TSA Declares: Lighters Now Good; Water Still Bad

Posted by Mike Richard on July 23, 2007
Filed under: Odds + Ends, Sidelines

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To recap, via Upgrade: Travel Better:

The TSA has ruled that lighters will once again be legal to take onto airplanes, effective August 4.

Bottled water is still illegal, but a container containing a flammable liquid is permissible. That’s freedom, baby.

Mmkay. I’m not even sure how to comment anymore on the yo-yo policy changes the TSA have enacted over the past year. They’re starting to make my head hurt.

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Vagabondish editor Mike Richard lives in Rhode Island - a small patch of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats and speaking in the third person.



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Comments

Paul
July 25th, 2007 - 8:41 am

I can’t even think of a legitimate reason to have a lighter on a plane. Smoking isn’t allowed on most flights to, from or within Western countries … what would anyone want one for?

Surely smokers can wait until they have collected their checked luggage?


Mike
July 26th, 2007 - 8:40 am

It’s beyond comprehension really. I stopped trying to apply logic to the TSA’s policies long ago. It hurts my head too much.

All I can picture is the terrorists slyly hiding in the bathroom with the old bowling ball style bomb with the lit wick on one end.