There are white vertical rectangles, facing one another, when you cross the border by vehicle. Receiver and transmitter.
They don't tell you it's an X-ray scanner but it is, because fuck you.
They bombard you with X-rays, they know it's not healthy, but again, fuck you. That's how they find these kind of things.
Edit1: no idea why I'm getting downvoted, like at all. It is a statement of fact, and the "fuck you" is not personal to the reader, it's the sentiment from government to people crossing the border (legals illegals and citizens alike).
Edit2: there's a troll down there arguing about TSA scans being more harmful. No one was discussing or comparing TSA scans versus vehicle inspection scans. At all. I made the mistake of feeding the troll, don't do that people. Just ignore him.
You receive Athe same X-ray frequency by standing outside in the day & night. It is literally the exact same electro magnetic frequency.
The only difference is it's focused x-ray or all other types of EMF. So if you're mad about being scanned. Then might as well be mad about standing outside.
Comparing a 2 sec x-ray to your entire life walking around outside is miniscule. We are exposed to 50 mSv per year, that's without plane flights and all the other tech. It's only radiation, the same as the natural decay of atoms. Your own body puts off radiation.
We have evolved to handle it daily. I recommend taking some time to understand radiation before unrealistically fearing it.
I'm mean obviously.. don't go stand in front of it just because. Just like don't stare at the sun.
I pretty much do understand radiation. If you’re shooting thru metal, you need more energy than you use to pass thru bone and flesh. Do they certify the dose they irradiate across the check point? That’s a concern to me.
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u/Aclysmic 27d ago
Genuinely always wonder how they end up finding them