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Travel Forum Ferreting: Are Carry On Regulations Merely Suggestions?

August 1, 2007 at 1:59 PM | 2 Comments

We've been traveling with one-quart bags and leaving our scissors at home since we got word items like these were banned from air travel.

And until today, we thought everyone else was, too.

But according to chatters on Flyertalk, some passengers see government regulations as mere recommendations.

The scary part? Items like screwdrivers, knives and giant bottles of hair gel are going undetected in airport security lines. How do we know? Just listen to this:

As my bags went down the belt, I remembered I had my full-sized toiletries in the roll-aboard so I told the TSA guy that it would probably get pulled because of it. I get to the other side and everything came thru without anyone saying anything, so off I went. But wait -- that's not the end of the story. When I opened my bag at the hotel in DC, not only did I pull out all my full-sized toiletries, but I also had a box cutter in the bag.

And in a case of great irony, one traveler had this experience to share:

A couple of weeks ago flying out of TPA, the screener takes my carryon off the belt to check it. Misses 3 Bic lighters, a pocket knife, a laser pointer that looks like a .30-06 shell and CONFISCATES MY DING DONG DEODORANT.

If this doesn't make you feel safer, we're not sure what will.

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