How long (in general) does it take to cross the border in a car from Latvia to Estonia (Riga-Tallinn road)?

Question

As in, how long is the queue/wait at the border? I was there in 2002 and it took hours. I'm wondering if it's a bit quicker now that these countries are both in the EU. Thanks!

Answer 1

Probably will take hours again.
Heres a blurb on why I think this to be true.

"Mar 27 - The Estonian Foreign Ministry welcomed the signing of a treaty delimiting the border between Latvia and Russia, voicing the hope that its enactment will encourage Moscow to move ahead also on the Estonian-Russian border deal.
"We welcome the signing of the Latvian-Russian border agreement," Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said. "We hope Latvia will also succeed in reaching the final goal - enactment of the border treaty."
Our neighbors' success is our success as well and each step forward in putting the European Union- Russian relationship on a firm contractual foundation serves the interest of the whole bloc and Estonia, the minister said.
Unlike Latvia, Estonia already has a border treaty with Russia which has been signed by both sides in its original negotiated form and also ratified by Estonia, the minister recalled.
"Prior to the signing of the accord, there was consensus in Estonia that it is in full acoordance with the Estonian Constitution," Paet added. "If the Latvian-Russian border treaty is enacted in the near future, this might encourage Russia to proceed also with the enactment of the treaty with Estonia."
Estonia is always ready to give assurances of its desire for good neighborly relations with Russia and of having no territorial claims on Russia or any other country, the minister said.
Estonia and Russia signed the treaties delimiting the two countries' land and sea borders on May 18, 2005 in Moscow. The Estonian parliament ratified the accords on June 20 and then President Arnold Rüütel promulgated the ratification act on June 22.
On June 27 Moscow announced it was withdrawing its signature from the border treaties, citing a preamble added to the ratification act by the
parliament as the reason.
Moscow argues that the preamble allows Estonia to press in the future territorial claims against Russia, a claim that Tallinn has repeatedly denied."

Answer 2

Well, I'm from LV myself and haven't experienced any problems with crossing that border ever... Even back in 90ties cars got through quickly as those are both Baltic States and you never needed visa or anything to travel from one country to another,just valid passport. Only trucks have longer queue but that's normal as there are more formalities for them (more documents to check and all :)) ). Nowadays too, they just look in your passport and that's it. I'd say there are lot more problems on German-Polish border....

Answer 3

I was there in 2005, after both countries joined the EU. We didn't have to wait long at the border, it all went pretty quickly.

Answer 4

the chicken crossed the line to coach to the gopher's, squirrels, and assorted different rodents that crossing the line with out having run over truly could nicely be achieved hahahaha cheers ( «?RfD?» )