New Travel Restrictions Regarding Batteries

[jadecat9]

FYI to all my fellow intrepid travellers!

Effective January 1, 2008, the following rules apply to the spare lithium batteries you carry with you in case the battery in a device runs low:

New Rules regarding batteries: http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_batteries.html

Comments

[ladycelia]

Between the ages of 13 and 39 I traveled all over the world. I'm glad I did it when I did because these rules are becoming absurd.
Methinks it is time to start road tripping.

[jadecat9]

My parents worked for United, which meant I was travelling around the world since I was pretty darn young. And, it's just gotten worse and worse, especially after 9-11.

I understand and see the need for security. However, I do think that a lot of their "restrictions" don't really do anything except make politians feel better and hassle regular people.

[ladycelia]

The main reason for most of this BS is to make people think that they're being proactive. It's absolutely asinine. And if you really want to take out a plane full of people, you will do it. Stupid bureaucracy.

[trystbat]

Kinda hard to road-trip from here to Europe or Asia tho ;-)

[ladycelia]

True, but as much as I love those places I lived in Asia and spent a lot of time in Europe. I haven't actually seen much of the U.S. or Canada.