TSA Orders Searches of Valet Parked Car At Airport 453
schwit1 writes "Laurie Iacuzza walked to her waiting car at the Greater Rochester International Airport after returning from a trip and that's when she found it — a notice saying her car was inspected after she left for her flight. She said, 'I was furious. They never mentioned it to me when I booked the valet or when I picked up the car or when I dropped it off.' Iacuzza's car was inspected by valet attendants on orders from the TSA."
And the story is...? (Score:3, Interesting)
Valet parked cars may remain in front of the busy area of the airport for a while before being parked.
Already-parked cars aren't near the airport.
If you're going to park a car full of explosives, you can either create a small crater in a car park, or you will go for the airport - so cars that are left outside are checked.
Yes, people who are parking the cars should be informed beforehand. That way they can choose to park themselves and make their own way to the terminal building if they don't want their car searched.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Insightful)
The problem is when they damage your car they will deny it and you will get nothing.
If they don't just steal everything inside the car as well.
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And that's different from what happens to you luggage in WHAT way ??
May I remind you that you are not allowed to use locks that are not easy to open (read. useless) on your suitcase?
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Insightful)
It is not much different. Though people do expect it to be, since they often leave last minute valuables locked in the trunk of their cars.
You can actually prevent those sorts of thefts by use of a gun, not by pointing it at the TSA, but by checking a firearm. Lots of photographers do this to protect their equipment. You can just buy an old useless firearm for pennies at a gun show, weld it up to make it non-functional and then check it as a firearm and place your valuables in the same storage device.
This is of course not going to work with international travel.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Insightful)
weld it up to make it non-functional
Be careful what you advise... up in Canada this would actually make it _more_ illegal (oddly enough). By welding it so it is non-functional, that changes the class of firearm from Non-restricted (loosely: rifles) or Restricted (loosely: handguns) to Prohibited (it's now a replica firearm....). Be sure to consult appropriate legal advice before attempting this stunt.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Funny)
Which is why I advised against international travel.
Also I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on slashdot, if you want legal counsel go pay your own bloodsucker. Before attempting this stunt besure to consult with your lawyer, the TSA, DHS, all local law enforcement, a Rabbi, a Priest and a duck.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Informative)
in Canada this would actually make it _more_ illegal (oddly enough). By welding it so it is non-functional, that changes the class of firearm from Non-restricted (loosely: rifles) or Restricted (loosely: handguns) to Prohibited (it's now a replica firearm....). Be sure to consult appropriate legal advice before attempting this stunt.
Under Canadian law, deactivated firearms (i.e., those welded up to be non-functional) are a separate legal category from replica firearms. Replica firearms are prohibited devices, deactivated firearms are chunks of metal with no legal status. They have very different legal consequences, despite being indistinguishable without close physical examination (which most police officers will not be trained or interested enough to do).
This makes no sense whatsoever, but is how Canada's firearms laws actually work.
Verification sources: Canada's Firearms Act [justice.gc.ca] and the Canadian Firearm's Program's call centre (1-800-731-4000 from Canada and the U.S.).
Re:And the story is...? (Score:4, Informative)
So you are telling me I can own and sell firearm look-a-likes in Canada, as long as they used to be functional, but are no longer.
Yup. As long as it used to be capable of inflicting fatal injuries, it's fine. If it was always harmless, it's verboten.
Welcome to Canada!
Ya well (Score:5, Insightful)
Seems to be how weapons laws go. It is rare to find a country with gun laws that are entirely sensible. I think part of the reason is that when restrictions are enacted, they are often written by people who hate guns and thus know very little about them. They then never trouble themselves to consult with their military or the like to get some information. So, you get a silly law.
Re:Ya well (Score:4, Insightful)
If you have a deactivated souvenir rifle from your service in WWII, then it is no longer really treated as a firearm. It is a sentimental piece like a sculpture sitting on your mantle. Its hard to justify coming back to these people and making them get rid of their guns (which haven't been functional since 1945). People aren't out there producing deactivated weapons so the only way this stock would grow is if people go and deactivate current weapons (thus reducing the number out on the street).
Replica weapons that look like real guns (and could be used to rob a store or get you shot by the cops when they see you playing with it) are inexpensive and much less likely to run into people who would be angered by losing them.
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More commonly they use a starter pistol which, in spite of being incapable of firing a projectile by design, is classified as a firearm.
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I am not suggesting the use of a handgun. Not all firearms are handguns. Buy an old rusty mosin.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Insightful)
> And that's different from what happens to you luggage in WHAT way ??
Your car isn't being packed into a pressurized metal cylinder that will be flying through the air with thousands of gallons of jet fuel and hundreds of people on board.
There isn't even the pretense of a public safety issue with a car parked at the airport.
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If you have never heard of car bombs, you should start watching international news. Or remember Oklahoma city. Blowing up that car pretty much effected safety for those people inside the building.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Insightful)
But for fun, how many car bombs have been detonated or even attempted to be detonated in the US at an airport valet parking lot? I'm guessing less than 2 and likely zero.
Lets stop actual threats and not people just fishing for something to justify their jobs.
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9-11 wasn't a car bomb. Why are we trying to stop every possible bad thing?
Yeah, pretty much. Cuz, ya know, the public is a-scared of teh terrorists and we can do anything we want if we add "to prevent terrorism" to the end of it.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Informative)
You can't hide a car bomb big enough to cause serious damage to anything outside the car. Successful attacks against structures have, without exception, used unmarked vans and dark-tinted SUVs for a reason.
A valet, entirely without conducting a formal search, can instantly tell whether or not a car poses an explosive threat to the airport. The act of helping the passenger get their bags from the trunk and then driving the car to the long-term lot automatically rules out any plausible hiding spots for enough explosives to make it into a WMD or national security issue.
Not to say, of course, that you couldn't fit enough somewhere in the body of the car to seriously damage the car itself, any occupants, and perhaps break a few windows of nearby cars - The Boston Marathon bombing proved roughly what you can do with a small well-placed bomb; but "Lot Z3" doesn't exactly equal the finish line of a marathon in terms of the number of squishy pink sacks of meat available for embedding shrapnel in.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:4, Insightful)
The same way I know you know jack shit about the real world, Mr. Military Demolitions Expert?
They used vans and SUVs because of the shit crudeness of their fertilizer+diesel bombs.
They used shitty crude fertilizer+diesel bombs because the average Joe can get fertilizer and diesel (and even then, if you don't run a local farm, good luck getting more than a few pounds of ammonium nitrate).
I could take a Smart car packed with C-4 just inside of the frame/body and do way more damage.
No doubt you could! And how, do you suppose, you would obtain that much C4 without raising every red flag in the intelligence community?
Hey, if the TSA had exactly that information and searched the car based on reasonable suspicion, consider me on their side in this one. But we all know that didn't happen, they just found yet another way to abuse the interface between government and business to give a great big "fuck you" to our 4th amendment rights.
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And that's different from what happens to you luggage in WHAT way ?? May I remind you that you are not allowed to use locks that are not easy to open (read. useless) on your suitcase?
My car is not being loaded into the cargo hold of the aircraft.
As for locks, I could use a suitcase made of 1/4" thick steel plate, weld the damned thing shut and encase it in 2' of concrete if I choose to do so. If it's not going onto an aircraft, I can lock it however I want.
(As an aside, you CAN use locks that are not easy to open, but that may prevent them from being loaded onto the aircraft, or being loaded without the lock being damaged)
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How far around the airport? Or should it be the whole flight path of the plane?
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Insightful)
And yet, I and 19 of my "friends" could walk into 5 of the busiest airports in the country on the day before Thanksgiving, each carrying a backpack and two duffel bags filled with explosives and shrapnel, get in line and at a predetermined time, blow ourselves up while waiting in the crowded lines caused by the security circus.
How many people do you think we could kill/maim in that event?
Who would prevent me from doing this? They don't check people as they walk into the building. That certainly isn't very secure.
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1. It's all security theatre :-\
2. Enjoy getting arrested for this threat, or hope a canadian woman isn't reading this site and reports you to the cops
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And that's different from what happens to you luggage in WHAT way ??
May I remind you that you are not allowed to use locks that are not easy to open (read. useless) on your suitcase?
Your car isn't going on the plane, so it can't be used to bring down an aircraft.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Insightful)
They can do that already. Without giving you notice. Without the TSA telling them to do anything.
The news isn't that valets have access to your car. The news is that the TSA is having them search it.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:4, Informative)
They can do that already.
Yes, they can. But if they access the locked compartments and I haven't given them permission, that's illegal.
Capability and legality are not always interchangeable.
well when you don't tip valets like to (Score:2)
do burn outs
change radio presets
the nicer the car and the lower the tip the more of stuff like that happens.
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Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Informative)
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96.5 interviewed the guy that broke the news story this morning, and one of their big questions was "Do the valets know what the hell to even look for?" and "What would happen if I left a copy of the Koran on the dash or papers written in Arabic on the seat?".
I don't oppose them giving a quick glance around the interior of the car (you did give them permission to get inside) or underneath it, but opening the trunk is going too far in my opinion.
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I don't oppose them giving a quick glance around the interior of the car (you did give them permission to get inside) or underneath it, but opening the trunk is going too far in my opinion.
I think the concern is that the TSA is deputizing valets to search cars without probable cause or even reasonable suspicion. You gave a valet permission to enter your car to park it, not a TSA agent permission to search it. If a government agent asks permission to enter your car (or house), the answer should always be "no." And as somebody pointed out below, if you happen to have a copy or the Koran in your car, when Sparky reports that to the TSA, they are almost sure to strip the thing down looking for th
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two points about valet keys.
Most cars have folding seats which can be opened into the trunk from the inside. second a lot of cars have internal trunk release levers. you can open the trunk from the front seat.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Funny)
Living in Rochester, I actually caught this on a local news station and there was a lot more information. The concern... [is] that the searching is being done by the valets instead of TSA or law enforcement. These individuals (at the moment) are not trained and have no oversight.
Wait, I thought you said the TSA wasn't doing the searches...
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Yea, no shit. Thanks, Captain Obvious, almost didn't recognize you without the mask and cape.
Sorry for having a sense of humor (oh, wait, no - I'm not sorry at all)
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These individuals (at the moment) are not trained and have no oversight. So when the thefts and such start occurring, you have zero recourse and absolutely no hope of resolution.
My suggestion would be an introduction of laws that make theft by anyone authorised to make searches a crime that is punished much more than ordinary theft. Let's say if a police officer with a search warrant enters your house (legally) and steals money from their home, they should be automatically punished a lot harder than a burglar doing the same thing. Same for someone searching luggage at an airport. Lots of one-handed TSA employees on the airport who got caught once; when you're caught twice you lose
Re:And the story is...? (Score:4, Insightful)
The story is ... that the current government is, in theory, authorized by the People, under certain conditions. One of those conditions is specified in the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution:
The current group of people calling themselves that government (is it really?) has written some stuff down called the USAPATRIOT ACT which says that this condition is no longer relevant. "So, then," the logician asks, "what authorizes that government?" Mao says it's the willingness to aggressively shoot people in the head, which decent people decline to do.
This may all be for the best, ultimately, though. Carlin's hyperbole [youtube.com] has a sound basis. Most people today don't feel that they have to fight for their liberty - they think there's a system in place to protect it. As these things become more common, they may finally realize that it's all a rouse to fleece them of their property, while denying their modern hybrid serf/helot/slave status. Unfortunately, it's going to have to get much uglier before they come to that realization. It'll happen eventually and it won't be pretty. But hopefully, society takes the next step at that point and evolves a better replacement system.
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I hate to get flagged by the NSA for some kind of conspiracy charge, but it's not a very complicated tactical challenge to figure out how to use a car to damage at the airport without using the valet service.
If you're just looking for a place to have an explosion, every airport I've ever been to allows you to drive right up to the terminal building. Even better is that these areas are designed on purpose to allow for large vehicles to drive up there, unlike the parking area valets use.
So maximum damage is
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Note to the NSA: I would not do this, I detest terrorism more than I detest the terrorism that you use to try to stop it.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:5, Insightful)
If you're going to park a car full of explosives, you can either create a small crater in a car park, or you will go for the airport - so cars that are left outside are checked.
But the airports were rapidly remodeled after 9/11, and have since been built such that a car exploding in the drop off area would only be slightly more lethal than a car exploding in a parking lot. They street is not close to where people are congregated. Some people would be killed who were walking through the doors, but the same is true of the parking lot. The psychological effect is equivalent as well. "Terrorist attack at airport (parking lot)" is going to cause about as much panic among idiots as "Terrorist attack at airport (doors)." The fact that your chances of dying from someone texting and driving on the way TO the airport is many times higher than dying from a car bomb either way won't matter to most.
TSA has meanwhile set up security to where there are gigantic lines of human bodies before security. A backpack bomb in the line before the nude-scanners is the security risk if there is one. Fortunately, the only ones dumber than TSA are the terrorists, and they don't seem to have figured this out. However, TSA has been creating the gigantic lines for over a decade. Eventually, even the terrorists are going to realize that a small bomb right before security is more likely to "succeed" than trying to gain control of the plane or detonate a car bomb.
Again, this is still far less dangerous than the drive TO the airport, I'm just annoyed that a line I'm told to wait in "for my safety" does the exact opposite and is wasting an insane amount of tax dollars that could be going towards actual useful things. Such as research, lowering the debt, or really anything else the government spends money on.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:4, Interesting)
Anybody thought to wonder why the car was searched by the valet service instead of the the TSA itself?
The very reason is because the contents of your car has long been held protected under the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution {Jay-Z even wrote a song about it, 99 Problems :) }. Where as, common law has set, the yet non-SCOTUS challenged precedent, that private security firms may check your baggage with x-rays and magnetometers (otherwise referred to as non-unreasonable means) when you enter the secured portion of an air-port, to protect the persons and private assets operated there. In no situation, has it ever been shown that the Government of the United States may search the person or materials or vehicle of every individual, unless entering or exiting the country (which falls under export law, under which you would be considered a "smuggler"). Because doing so assumes that there is a reasonable belief that every single person is some how operating in a criminal manner. (BTW: This is also why the NSA search warrants, if challenged would be shown to be invalid.)
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If you are going to be a bigot why not just use the preferred bigot Sand N-word nomenclature?
Why be a bigot and then water down your hate?
Because he dislikes Muslims & not Arabs?
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Sorry, I appear to not be aware of the ethnic slurs used in the UK. This is an American site after all.
Re:And the story is...? (Score:4, Informative)
Hey, nobody's perfect! I have a link here somewhere...
Ah, there we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs [wikipedia.org]
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Read the slashdot FAQ.
The internet is for everyone, even bigots. Slashdot however is an American site.
The joys of private property ... (Score:4, Interesting)
This is the problem with more and more property being private and subject to conditions. On true public ground things like the 4th amendment matter. On private property, you're subject to the whims of the owners.
Re:The joys of private property ... (Score:5, Interesting)
Nonsense. The problem here is using a third, private party to elide the Fourth Amendment.
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Re:The joys of private property ... (Score:4, Insightful)
If this becomes a precedent, can the police ask my house cleaner to execute a search warrant for my home?
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If this becomes a precedent, can the police ask my house cleaner to execute a search warrant for my home?
They can't ask beforehand, but they can ask about what they saw when they come out.
Re:The joys of private property ... (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sorry, but the court's ruling on that matter is classified.
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The TSA are ordering searches of the cars. They aren't doing it themselves. A private, untrained, third-party is the one doing the search.
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That does not make it any less of a violation.
The government may not skirt the constitution by contracting out the violation, it is still by extension an act of the government.
Outrageous (Score:3, Insightful)
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This country is out of control. My great x 3 grandparents left Germany during the rise of Bismarck. They came to the US. Where's to go now?
Re:Outrageous (Score:5, Funny)
This country is out of control. My great x 3 grandparents left Germany during the rise of Bismarck. They came to the US. Where's to go now?
Ironically, Germany!
Re:Outrageous (Score:4, Informative)
Which makes me want to point out that the last time I was in a German airport there was far less of this nonsense. I was even able to keep my shoes on.
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Too late re highway searches.
Enjoy your Transportation Security Officers at stops under Department of Homeland Security Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) and the next generation of state and federal teams.
Next thing you know... (Score:2)
Didn't you notice who's doing the searching? (Score:5, Interesting)
According to the article, the valets themselves. Mot TSA agents, minimum wage, no-background-check valets. They're the last people to be in the car, and they decide where to park them. Anyone else see the two glaring problems here?
Re:Didn't you notice who's doing the searching? (Score:4, Insightful)
BWAHAHA! Keystone Cops outsourcing their "job" to high school students.
Come to think of it, the valets might be *more* qualified...
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4th amendment violation via stupid loophole
Horribly unqualified sketchy staff
Re:Didn't you notice who's doing the searching? (Score:5, Funny)
Worst haiku I've seen in weeks.
liability (Score:2, Interesting)
oh, so the poor valet schmuck who finds a bomb, and it gets detonated, is the one who will suffer loss of limbs and/or life? I'd hate to be paid minimum wage doing two jobs - one of them being a bomb detector.
Re:liability (Score:5, Insightful)
The valet is instructed to look in the trunk when they first get the car. So just set the bomb to detonate when the trunk is opened. That way you guarantee 1) you will be safely away from your bomb and 2) the car will be right where you want it to be when the bomb goes off
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If you're setting a bomb to go off when they open the trunk, and you give them a key that can't open the trunk, then you're a really shitty terrorist.
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy (Score:5, Interesting)
They'd probably like to be able to search any car that comes to the airport. Even so, I imagine they restrict searches to valet parked cars for two reasons: 1) they've the keys in hand and so it's easy; 2) more importantly, some lawyer probably told them that they could make the case in court that valet parked cars have no reasonable expectation of privacy.
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Once you've voluntarily handed the valet the means of getting into the trunk (i.e. the keys), I think it likely they'd argue you cannot even expect privacy there.
Mind you, I don't think people surrender their reasonable expectation of privacy by using a valet. It would be different if uniformed TSA agents were acting as valets and you handed them your keys, but that is not the case here. This is more like living in an apartment building and having the maintenance staff, who came in to fix a leaky toilet, t
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Once you've voluntarily handed the valet the means of getting into the trunk (i.e. the keys), I think it likely they'd argue you cannot even expect privacy there.
So if I give a restaurant coat-check person my coat and my house keys are in my coat pocket, I shouldn't complain when they go root thru my house? For that matter, I shouldn't be upset if they rifle thru my coat pockets in the first place?
Similarly, If I hand a waiter my credit card (the means to access my bank account/credit balance), I shouldn't
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My landlord has keys to my apartment, but I still have a reasonable expectation for him not to just show up in the middle of the night. Likewise, I have a domain admin account but I'm expected not to go snooping through every file share. Just because someone has access in order to do a specific job doesn't mean they have permission, implicit or explicit, to do other things.
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It's restricted to valet cars because 1) they're left in front of the terminal for up to an hour while other cars are in the middle of a mostly unpopulated parking lot.
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FTA:
They'd probably like to be able to search any car that comes to the airport. Even so, I imagine they restrict searches to valet parked cars for two reasons: 1) they've the keys in hand and so it's easy; 2) more importantly, some lawyer probably told them that they could make the case in court that valet parked cars have no reasonable expectation of privacy.
What bullshit - just because I give one person permission to park my car does not imply that I'm also giving them and the whole goddamn world permission to go through my shit.
Just one more reason you'll never find me in an airport. I'll fuckin' walk to another continent before I let some high-school dropout rifle through my personal effects.
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Ron Paul 2016! (Score:2, Offtopic)
Constitution free zones (Score:2)
http://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights-constitution-free-zone-map [aclu.org]
Rochester isn't on this map, but I'm sure its in there...
TSA Regulations? (Score:2)
This whole operation falls apart at the words "TSA Regulations." There's no acceptable justification for routine searches of these cars under the fourth amendment. They're not getting on the planes, therefore the (already questionable) reasoning being used to have passengers searched doesn't apply here at all.
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The agents aren't the ones searching the car. And somehow, even though it's untrained valets, I trust them more than if it were TSA agents...
Terorists use Valet Parking? (Score:3, Funny)
Trapped Boot anyone?? (Score:2)
i wonder how long it will take for somebody to start rigging their trunk with some sort of oh Powder Bomb (which would engulf the valet with glowing talc). Of course i would be polite and have the trunk taped shut and a bumper sticker stating "Contents can not be inspected without owner present".
Moral of the story... (Score:2)
Thats Invasive. (Score:2)
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Not to mention that it's not even the TSA doing the searches. It's the valets. At least we can require TSA agents to have some general knowledge of what they're looking for and have some oversight to prevent this from being a "Grab Anything Valuable In The Trunk" program. I'd have less trust that valets would have that training/oversight. (And my trust of TSA agents is pretty low to begin with.)
I have an idea (Score:5, Funny)
I live in an apartment and it has one of those pathetically insecure chicken wire cages upstairs for additional storage. A $1 wire clipper and you can steal everyone's stuff so I put 4 of those contact break alarms under a cardboard box containing my stuff. Then I drew an arrow and "do not move or touch - pressure-sensitive alarm will sound" and that's the last thing anyone will steal. It'd work just as well for car searches except put the alarm on the inside so instead of a deterrent, it's a punishment of sorts.
Valet Key (Score:2)
All of the cars that I've purchased in the past 20 years come with a valet key.
I wonder what would happen if you used that?
Re:Valet Key (Score:5, Informative)
On my car (2008 Subaru Legacy 2.5i SE, USDM) it actually does. There's a keyhole by the trunk-release lever that can be toggled with the "master" key but not the valet key. It will lock out the lever and prevent the trunk from being opened.
There are keyholes by the rear-seatback-release buttons as well to prevent access to the trunk via folding the rear seats down.
Why valet? (Score:4, Insightful)
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If I had a bomb or other nefarious contraband in my car and wanted to do harm at an airport, why the hell would I valet the car?
Because it's the only way to leave your car unattended in close proximity to the terminal building. The TSA still assumes you are a McVeigh "park and run" bomber, not a 9/11 "fie for the cause" bomber. Just put the bomb in the trunk, drive in through the wall of the terminal, and detonate
Actually, the most effective attack would be to have the bomb in the largest carry-on available, and detonate it in the security line. Do your one attack while 5 others hit other airports, and you'd close airports for a
Not the TSA (Score:3, Informative)
TSA said it was not them (Score:5, Informative)
of course, could be lying http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/18/it-wasnt-us-tsa-says-of-car-searches-at [reason.com]
Obvious reason (Score:3)
Informed? (Score:3)
“I was furious. They never mentioned it to me when I booked the valet or when I picked up the car or when I dropped it off.”
Most people don't read signs. It worked at a festival and that had a camping area. There was a rule that no glass was allowed in the camping area as it was an athletic field. Many times when I told people to put away the glass they replied that no one told them glass was not allowed. This was even though the following had been done to inform them;
1. It was in the release they signed.
2. It was in 4 in high letters within 5 feet of the venue entrance.
3. It was in 4 in high letters within 2 feet of the camping entrance
4. It was in 1 inch high letters on a 2'x4' placard, that displayed all the rules, next to the camping entrance
The sign was probably up there but she just didn't read it. This "they didn't tell me" excuse is more indication of the lack of personal responsibility. Inform yourself, read signs, look things up, stop making excuses.
Training (Score:3)
The searches are concerned with bombs. Any adult would be suspicious about a bunch of sticks with the explosive has-mat logo on it or a bunch of drums with wires running out of them. I bet the valets are told to contact security if they find something suspicious. It does not take training to do that. Is it perfect? No. Might it be helpful? Yes. Might it help stave of the claim that the TSA failed to use every available asset to protect airport security? Definitely. I can just see the headline;
TSA fails again to secure airports as massive bomb explodes in valet parking.
when public opinion changes this will end (Score:3)
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You know the secret of big whoop?
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'tis a slippery slope :(
Well she was foolish to park on a slippery slope to begin with [youtube.com].
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Bomb sniffing dogs are expensive and can't be worked too hard.
Valet drivers on the other hand...
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oh but haven't they already taken the right to inspect whatever they want near enough the border?
there's an imaginary border in every city with an international airport. so coming up: tsa declaring those cities special areas where they can inspect anything anywhere anytime - they'll call it their triple A protection system.