From: Adam 

Dave Ings wrote:

> I dunno. I don't think it's the passport per se that creates the (mental)
> barrier. It's the border checkpoint with guards and (especially) long queues
> that provides the primary incentive to drive the 20 miles versus the 5.
>
> I really don't see the difference between flashing a drivers licence and
> flashing a passport, all other things being equal.

It's the foreign country bit. When I was in the nl we used to pop down to
belgium for mussels & beer (esp Bruges). Just got in the car &
went. It didn't feel like we were in a different country even when the lang
changed (if say we went to vist my aunt in Brussels).

Heck it's just like driving round Switzerland 

Adam

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