/gallery/bxiwTqy) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/29 "2015-07-12T17:57:17Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > My brother once smuggled a dime bag of weed from Florida to Phoenix. What’s a dime bag? Ten dollars’ worth? 1/10 ounce? Ten grams? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/30 "2015-07-12T19:07:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > What’s a dime bag? Ten dollars’ worth? 1/10 ounce? Ten grams? $10 worth. A nickel bag is $5. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/31 "2015-07-12T19:45:59Z")
Thanks. Drugs are something I’m not into, and my early-20s were quite a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Last_Glacial_Maximum)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/32 "2015-07-12T20:36:15Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > No, it’s dog handler ICE agent. > I believe I know a little more about your coworkers’ occupational titles than you do. Absolutely not, you’re confusing Agriculture Specialists who seize fruits/plants/meats etc. with the other CBP K-9 canine handlers of which there are quite a few… FWIW, I just got finished petting my co-worker’s Beagle {or is it a Harrier} a few minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Last_Glacial_Maximum)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/33 "2015-07-12T20:38:23Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > No, it’s dog handler ICE agent. > I believe I know a little more about your coworkers’ occupational titles than you do. > > J/K, very cool, thanks for the correction. > You’re here in Chicago then? Yep, here in Chicagoland 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868/34 "2015-07-14T00:42:52Z")
Agree with the folks above on driving with Colorado license plates in neighboring states. All the while they are screaming about how much it costs them to put on extra law enforcement, these states are having a wonderful time profiling Colorado drivers and harassing them. The parents of one of my colleagues were stopped twice driving from Colorado to Kansas City. Each time their vehicle was searched. Each time the weak reason to pull them over was something to do with a taillight or indicator light being obscured by debris on the light cover. The husband smoked cigars and ‘burning vegetation’ was the cause for the search. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-from-green-to-non-green-state/724868.md?page=1)