Seeing more may catch less
Apr 27, 2010 | 8:41 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 252
Seeing more may catch less
"This new study examined whether that concept also applies to airport-security scans, and it seems that it does. In fact, the researchers found, the problem may be worse among luggage screeners because they are under more time pressure than radiologists. They write that scrutinizing luggage for toothpaste and hair gel may come "potentially at the expense of finding additional targets which may be better concealed and less frequent, such as scissors, box cutters, or pocketknives."
Blog post
Researcher's web page
"Generalized satisfaction of search: Adverse influences on dual-target search accuracy" (PDF)
Bottomline: when TSA uses their genial-imager and finds money in your pocket, they would be less likely to find a blasting cap tucked into your privates.
Blog post
Researcher's web page
"Generalized satisfaction of search: Adverse influences on dual-target search accuracy" (PDF)
Bottomline: when TSA uses their genial-imager and finds money in your pocket, they would be less likely to find a blasting cap tucked into your privates.
Apr 27, 2010 | 8:50 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 8,957
I knew I should have applied for a grant to study this. Could have made some money. This was posted back in 2006:
And others have said the same thing. Make the focus only on the truly dangerous items and security will be more effective.
My view is that the TSO's are just not focusing so much on this now. Heck, since the liquid ban they have not even found my "knife" and "lighter" though before they would cause a bag check about every fifth time. To me, we are asking TSO's to look for too many objects such that they miss the important ones. Focus should be on items that can be used to hijack or take down a plane - not a bottle of water or a pocket knife.