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Originally Posted by punkworld
It won't cut down on false alarms, because it won't cut down on people leaving bags. People who leave their bags who are not terrorists only leave them because they forget them, which is something they really don't want to do in the first place.
Giving out tickets for forgetting bags is like giving out tickets for tripping and smacking against the pavement with your head.
There are no people who intentionally leave their bags yet would be scared off by tickets for doing so, so doing something like this simply wouldn't make sense.
People already really don't want to forget their bags, do you honestly believe tickets will make people not want to forget their bags even more?
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All I have to say is that it is obvious you don't live in London. People waiting for trains, etc don't even generally put their bags down at all let alone walk away from them. We have been well taught here that it is part of our social reponsibility to not leave bags/luggage unattended and then to report any bags that are left unattended.
I used to commute everyday into Charing Cross train station. If someone put their bag down they knew about it - let alone walk far enough away from it to make other people question why it is there. British people - especially commuters - are not very good at vocally questioning someone but they are very good at giving people 'the eye', tutting and givng a general sense of disaproval.
In a number of places in the States people can be fined for littering..it is the same principle. When a suspicious bag is called in it can close off city areas, train stations and generally really mess up the flow of a city an therefore cost people time , money and panic.
People in London know all too well of the devices that can be left in even a plastic shopping bag. The nail bomber a few years ago (he targetted black and gay people) left his nail bombs in shopping bags and walked away from them. People got out of the practice of reporting unattended bags..they will get back into it now and therefore leaving your bags unattended is socially irresponsible on a variety of levels.