wrote:
> I'm considering buying a pair of those new "airport safe" dress shoes that
> some shoe manufacturers are making nowadays. They don't have any steel in
> them, so they won't set off the metal detectors in the airport, and you can
> just go through security without taking off your shoes. That is the hope, at
> least.
>
> But I'm wondering, has anyone ever been asked to take off their shoes after
> they had walked through the metal detector and the alarm did NOT go off?
Plenty of times, with sneakers and even flimsy open sandals. There is no
point spending extra money for these shoes.
miguel
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