geekmarine
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I was on a Greyhound once where a passenger tried to attack the driver at 3:00 AM, claiming the driver was falling asleep. Fortunately other passengers were able to stop him and he was escorted off by police.
In my opinion, riding the Greyhound is something of a risky venture. There's virtually no security and the stations are always cesspools. I've thought many times about how easy it'd be to bomb a bus or something, quite honestly. I think the problem is, though, that it doesn't have the same high profile as the airlines. No one wants to put money into Greyhound security, especially with its reputation in terms of the people who use it.
That said, I find the Greyhound to be an interesting argument in terms of security. A terrorist could do just as much damage blowing up a bus as blowing up a plane, but we haven't seen buses get blown up, despite how easy it'd be. What that says to me is that our terrorist fears are greatly overblown.
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05-15-12 02:48 
