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> Current estimates are that hundreds of people die each year in car accidents because they chose to drive rather than deal with TSA lines. This means that ever
by cheald 10y ago
> Current estimates are that hundreds of people die each year in car accidents because they chose to drive rather than deal with TSA lines. This means that every few years the TSA manages to inflict more casualties than 9/11 did.
I don't have a link, but at one point, someone did the math on the backscatter machines (the ones that emitted ionizing radiation, which have since been replaced) and the number of people going through them and concluded that statistically, the TSA will kill more people through scanner-induced cancer than the hijackers did on 9/11.
- CaptSpify 10y agoDo we actually have numbers on this? Last I heard, the scanners were never externally audited, so we have no idea how much radiation they are using
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y agoI believe those were the old machines (the ones made by Michael Chertoff's company), which are no longer in use. I have heard they might be at smaller airports, but I haven't seen them in a long time.