Originally Posted by
LGS6753
...but most people only travel once or twice a year, and they are thinking about holidays, not security procedures.
That is not an excuse! There is enough information out there telling people what they can and can't take, and where they can pack various items.
The problem, I'm afraid, is the basic intelligence of a samll percentage of passengers, or the idea that whatever the rules, they can flout them. It doesn't take make of either calibre to screw up a system that's already under stress.