x ray scaners at the docks

[dee2912]

hi could you settle a query for my mate he wants to know wat excatly shows up on a dock x ray scanners can you see actually persons bones an he thinks that every person has to go through the scanners i told him i was told it was a random numbers picked for goin through the scanners hope im right i jus want to prove him wrong cause he is right on everything cheers

[burnhal]

No you cannot see peoples bones!! that would require a high level of x-ray which would be a big no-no! Depending on the unit you see the outline of the persons body minus clothes but with anything concealed close to the body revealed. And yes- you do see a blurred outline of the privates!! Where these are installed at airports a random selection of people are scanned- the logistics of doing everyone make it too difficult

[sddsddean]

When I used to drive my truck to the continent using Eurotunnel, both the UK and French sides had (and still have as far as I know) an X ray machine that the whole truck goes through. You drive onto a rail wagon type platform which then takes the whole thing into a building where the X ray gubbins is. Meanwhile you walk round the outside to meet the truck as it comes out. They have loads of photos there showing people and cats and even an 'atheletic' statue! The guys operating the scanner reckoned they could tell what brand of duty free booze you had stashed on your bunk from the picture. They got mine right the time I quizzed them! At the time, the scanners were only used about 2 hrs a day, because of low staffing levels (thats money to you and me!). Seemed stupid to me. All this multi million pound gadgetry and they couldn't afford to operate it!