Originally Posted by BRUCE NORTHCUTT
It is not an issue of physics, it is an issue of a false alarm. It is also a rule, a regulation, and just good sense.
If you understand the physics, then the rest is just, well, silly.
Originally Posted by BRUCE NORTHCUTT
Bicycle tires do periodically blow out and it sounds like a gun shot. Do you want to be responsible for having an airport cleared for security reasons when a "gun shot" goes off while you are checking in for your flight? Flights will get delayed and you won't be a real popular person that day. Cyclists are responsible people and should observe the rules. It isn't that much effort to pump up your tires at the end of the trip. Be a responsible traveler.
You don't work for Homeland Security, by any chance, do you? Your sense of hyperbole could be put to good use over there.