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Originally posted by jyl
This system is not practical for the US.

Building a high-speed rail network would be preferable.

http://www.transtats.bts.gov/
Just how is a train better? Now you have to monitor how many miles of track in addition to the station?

We just traveled on the TGV from Brussels to Paris and back. There was no security. None.

For Air travel, we need to concentrate on finding bombs and not worry about the rest. No hijacker is going to take over an airliner with a Glock or a Samurai sword, let alone a box cutter or cuticle scissors.
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