File this one under “Idiot Bureaucrats and their rules.”
The great thing about bureaucracy is that there’s no end to the supply of nonsensical, needlessly complex, potential harmful regulations enforced under the guise of making life safer for society.
Since we’re all apparently incapable of keeping those spare lithium-ion batteries safely stowed during your flight to “wherever,” the TSA has come up with new guidelines on how to carry those extra batteries.
In light of all the recent lithium-ion battery explosions, the TSA has decided to take action. You can’t check your spare batteries anymore – that is, unless you have too many spare batteries. But, “too many spare batteries” is defined as the number of grams of lithium you happen to have on your person. So, if you happen to be carrying over the designated limit of lithium gram-age (you do know just how many grams of lithium each of your batteries contains, right?), you can carry the spares on board. Oh, and you can carry-on those spare batteries if they’re installed in some sort of device (external charger, for example). Confused yet?
We’re sure we could abide by these new rules if we really tried. But, seriously, are we going to go through the trouble when TSA agents probably won’t know what to do anyway. Has anyone ever taken a look at TSA agents? We’re pretty sure they not exactly up-to-date on just how grams of lithium a particular battery contains – that is, if they can even decipher the TSA’s new rules. Color us annoyed.
Maybe we should just stop reporting all those gadget-related mishaps, that way the TSA will never hear about it and they won’t have to “protect” us with retarded regulations.
[Via: WMExperts]