crazydave789 wrote:I can break up any mobile phone and make at least 3 weapons out of it. not to mention stuff around your seat.
You are Jason Bourne and had better go hide again now.
crazydave789 wrote:I can break up any mobile phone and make at least 3 weapons out of it. not to mention stuff around your seat.
mjr wrote:crazydave789 wrote:I can break up any mobile phone and make at least 3 weapons out of it. not to mention stuff around your seat.
You are Jason Bourne and had better go hide again now.
Psamathe wrote:simonhill wrote:Well, despite all these stringent new security checks, no one has actually had anything taken off them when boarding a ferry.....
Not a ferry but an airport (and security not customs) but I used to have a shackle attached to my camera bag (shackle as boat shackle as photo below) and airport security confiscated it on the basis it could be used as a weapon. I questioned this and they explained it could be slipped over one finger and used as a knuckle duster. Tours airport 2004. Good job I wasn't carrying a fountain pen or .....
Ian
Slowroad wrote:So remember, no matter how daft it seems it's their call and if they don't like the look of your jam butty then the butty has to go.
I was really rather upset when a pot of lingonberry jam was confiscated from me on the way back from Oslo. It was for my dad, who can't fly abroad any more. You just don't think that jam is one of the liquids, gels, etc which you're not allowed to take on planes.
(Sorry about the diversion from the subject!)
crazydave789 wrote:... many a York taxi had a dent in the roof or door from mine.
My thoughts exactly.Bmblbzzz wrote:crazydave789 wrote:... many a York taxi had a dent in the roof or door from mine.
Hmm.
whoof wrote:botty wrote: The home office web site even says carrying a locking blade knife is acceptable for example when needing to prepare food when backpacking which in my mind equates to cycle touring off the beaten track.
Do you have a link to this page. It might be useful (or probably not) if challenged. The only one I can find (Police and Gov.UK) give the following examples for 'good reasons' for carrying a knife.
Examples of good reasons to carry a knife in public can include:
taking knives you use at work to and from work
taking knives to a gallery or museum to be exhibited
the knife is going to be used for theatre, film, television, historical reenactment or religious purposes, e.g. the kirpan some Sikhs carry
https://www.police.uk/crime-prevention- ... f-weapons/
https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives
brooksby wrote:... I wonder if that counts as a good reason to have it?
PJ520 wrote:My thoughts exactly.Bmblbzzz wrote:crazydave789 wrote:... many a York taxi had a dent in the roof or door from mine.
Hmm.
AlaninWales wrote:Psamathe wrote:simonhill wrote:Well, despite all these stringent new security checks, no one has actually had anything taken off them when boarding a ferry.....
Not a ferry but an airport (and security not customs) but I used to have a shackle attached to my camera bag (shackle as boat shackle as photo below) and airport security confiscated it on the basis it could be used as a weapon. I questioned this and they explained it could be slipped over one finger and used as a knuckle duster. Tours airport 2004. Good job I wasn't carrying a fountain pen or .....
Ian
Good job you weren't wearing a diamond ring or carrying a skipping rope in your luggage (both meet the definitions of 'offensive weapon' in the UK) .
botty wrote:https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q337.htm?letter=K
This FAQ contains the reply I quote.
thirdcrank wrote:brooksby wrote:... I wonder if that counts as a good reason to have it?
Under the criminal law, it's up to the prosecution to prove that you shouldn't have something.