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As someone who carries a 20 cm metal rod through airport security every time and has not seen a single warning light ever popping up because of that, it is quit
by beefield 3y ago
As someone who carries a 20 cm metal rod through airport security every time and has not seen a single warning light ever popping up because of that, it is quite difficult for me to understand how the airport security is supposed to add safety against anyone who is willing to spend any time working around it - and who is motivated.
(For the curious, there is a titanium plate in my body due to an accident)
- tchaffee 3y agoWhy would a plate in your body set off a warning light? It's not a security risk.
- sgtnoodle 3y agoThey can rip off their leg and beat people with it. They should have to check that appendage.
- beefield 3y agoI don't think a typical metal detector can distinguish between metal in my arm and metal taped to my arm.
- tchaffee 3y agoThat's why they use the full body scanner at most airport security now. One of those detected a small piece of scrap paper in my back pocket that I had to pull out and show to security. They showed me the image and even the shape of the paper was clear. For sure those scanners can distinguish between metal in your arm and taped to your arm.
- yafbum 3y agoI'm quite sure that if you carried the same in luggage or on your body (as opposed to _in_ your body), it would get confiscated.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoMost roller bags have 20cm rods built into the handles. The TSA explicitly allows hand tools up to 17cm (7 in.) I think that at this point the TSA is more interested in explosives since hardened cockpit doors, and passenger willingness to intervene have pretty much killed takeover style hijackings.
- beefield 3y agoIf it was found, that is. If the metal detector does not see it, how do you think it was supposed to be found?
- yafbum 3y agoTSA gates at most large airports that I've been at use backscatter and can detect objects that you carry. A rod anywhere on you would be seen.