[calex59]

I don’t even have to watch the video to know that the RV people are being ridiculous. That check point has been there forever. It was there back when I rode my dinosaur across the state line. It’s not new and they knew it. There’s a reason for not bringing in fruit and veggies with who knows what kind of bug on it. I was raised on a farm and can tell you an infestation of the wrong insect and you’ve lost your crops, your land, your whole livelihood.

Not only that, there are several roads that don't even have check points if you wish to enter CA from any state.

[vette6387]

All said, the California Inspection stations are a joke. We came back into California recently from Las Vegas. The Ag Inspection Station straddles I 15 just east of Barstow ( more than 150 miles inslde the state). We wondered, on a Sunday afternoon, why the freeway was stopped just outside Baker. It took two hours to reach the “accident,” the Ag Inspection station. The funny thing was we saw an 18 wheeler leave the freeway at Baker and proceed on the frontage road, as were all the folks in the know. At the Ag Inspection station you could see the congo line on the frontage road bypassing the check point. But at the end, they weren’t inspecting anything, you just had to slow down to a crawl so the moron in the dayglo vest could inquire as to where you’ve been! The person indeed looked brain dead, just a gov’t automaton putting in his time. I’m all for keeping California agriculture pest free, but these stations aren’t doing the job, they’re just a major inconvenience.