I really think they need to add a thick steel plate to the rear of the cab....or at least offer the driver some serious life insurance.

You think its due to terrorism? I would guess it's due to the mess that becomes the front of a terminal when people think its okay to leave their cars parked for some period of time. The congestion that creates is horrible. A loading/unloading zone in front of a terminal is usually crazy busy. Anyone leaving a car parked deserves to be towed as it makes a mess of the dropping off and picking up of airline passengers.

I do however love how quickly that tow truck removes cars. I bet this is much more effective (deterrent and cost) than having hired officers standing around telling you/ or ticketing your car for the violation.

"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"

The white zone has always been for loading and unloading....there is no stopping in the red zone.

I prefer their spelling of TAKSI!

What are you talking about? Be scared, of everything, all the time, only supporting war and fearing muslims can help you.

<into ear mic> we have a turd in the punch bowl, i repeat, we have a turd in the punch bowl.

Guys, it's not a movie. Regular terrorists are lucky if they can rig a detonator to explode when they want it to. Mercury switches and all that crap are purely for spy thrillers.

Not much danger in moving the car, or at least not because you were moving the car.

Ha! In high school my brother played "gotcha", a spy game, and his best trick was an altoids box with a battery, a mercury switch, and a buzzer. Pick it up, it starts buzzing loudly with a note inside that said "boom, this was a bomb, you're dead". Not something to do now, but in the 80's, that was LARP. It was simple, easy, and worked every time. You're nuts if you think it's difficult to build, it's ridiculously simple.

If your brother makes a mistake, the thing buzzes in his hand.

Mercury switches are insane on a bomb unless you are a highly trained expert it will go off when you least expect.

huh; I was thinking more: other bad guy watching with the cell phone to call the cell phone detonator in his hand.

If it buzzed in his hand, he would have just "killed" himself and lost the round....it never happened in dozens of simulated assassinations.
It doesn't take an expert, just knowledge of which end is up and a little attention....or an on off switch and 1/4 of a brain, that's all.
It's probably just as safe as any type of trigger normally used in IEDs unless you're 4wheeling or jogging....they're almost all insanely dangerous and quite often go off early. That doesn't stop them from being used.

Ha Ha! I played this with my friends in Junior High for 2 semesters. All times on campus were fair play, and this was the reason we called all teachers the Gestapo throughout High School as well, so we would avoid getting caught. Most of our classmates not in-the-know thought we held some animosity toward "the Man".

Alas, no one was as clever enough to employ mercury switches in our games.