# Anyone fly with (carry on) license plates before? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 19, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611 "2010-04-19T06:32:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/1 "2010-04-19T06:32:57Z")
Figured I’d check here as I know a bunch of you ahve bought cars from out of state. Does the TSA give you a hard time carrying on license plates? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/2 "2010-04-19T06:35:20Z")
As in a “could be used to make a weapon” kinda deal? ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/3 "2010-04-19T06:35:50Z")
I flew with a carry on including: Headunit and a bunch of wiring V1 GPS Laptop License plate And maybe 1-2 shirts. No problem at all. Didn’t even get inspected. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/4 "2010-04-19T06:37:25Z")
> [@newman](#): > > As in a “could be used to make a weapon” kinda deal? Yea. or a “you should have checked that” kinda deal > [@brent\_strong](#): > > I flew with a carry on including: > > Headunit and a bunch of wiring > V1 > GPS > Laptop > License plate > And maybe 1-2 shirts. > > No problem at all. Didn’t even get inspected. word, good deal ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/5 "2010-04-19T06:40:33Z")
my fiances brother just flew back to NC with plates in is carry on…No issues ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/6 "2010-04-19T06:41:53Z")
Just don’t sharpen the edge of the plate knife sharp and you’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/7 "2010-04-19T06:42:56Z")
Just did some research on google, seems like it’s not an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/8 "2010-04-19T06:43:54Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Just did some research on google, seems like it’s not an issue. Thats what I’m reading as well. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/9 "2010-04-19T06:49:27Z")
My carry on one time had a socket set kit, swivel ratcheting crescent wrenches, and an ohm-reader along with some clothes. They scanned it and asked me to open it. They looked at me like I was retarded, but let me on. W/E… Not like a plate is going to cause more damage then a pen in the eye would. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/10 "2010-04-19T06:52:54Z")
I was just on the TSA website, reading what is prohibited… Some of it makes me picard. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/11 "2010-04-19T06:57:20Z")
If someone gets stabbed on a plane with a license plate, I’ll laugh my ass off. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/12 "2010-04-19T07:00:25Z")
As long as the licence plate isn’t hiding three pounds of shrooms’ I think you’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/13 "2010-04-19T07:05:16Z")
Thats what the fake bottom in my suitcase is for. ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/14 "2010-04-19T08:22:55Z")
I flew with a lighter in my pocket from Buffalo to Chicago to Houston and all the way back. WTF?!?! THEY LET ME KEEP MY LIGHTER?! ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/15 "2010-04-19T08:47:36Z")
There isnt enough metal in a lighter to set off the detector. I flew with one to vegas and back no problems before. Just make sure you have NOTHING else in your pockets/on you that might set it off. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/16 "2010-04-19T10:13:34Z")
For the unsure: First answer is carry on second is check on… Box Cutters No Yes Ice Axes/Ice Picks No Yes Knives - except for plastic or round bladed butter knives No Yes Meat Cleavers No Yes Razor-Type Blades - such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors. No Yes Sabers No Yes Scissors - metal with pointed tips and blades shorter than four inches Yes Yes Swords No Yes Baseball Bats No Yes Bows and Arrows No Yes Cricket Bats No Yes Golf Clubs No Yes Hockey Sticks No Yes Lacrosse Sticks No Yes Pool Cues No Yes Ski Poles No Yes Spear Guns No Yes Axes and Hatchets No Yes Cattle Prods No Yes Crowbars No Yes Hammers No Yes Drills and drill bits (including cordless portable power drills) No Yes Saws (including cordless portable power saws) No Yes Tools (greater than seven inches in length) No Yes Tools (seven inches or less in length) Yes Yes Screwdrivers (seven inches or less in length) Yes Yes Wrenches and Pliers (seven inches or less in length) Yes Yes Billy Clubs No Yes Black Jacks No Yes Brass Knuckles No Yes Kubatons No Yes Martial Arts Weapons No Yes Night Sticks No Yes Nunchakus No Yes Stun Guns/Shocking Devices No Yes Throwing Stars No Yes Blasting Caps No No Dynamite No No Fireworks No No Flares (in any form) No No Hand Grenades No No Plastic Explosives No No Realistic Replicas of Explosives No No Aerosol (any except for personal care or toiletries in limited quantities) No No Fuels (including cooking fuels and any flammable liquid fuel) No No Gasoline No No Gas Torches No No Lighter Fluid No No [http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm](http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm) ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/17 "2010-04-19T10:13:49Z")
For the unsure: First answer is carry on second is check on… Box Cutters No Yes Ice Axes/Ice Picks No Yes Knives - except for plastic or round bladed butter knives No Yes Meat Cleavers No Yes Razor-Type Blades - such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors. No Yes Sabers No Yes Scissors - metal with pointed tips and blades shorter than four inches Yes Yes Swords No Yes Baseball Bats No Yes Bows and Arrows No Yes Cricket Bats No Yes Golf Clubs No Yes Hockey Sticks No Yes Lacrosse Sticks No Yes Pool Cues No Yes Ski Poles No Yes Spear Guns No Yes Axes and Hatchets No Yes Cattle Prods No Yes Crowbars No Yes Hammers No Yes Drills and drill bits (including cordless portable power drills) No Yes Saws (including cordless portable power saws) No Yes Tools (greater than seven inches in length) No Yes Tools (seven inches or less in length) Yes Yes Screwdrivers (seven inches or less in length) Yes Yes Wrenches and Pliers (seven inches or less in length) Yes Yes Billy Clubs No Yes Black Jacks No Yes Brass Knuckles No Yes Kubatons No Yes Martial Arts Weapons No Yes Night Sticks No Yes Nunchakus No Yes Stun Guns/Shocking Devices No Yes Throwing Stars No Yes Blasting Caps No No Dynamite No No Fireworks No No Flares (in any form) No No Hand Grenades No No Plastic Explosives No No Realistic Replicas of Explosives No No Aerosol (any except for personal care or toiletries in limited quantities) No No Fuels (including cooking fuels and any flammable liquid fuel) No No Gasoline No No Gas Torches No No Lighter Fluid No No [http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm](http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm) ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/18 "2010-04-19T20:29:47Z")
> [@Geehee](#): > > There isnt enough metal in a lighter to set off the detector. I flew with one to vegas and back no problems before. Just make sure you have NOTHING else in your pockets/on you that might set it off. I asked the officers at 2 airports while showing them the lighter, to see if I could keep it. They both said yes. ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/19 "2010-04-20T00:18:20Z")
i think they will let you take 1 lighter, but not more than one. i know it doesn’t make sense, that’s just what i was told by a tsa employee. i’ll get a definitive answer about the license plates for you tomorrow, although it sounds like you’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611/20 "2010-04-22T21:41:55Z")
can you bring a parachute as a carry on? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-fly-with-carry-on-license-plates-before/153611.md?page=2)