NJRickD

KEEPING THE SKIES SAFE -- How strange is our national-security insecurity? Nathan Rau, a 31-year-old Minneapolis lawyer, told The New York Times last week that the key to his Audi -- the kind that's hidden inside a fob and flips out with the push of a button -- was confiscated by security guards at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Rau says guards ran the fob through an X-ray machine three times before it was taken from him. The reason? "Well, sir, that's a switchblade style, and that's a prohibited item," Rau said he was told. An Audi of America spokesman told Automotive News he wasn't aware of any other such incidents.

Sia Bani

Yeah, read this on tp. Apparently it's $300 for a replacement?

dojo

I swear, some people....

I thought it was a joke and then googled' it and realized it wasn't..

I never had any issues when travleing, but that just plain sux.

NJRickD

I only post the truth ;-)

dojo

I wasn't challenging you I'm just imaging the conversation with the TSA rep and the car owner....

you want me to give you my keys???? RIIIIIIIIGHT!

that's nuts!

abacab

security checks with my key, no problem. This TSA supervisor was clearly insane.