Path: utzoo!lsuc!ncrcan!ontenv!soley
From: soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: X-Ray detectors and Tapes
Message-ID: <600@ontenv.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 88 14:01:22 GMT
References: <588@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <1620@microsoft.UUCP>
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Organization: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto
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In article <1620@microsoft.UUCP>, danno@microsoft.UUCP (Daniel A Norton) writes:
> What I always do is carry any tapes and diskettes with me (rather than
> keeping them with luggage) and hand them to the person at the security
> check.  They take a look at it and hand it back to me on the other
> side, without passing it through any equipment.  No hassles, no worry.

There is at least 1 US airport (Detroit I think) where you can't do
this. Everything, film, tapes, disks, laptops, doesn't matter how
sensitive goes throught the X-Ray machine. And the "nice" security man
with the sidearm simply won't take any arguements. If you want to fly
you put your stuff in the machine.

There is a sign in all Canadian airports informing passengers that
they have a right to decline an inspection but by doing so they also
decline the priviledge of being allowed to board (that's not how it is
worded but that's the jist of it).  I travel a lot in Canada and I've
yet to have a hand inspection refused but boy have I gotten some dirty
looks!
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