Oh hellz no. Thanks to this douche bags terrorizing Londoners, now New York is getting in on the heightened security game and will begin random searches of people bringing bags onto the subway. As if we needed another reason to avoid the public sauna.
Officials said the city has never before attempted to regulate the possessions of passengers in its sprawling, complex transit system. The city’s subway system alone has 468 stations and carries some 4.5 million passengers on an average weekday. Some of the larger stations have at least half a dozen entrances and exits. In New York City, relatively few people own cars, and the majority of those who commute via subway carry a bag of some sort filled with items needed for the entire day, including computers, business documents, gym clothes and makeup. Many people carry two bags. It is unclear how invasive the searches will be.
You think we’re going to let you open our Dooney & Burke while we’ve got a half-caf latte in one hand and a copy of the Post in the other? Uh, no. It’s on, po-po.