Question...

ArlieKoz13 · Post by **ArlieKoz13** » 6/15/2003, 7:40 pm

I'm 17, I've had my license for a tad bit over a year, so can I drive over the Canadian border by myself? Or do I have to be 18?

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 6/15/2003, 8:45 pm

you just need your birth certificate

sandsleeper · Post by **sandsleeper** » 6/15/2003, 9:26 pm

ooo... look out canada! here come's kimmy!

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 6/15/2003, 11:18 pm

You need a birth certificate?

When I drove arcoss, the only thing that the border cop asked me was where I was going, where I was from and how long I was staying.

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 6/16/2003, 8:01 am

going from detroit to windsor you need your birth certificate, unless the guy working doesn't really care, then you don't.

sandsleeper · Post by **sandsleeper** » 6/16/2003, 8:37 am

can't use substitute the birth certificate with a passport? i'm pretty sure i've done that before. but then it wasn't me just driving myself over alone.

lora · Post by **lora** » 6/16/2003, 8:44 am

hmm. i thought we learned about this in drivers ed. i think you can once you get all that other stuff taken care of: birth certificate, et al.

CluMsyNavEed · Post by **CluMsyNavEed** » 6/16/2003, 8:47 am

Yeah, you need a birth certificate. You will sometimes get someone who will let you in to Canada with nothing at all but a drivers license and other times you will get someone who wants a certificate

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 6/16/2003, 10:31 am

ya since 9/11 they've been asking for your birth certificate... even then I've gotten over without it, it just depends on your reasoning for being in the country. Obviously a bunch of kids going to a hockey game aren't terrorists

deniedjunkie · Post by **deniedjunkie** » 6/16/2003, 11:20 am

the US border people are way worse then the canadian, i was goin to oregon for an olp concert and they wouldnt let across because i didnt have any cash on me, i told them i was only gonna be gone for a day and i had all kinds of credit cards and debit and they made me go home and get canadian money , what the hell good is canadian money in the US, :roll:

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 6/16/2003, 11:32 am

that's stupid... the same goes here though that the guards are easier on the Canadian side. If you go through the Fort Erie/Buffalo toll go through the toll that says the person is bi-lingual. They'll be Canadian and easier on you.